Advocate Vekuii Rukoro

OTA, NTLA rubbishes Katjirua’s stance …as Rukoro calls for referendum

OTA, NTLA rubbishes Katjirua’s stance …as Rukoro calls for referendum

Kandjemuni Kamuiiri The Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) and Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) have rubbished the announcement by Chairman of the Ovaherero-Ovambanderu and Nama Council for Dialogue (ONCD) 1904-1908, Gerson Katjirua, saying he does not have the authority to speak for the broader majority of the Ovaherero and Nama descendants of the genocide victims. Katjirua on Thursday morning, claimed that, “we as the entire council are not here to reject the offer, we are here to give it a go ahead, adding that “we would like to see that when the declaration is signed, we as the chiefs representing the…
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Apology not accepted – Rukoro ..as OTA denounces deal

Apology not accepted – Rukoro ..as OTA denounces deal

Tujoromajo Kasuto and Andrew Kathindi The Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro, has declined an apology issued by Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas over the slaughter of over 60 000 Ovaherero and 10 000 Nama between 1904-1908. The apology was issued on Friday morning after the European nation officially recognized for the first time, the slaughter that was committed a hundred years ago as genocide. “If I was in my kraal, I would have said that its bullsh*t because the Germans do not want to recognise our genocide and what they did to our ancestors, “Rukoro told the…
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