“New Beginnings: 98 Namibians receive land and social support upon repatriation
By Shelleygan Petersen
23 September 2024
The homecoming kit of 98 Namibians from Botswana includes land, social grants, healthcare, new identification documents and enrolment in state schools.
The repatriation of the descendants of Namibians who fled the 1904-1908 genocide is the realisation of resolutions of the second land conference in 2018 to identify alternative land in communal and commercial areas for their resettlement.
The new citizens were welcomed into Namibia at the Dobe border post in the Otjozondjupa region on Friday.
Dressed in traditional Ovaherero dresses in the signature colours and design of Namibia’s national flag, young and old held hands as they stepped onto their ancestral land.
The group was welcomed by ministers Calle Schlettwein, Albert Kawana, Itah Kandjii-Murangi, as well as executive director Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata.
They will settle in the Omaheke, Otjozondjupa and Hardap regions on five commercial farms, amounting to 23 000 hectares (ha), at the cost of N$58,7 million.
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- Full report on the website of the Namibian (last checked in September 2024)