The Undefeated - Nama In Botswana (Part 1)
Monday, September 17, 2018
Besides being a joyous and colourful celebration of the richness of Nama culture in Botswana and the wider region, the Festival has emerged as a powerful testament to its focus community’s enduring strength in overcoming past adversity, while meeting contemporary challenges.
No community, in this region or elsewhere, has suffered proportionately more from imperialist rapacity, nor put up a stouter resistance against racist oppression, than the Nama. This history of extreme deprivation and extraordinary heroism is now beginning to come under the global spot-light as a result of an international campaign on the part of the victim’s descendants to seek just recognition and restitution.
These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...