Category: Letters

Frederick Douglass, a leader of an abolitionist movement against slavery in America once said “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” Douglass is no more, and so is slavery of his time. Firstly, we…

The 32nd US President, late Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “in politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” This article seeks to demonstrate how political and military power in Namibia mainly rests in one tribe to the systematic exclusion of others, and therefore advise Namibians to…

Dear Editor, kindly publish this article in your esteemed newspaper both online and print. We learnt with shock to hear about the ordeal Mr Moses Matemwa, a retired former Induna at Linyanti Khuta. We cannot understand the justifications taken as to why this old man would be forced to testify in court. We demand an…

RESPONSE FROM CAPRIVIANS IN BOTSWANA-DUKWI Responding to the article that appeared in the New Era Newspaper for Namibia of 13 February 2019, in which the Retired Commissioner for Refugee in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration Nkrumah Mushelenga , calls for integration of Caprivians into Botswana if they don’t want to return home, is…

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…

From Caprivians in Exile in Botswana President Masisi “Namibians in Dukwe Refugee Camp now illegal immigrants” Namibian New Era of the 9th April 2018 It is true as many others say” Ten days in office for His Excellency President Mokqwaeetsi Masisi, launches a blood shell on Caprivian refugees in his Country during his purposeful official…

Dear editor-in-Chief, kindly publish this letter in your esteemed newspaper People have you wondered as to what was the purpose of this border treaty recently signed Between Botswana and Namibia governments in this day and age? Doesn’t it appear suspicious that boundaries which were established at the Berlin conference 1884-1885 that today they should again…