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Ovaherero people repatriated from Botswana against ‘citizenship by registration’

Ovaherero people repatriated from Botswana against ‘citizenship by registration’

Written by Mulisa Simiyasa on 03 May 2021.

GAM, 03 MAY (NAMPA) – The nearly 700 Ovaherero community members who attended the 28th anniversary of their return from Botswana in 1993, expressed dissatisfaction with the government that recognised them as Namibians by registration.
The disgruntled group gathered at Gam in the Tsumkwe Constituency over the weekend to commemorate their repatriation from Botswana on 28 April 1993.
They are descendants of Ovaherero warriors who fought in the war of resistance against the German colonial forces in 1904 to 190 ...

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