/Khomanin community members express mixed feelings over communal land

NAMPA

2024-12-11

WINDHOEK, 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 - Members of the /Khomanin clan shortly after handing over their petition on Wednesday. (Photo: Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 DEC (NAMPA) - Some members of the /Khomanin community have expressed dissatisfaction with how the Namibian government acquired communal land for their people.

On Monday, the government handed over more than 8 000 hectares of land to the /Khomanin Traditional Authority, approximately 140 km outside Windhoek, for management and allocation purposes.
Edward Aoxamub, a member of the /Khomanin community, told Nampa on Wednesday that the g...

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