The Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA), will host its first ever Youth Summit and the Annual Genocide Commemoration in Lüderitz. The NTLA announced today (7 April) that the Youth Summit scheduled from 9 April to 11 April 2025 will be hosted in the Waterfront Auditorium and the Annual Genocide Commemoration will take place at Shark Island on 12 April.
The 12 April date, is very significant in the history of the Namibian Genocide. German colonial troops under Curt Von Francios attacked the settlement of Hornkrantz where Kaptein Hendrik !Nanseb Witbooi settled with the /Khowese clan and other Nama tribes on this day in 1893. “It is here where Curt Von Francios issued the first extermination order against the Nama people. The NTLA Gaogu, which represents 10 legally recognized Nama Traditional Authorities in Namibia, thus view this as the first Genocidal act (to exterminate with clear intent a group of people) on Namibian soil,” explained Johannes Ortmann the Projects Coordinator of the NTLA.
Josef Isaacks, the chairperson of the //Kharas Regional Council will officially open the Youth Summit with Brian Kagoro, the managing director of Programs at the Open Society Foundation delivering the keynote address virtually, on the first day of the Youth Summit. Various topics will be discussed over two days during technical sessions at the Youth Summit. “These include the Nama history, the genocide and reparations. A legal advisor to the NTLA, Lucius Murorua, will provide an update on the Current Genocide Court Case and talk about International Law Arguments as well as the Joint Declaration and what it means. The envisioned Luderitz port expansion by Namport will also be discussed,” said Ortmann.
The spotlight will also be on skills and employment opportunities within the Green Hydrogen and the Oil and Gas industries. Other topics up for discussion and related to the youth include education, health, drugs and alcohol abuse. “Hyphen and Total Energies will provide project updates and talk about existing opportunities. We also invited experts from the ministries of Land Reform, Education, Health, Mines & Energy, Agriculture, the Green Hydrogen Council and the Youth Council,” Ortmann highlighted.
Five work groups will be formed on the second day of the summit. “ The focus areas of these groups will be on access to land and natural resources (minerals and all extractive natural resources), access to education (skills development and employment), access to political decision - making, access to social services (health, housing, social grants, basic sanitation etc) and access to the new economic developments in Green Hydrogen, Oil & Gas,” Ortmann concluded.
The 12 April date, is very significant in the history of the Namibian Genocide. German colonial troops under Curt Von Francios attacked the settlement of Hornkrantz where Kaptein Hendrik !Nanseb Witbooi settled with the /Khowese clan and other Nama tribes on this day in 1893. “It is here where Curt Von Francios issued the first extermination order against the Nama people. The NTLA Gaogu, which represents 10 legally recognized Nama Traditional Authorities in Namibia, thus view this as the first Genocidal act (to exterminate with clear intent a group of people) on Namibian soil,” explained Johannes Ortmann the Projects Coordinator of the NTLA.
Josef Isaacks, the chairperson of the //Kharas Regional Council will officially open the Youth Summit with Brian Kagoro, the managing director of Programs at the Open Society Foundation delivering the keynote address virtually, on the first day of the Youth Summit. Various topics will be discussed over two days during technical sessions at the Youth Summit. “These include the Nama history, the genocide and reparations. A legal advisor to the NTLA, Lucius Murorua, will provide an update on the Current Genocide Court Case and talk about International Law Arguments as well as the Joint Declaration and what it means. The envisioned Luderitz port expansion by Namport will also be discussed,” said Ortmann.
The spotlight will also be on skills and employment opportunities within the Green Hydrogen and the Oil and Gas industries. Other topics up for discussion and related to the youth include education, health, drugs and alcohol abuse. “Hyphen and Total Energies will provide project updates and talk about existing opportunities. We also invited experts from the ministries of Land Reform, Education, Health, Mines & Energy, Agriculture, the Green Hydrogen Council and the Youth Council,” Ortmann highlighted.
Five work groups will be formed on the second day of the summit. “ The focus areas of these groups will be on access to land and natural resources (minerals and all extractive natural resources), access to education (skills development and employment), access to political decision - making, access to social services (health, housing, social grants, basic sanitation etc) and access to the new economic developments in Green Hydrogen, Oil & Gas,” Ortmann concluded.
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