Carl Schlettwein – Windhoek Observer

18 Sep

Repatriation of more Batswana of Namibian descent expected

ObserverNational NewsBatswana of Namibian descent, Carl Schlettwein

Martin Endjala The repatriation of the Batswana of Namibian descent will continue until 2026. On Tuesday, the minister of water, agriculture, and reform, Carl Schlettwein, announced in Parliament that the Cabinet has directed the relocation process of the Batswana of Namibian descent. This process is being carried out collectively by the ministry alongside the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, and International Relations and Cooperation. The Ministry of Water, Agriculture, and Reform spokesperson, Jennifer Paulus, confirmed the continuation of the repatriation process. “At this stage, it is hard to say how many more are expected to be repatriated,…

12 Sep

Don’t play political football with land issues

ObserverNational News, OpinionsAgribusdev, Carl Schlettwein, Don’t play political football with land issues, Green Schemes

The Green Schemes that were touted as Namibia’s blueprint to food self-sufficiency has failed and the government is now looking at a different management model to continue its strategy to make Namibia produce what its people consume. The company created in 2011 to run 11 Green Schemes, the Agricultural Business Development Agency, experienced serious governance, financial and operational deficiencies. In addition, the running of the Green Scheme according to the Minister of Agriculture, who was moved there in the second term of the current President’s term, observed that there were institutional challenges in the administration of the schemes. According to…

01 Aug

Schlettwein rebukes Aminuis uranium mining

ObserverNational Newsand Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Schlettwein rebukes Aminuis uranium mining, Water

Tujoromajo Kasuto Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, has slammed the prospecting for uranium in Aminuis in the Omaheke Region, where people rely heavily on underground water for survival, claiming that mining in an aquifer is potentially harmful and that it would be irresponsible to allow such potential pollution and destruction of such a valuable water resource in an otherwise dry country. Carl Schlettwein made the statement in response to the drilling of boreholes in the area by Headspring Investments’ Project Wings, a subsidiary of Uranium One, which is part of Rosatom, a Russian state-owned uranium exploration, mining, and…

30 Jun

Minister sets record straight on land ownership

ObserverNational NewsAct No 6 of 1996, Agricultural Commercial Land Reform Act, Carl Schlettwein, Green Schemes, Land Bill, Minister sets record straight on land ownership

Martin Endjala No Namibian or foreigner can own land under freehold in communal land, The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform categorically clarified in the National Assembly yesterday. A visibly disturbed, Carl Schlettwein said that misinformation has been circulating in the public domain about ownership of communal land by foreign nationals, including being fuelled by members of parliament. He explained that towns and cities within communal land are demarcated and surveyed and after proclamation are no longer part of the communal set-up and property can be owned there. However, Green Schemes that are also demarcated and proclaimed for agricultural…