President Hage Geingob says SWAPO is consulting legal experts on the matter of independent candidates and will take appropriate action. During an address at a Gobabis rally Geingob said the party has nothing against independent candidates contestesting in upcoming elections. However, he stressed that one cannot be a SWAPO member and claim independence to challenge […]
The Director General for Culture and Art in Baden-Wurttemberg’s Ministry of Science, Research and Arts says the return of the Hendrik Witbooi Bible and whip to Namibia was an unbelievably meaningful experience. Dr Claudia Rose says it was also a time to reflect on the impact of Germany’s colonial rule in Namibia, adding that the […]
The 23 artefacts, that will be returned from Germany to Namibia next year, will be on loan to the National Museum of Namibia. As part of cooperation between the Museum Association of Namibia and the Ethnological Museum in Berlin the 23 objects were selected under a project titled, ‘Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures’. The […]
Germany is optimistic that talks between Namibia and Germany over the 1904 to 1908 Namibia genocide will be concluded soon. Sonja Kreibich, Head of the Directorate for Southern Africa at Germany’s Federal Foreign Office says these talks have been going on for a while now and Germany sees the need to conclude them. Kreibich says […]
