An advocacy group has launched a movement calling for what it describes as true and just reparations for the descendants of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum launched the movement at a media briefing in Windhoek on Tuesday.
The German-Namibian Joint Declaration Agreement on genocide, apologies and reparations is expected to be concluded before the end of the year.
A member of the technical committee of the Genocide, Apology and Reparations negotiations, Dr Charles Eiseb, revealed this in an interview with NBC News.
President Netumbo Nandi‑Ndaitwah says the pain and impact of the 1904–1908 genocide continue to be felt generations later.
Nama people representing various sub-tribes of the Nama clan held a Genocide Remembrance Day, paying tribute and honouring their ancestors killed during the 1904-1908 genocide.
The commemoration, organisedby the Nama Traditional Leaders Association was held at Shark Island in Luderitz.
Some Batswana of Namibian descent have welcomed the progress made in the negotiations between the government and its German counterpart.
A resolution is imminent in the decade-long negotiations between the Namibian and German governments regarding the apology and reparations for the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah made the announcement in her State of the Nation Address.
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution recognising slavery as one of the gravest crimes against humanity.
This comes after Ghana’s President, John Mahama, proposed the resolution at the Assembly, seeking to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
Namibia has reiterated its support for reparatory justice for the historical injustices of slavery and colonialism.
Namibia insists that international law cannot claim universality or fairness unless it confronts colonial crimes and their enduring impact.
Africa is exploring legal avenues to reinforce the criminalisation of colonialism and establish a permanent continental mechanism for reparations and restitution.
