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Botswana twist Caprivian’s arm in a forced repatriation
The Government of Botswana which has always ranked a model of democracy in Southern Africa where surrounding Countries and afar would come to benchmark on the admirable system of governance, the separateness and independence of the three arms of Government have just turned around to ignore who they are when it comes to the Caprivian…
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Caprivian Refugees stick to struggle
By Risco Lumamezi SPOKESPERSON of the Namibian refugees in Botswana, Mr. Felix Kakula has lashed out actions by Botswana government to cease ARV treatment to refugees next year, saying ARV is another issue. According to Mr.Kakula “I say, we are in exile to liberate our Country Caprivi Strip, ARV’s is another issue coming in, but…
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Nujoma , Pohamba want referendum on land reform
By Risco Lumamezi TWO former heads of state in Namibia have co-opted calling for the referendum to amend the Constitution of Namibia, for the implementation of the long awaited debated land issue, currently under scrutiny. Both former presidents want the current Namibian constitution to be scrapped to fill loopholes that will resolve the status quo,…
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Choto Residents refuse to relocate to higher grounds
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Where is the boundary of Zambesia Country?
Dear Editor, kindly publish this letter in your esteemed newspaper. I cannot understand how the history and identity of Zambesia can be hidden to the rest of the world because of Botswana and Namibia’s hunger for additional land to their former protectorates. Zambesia was a country that was established long before the British and the…
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Choto residents refuse to relocate to higher grounds
By Risco Lumamezi A group of Choto residents residing along the riverbed (Mulapo) have turned down the offer by Katima Council, to relocate them to the higher grounds. Katima Council has given them a notice to move to their new plots by December this year; failure to obey will result to eviction. The concerned residents…
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Katima Council fixes broken water pipe
By Staff Reporter A WATER crisis in Katima Mulilo is back to normal after the Katima Mulio Town Council fixed its old water pipeline this afternoon. The burst of water pipe caused havoc in the surrounding neighbourhoods along the street road between Mavuluma Secondary School and the New Apostolic Church and this negatively submerged the…
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MDC Alliance takes election case to African Human Rights Commission
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Facebook-page describing history of Caprivi Strip launched
By STAFF REPORTER A new face book page describing the history of the then Eastern Caprivi, now Zambezi region has been launched this month to give an insight to the readers with an interest to know more about the events and stories of the past. It is called “History of the Zambezi Region / Eastern…
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UNHCR punish Caprivians after losing their Refugee Status
The Government of Botswana and United Nations High Commission for Refugees has taken a harsh stand against the Caprivians who successfully convinced the Lobatse high Court to stop the intended deportation of the Caprivians back to Namibia on a given deadline the 11th of July 2018. Since after the Court ruling of the 25 August…
