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Ju/’hoansi San: Survival of the fittest … adapting to change amid challenges
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Ju/’hoansi San: Survival of the fittest … adapting to change amid challenges

TSUMKWE – For decades, the Ju/’hoansi San in the Tsumkwe area have traditionally relied on hunting and gathering for survival.  However, the introduction of trophy hunting operations, which cull wild animals like elephants, alongside the worsening effects of climate change, has dramatically altered their way of life. Today, some community members have turned to gardening...

Maticele ba Tsumkwe basapila mwa matente 
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Maticele ba Tsumkwe basapila mwa matente 

Kasamulaho alilimo zepeli kulatelela piho ya New Era kuamana ni sililo sa maticele mwa silalanda sa Tsumkwe babahapelezwa kulobala mwa matente, mayemo abona hasika cinca. Maticele bazwelapili kutalimana ni butata bwa kazazi bwa kupila mwa maino anaikahela. Kamutala ticele yomuñwi upila mwa tente yeshwile zipu. Mwakweli ya Muyana 2022, New Era nepotezi sikolo sesi fumaneha...

Ovazemba fight for recognition
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Ovazemba fight for recognition

Pineas K. Pineas  Members of the Ovazemba community last week voiced frustration over what they termed as continued marginalisation. During a protest held at Windhoek’s Zoo Park on Friday, the protestors read their petition addressed to President Nangolo Mbumba, which called for official recognition as a distinct ethnic group.  The petition was received by deputy...

Second Chance: A San father’s anguish
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Second Chance: A San father’s anguish

BEN SE KAMP – At 27, Bee Lxaise has just dropped out of school, and can no longer proceed with her grade 9 classes for this second time.  The last time she was in school was in 2019 before a Zimbabwean businessman tempted her with all the sweet nothings of this world.  She moved in...

Gameneni omikwa dhetu – Aasan taya indile …sho onkalo yombepo tayi geye
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Gameneni omikwa dhetu – Aasan taya indile …sho onkalo yombepo tayi geye

MAKURI – Oshigwana shAaSan yomomukunda Makuri gu li lela kuushayi moshitopolwa shOtjozondjupa otashi lala inashi kotha molwomiti dhomikwa dhomomukunda gwao ndhoka tadhi hanagulwa po koondjamba. Omuti gwomukwa ogwa talika ko ongomuti gwomwenyo, ihagu gandja owala iikulya niihemba kaakwashigwana, ashike ogwa talika ko wo ongedhidhiliko enene ndyoka hali pukulula aakongo yaaJu/’hoansi mboka ye li oludhi lwAasan...

Tsumkwe teachers still live in tents 
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Tsumkwe teachers still live in tents 

Two years after New Era initially reported about the plight of teachers in the Tsumkwe constituency who are compelled to sleep in tents, their situation has not changed.  The teachers continue confronting daily threats and uncertainties, vulnerable to the elements and the hazards associated with residing in makeshift structures outside school premises.  For example, one...

Business owners seize San pensioners’ grants
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Business owners seize San pensioners’ grants

TSUMKWE— Many pensioners of the San community at Tsumkwe live without their national identification documents and social grant cards, which have allegedly been confiscated by local business owners.  These unscrupulous businesspeople, who ply the pensioners with alcohol on credit, reportedly seize the pensioners’ entire social grants at pay points.  This troubling state of affairs was...

Namibian returnees praise government for support
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Namibian returnees praise government for support

GAM – Namibians who recently returned from Botswana have expressed sincere gratitude to the Namibian government, and hope that more support will be extended to them at a settlement camp on the outskirts of Gam.  The group of approximately 100 returnees, who fled to Botswana decades ago due to the war with colonial forces, expressed...