“I never said apartheid was worse than genocide – Geingob
By
Shelleygan Petersen
4 October 2023
President Hage Geingob has backtracked on his comments on the apartheid government being worse than the German regime’s genocide on the Nama and Ovaherero communities.
In response to criticism of these comments, the Presidency yesterday issued a statement to clarify the head of state’s words. (…)”
- Full news report on the website of The Namibian (checked in January 2024)
- Media release of the Namibian Presidency “The Presidency dismisses misleading information about the position of the President on the 1904 Genocide” on Facebook (checked in January 2024): “(…) Without comparing the German genocide against the Nama and Ovaherero ethnic groups, the President only stated as a matter of fact that the apartheid regime of South Africa was equally a worse. (…)”