Category: Letters

The Editor, Allow me to comment on a number of reports that have surfaced from the Caprivi Vision’s titled “Lake Lyambezi Fishers cry foul” and its sister news outlets in Namibia pertaining the growing land dispute(s) and the troubling fishing sector in the Caprivi region. It’s quite shocking how Caprivians are being kicked-out of their…

The Editor, The fear-mongering tactics meant to force Caprivian refugees to return home won’t work. Such misguided and ill-advised proposals as reported by the Namibian Sun can only work if the signatories – Botswana, Namibia and other SADC states – to the 1951 Geneva Convention will abandon their commitment to the United Nations treaty, which…

 The Editor,  Allow me to comment on a video footage of Mr.Alex Kamwi, the president of Caprivi African National Union (CANU), titled “Kamwi speaks out” of September 4, 2013, published on The Caprivi Vision website:https://www.caprivivision.com/kamwi-speaks-out/ which indeed carries with an inspiring message to all Caprivians.  The president of CANU had eloquently addressed a lot of…

 Much has been written on the history of the Caprivi Strip. Perhaps the crux of the matter that needs reckoning is that history carries with it co-lateral characteristics. By this I tend to mean that history should not be treated in isolation lest the biased historian may give a wrong version of the story. The…

 By Phil ya Nangoloh* There has lately been increasing and visible indications that the people of the Caprivi Strip (hereinafter “Caprivi”) yearn for greater freedom in order to determine their own destiny, including total independence, from Namibia.  Assuming this is the case, there are, after all, clear and convincing grounds for believing that Caprivi has…