Nama – Windhoek Observer

05 Nov

Namibia, Germany must recognise Diasporans are in Botswana because of Genocide – BOSNOO

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Staff Writer The Botswana Society of Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu (BOSNOO) is pleading with the governments of the Republic of Namibia and the Federal Republic of Germany to recognise the presence in the diaspora of Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu as a direct consequence of the 1904-1908 genocide against these communities in Namibia, then German South West Africa. BOSNOO is among organisations of genocide descendants from both Botswana and Namibia who last month virtually testified before an eminent panel of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on the question of participations rights under Article 25 of the ICCPR.…

02 Nov

Amount immaterial until Germany has in principle admitted guilt for her crime – Kooper

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Staff Writer The Nama and Ovaherero affected communities have not rejected the Joint Declaration because of the amount of about N$18 billion, which the German government has offered in development aid to the benefit of these communities. Says Chairperson of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), Gaob Petrus Simon Kooper. Gaob Kooper was speaking on Saturday at the annual /Khowese cultural festival at Gibeon. He says for them the amount is immaterial as opposed to Germany first admitting guilt to genocide, which as far as they are concerned she has not. “Germany until now has not admitted that [she] committed…

23 Oct

Herero and Nama genocides affected all Namibians – Nandi-Ndaitwah

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Eba Kandovazu The genocide perpetuated against the Ovaherero and Nama people by Germany has a permanent negative impact on all Namibians. Thus, Deputy Prime Minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says discussions should not be based on selective morality and harbour an illusion that there are some Namibians who did not suffer the pain of genocide. "It must be underscored that the Germany imperial genocide has made a permanent negative impact on all Namibians as this nation is inseparable, since we are bonded together by our blood. The actions of imperial Germany by uprooting people from their places of birth has created a…

17 Oct

Joint Declaration is no substitute to the Ozombuzovindimba Declaration

ObserverUncategorisedKazenambo Kazenambo, Nama, Ovaherero, Ovambanderu, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner

October 2nd, was the 117th commemoration of the Extermination Order against the Ovaherero issued at Ozombuzovindimba in 1904. Similarly Monday, October 4th was the tenth commemoration of the expatriation from Germany of the first consignment of the remains of the Ovaherero , Ovambanderu and Nama victims of the 1904-1908 Genocide. Last but not the least, this November also sees the 17th anniversary of the Ozombuzovindimba Declaration. While all these dates somehow are related and intertwined, each, in its own unique way, marks an important and inerasable historical imprint in the sad but heroic historical epoch of the Nama, Ovambanderu and…

27 Sep

Joint Declaration debate must have no sham heroes/heroines nor villains

ObserverUncategorisedGenocide, Nama, Ovaherero, Ovambanderu

This May the Namibian government and its German counterpart have been purported to have reached an agreement on Genocide, Apology and Reparations. An agreement which has since seen a stage managed opposing views among the descendants of the survivors of the 1904-1908 Genocide of the Nama, Ovambanderu and Ovaherero. With a section of the affected communities embracing the deal, despite having reservations about it, especially the quantum of N$18 billion offered by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Not as reparations as some close to the negotiations have been maintaining but as a goodwill gesture towards helping a…

22 Sep

Descendants march to parliament protesting against genocide debate

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Eba Kandovazu More than a hundred descendants of the survivors of the 1904-1908 genocide of the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama today took to the streets of Windhoek to demonstrate against tabling of a motion to discuss the Joint Declaration between the Namibian government and its German counterpart. The motion to discuss the Joint Declaration was tabled by the Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Frans Kapofi, in the National Assembly today. The march, spearheaded by various political parties such as the Landless People’s Movement(LPM), Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP}, Popular Democratic Movement(PDM), Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters(NEFF),National Unity Democratic Organisation(Nudo),Swanu…

19 Sep

German speaking Namibians engage Geingob

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Eba Kandovazu THE newly established German Speaking Namibians Forum says that although Germany has decided to pay $1.8 Billion (about N$18 billion) to Namibia for the 1904 genocide against the Ovaherero and Nama, it is not enough to make up for lost lives. Speaking on behalf of the Forum that paid a courtesy call to state house this morning, Benita Herma, stresses that they met with the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) and the Nama Traditional Authority Association two weeks ago. The Forum this morning paid a courtesy visit to state house. "It is difficult to gauge value on human life.…

05 Sep

Botswana genocide descendants seek engagement with Germany in own right

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Staff Writer Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu Batswana of Namibian descent, descendants of the victims and survivors of the 1904-1908 genocide, are pleading with the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. This for a mutually agreeable manner of Germany owning up to what happened to their forebears in a similar way other perpetrators of genocide owned up. The descendants this morning (Friday) handed over a petition to the German ambassador in Gaborone, Botswana, Margit Hellwig-Bötte, reminding the Berlin government of their engagement in 2017 with Hellwig-Bötte, when she advised them to seek audience with the Namibian government on this matter…

23 Aug

Botswana genocide victims’ descendants continue to seek their government’s support

ObserverObserver MoneyBotswana Society for Nama, Nama, Ovaherero, Ovambanderu

Staff Writer Kazeire Raurau Hangara last Thursday submitted on behalf of the Botswana Society for Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu (B.O.S.N.O.O), a plea to the Botswana Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lemoganga Kwape, for support for the Diasporans in their bid for genocide reparations against Germany. Last month a delegation of Batswana of Namibian descent living in Botswana, met Kwape sensitising him on their desire to raise the issue of reparations against Germany for the genocide committed against their forebears, pleading for the support of their government as Botswana citizens in this regard. Whereupon Kwape understandably advised them to…

17 Aug

Berlin court injunction necessary against Germany

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Staff Writer The President of Otjisuta Otjetu Oveni (Reparations is Ours), Jeremiah Tjatindi-Tjiveta, says it is necessary to institute a court injunction against Germany in a court in Berlin to stop her from negotiating in genocide talks with the Namibian government. “True the Government is adamant to proceed along the lines of the Reconciliation Agreement. My view is, it’s now or never to come together (the forces opposed to the bilateral agreement) and institute an injunction order through the Administrative Court in Berlin..to stop Germany to continue with the talks,” says Tjatindi-Tjiveta, based in Australia. The Government’s continued intransigence in…