{"id":21154,"date":"2022-06-02T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue"},"modified":"2022-06-02T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:59:00","slug":"elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","title":{"rendered":"‘Elitist’ leaders failing on land issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused previous administrations, including the current one, of having an elitist approach to tackling land reform and ancestral land issues.<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking to Desert Radio 95.3 FM yesterday, Tjatindi referred to an incident at Gam in the Otjzondjupa region, during which residents clashed with shop owners and other business people at the settlement.<\/p>\n

He said Gam residents’ claims that people from different tribes are infiltrating their settlement are valid.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people want to reference the Constitution that all people have the right to settle anywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe very same Constitution also protects people’s rights, and when it comes to the control and use of land and other resources. The same Constitution also gives precedence to people to decide over their own territories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tjatindi said Namibians need to address the issue of elitism to equitably deal with the resettlement and ancestral land issue.<\/p>\n

He accused leaders of prioritising certain tribes in Namibia over others when it comes to resettlement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people who feel entitled and more ‘Namibian’ than others. This has been demonstrated by the manner in which the land reform programme is being administered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Former prime minister Nahas Angula, who has been accused of being part of an administration with an ‘elitist approach’, also spoke to Desert Radio 95.3 FM yesterday, and said the notion of elitism is a perception.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the Oshiwambo-speaking people, being so many . . . the likelihood is that many of them would have applied for affirmative resettlement. That may be the case, but it may also be a perception,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former education minister said the only way to identify irregularities in resettlement is to look at records.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only way to establish that is to go to the land ministry and get the records of how many people have been resettled and how many people have bought farms, and calculate if it is disproportionate.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes people just accuse other people because of perceptions, but sometimes perceptions become reality for some people, unfortunately,\u201d Angula said.<\/p>\n

Responding to the incident at Gam, Angula said it took place due to people feeling threatened.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people are poor, they feel threatened by people who are not of their origin. They feel their means of survival are being threatened by others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused previous administrations, including the current one, of having an elitist approach to tackling land reform and ancestral land issues. Speaking to Desert Radio 95.3 FM yesterday, Tjatindi referred to an incident at Gam in the Otjzondjupa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-21154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"472\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"‘Elitist’ leaders failing on land issue\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\",\"name\":\"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":472,\"caption\":\"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Elitist’ leaders failing on land issue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue - Namibia","description":"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue","og_description":"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":472,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"‘Elitist’ leaders failing on land issue","datePublished":"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue"},"wordCount":408,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue","name":"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-02T13:45:10+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-02T13:59:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"LAND rights activist and Ancestral Land Foundation of Namibia (Aflon) associate Jarri Tjeja-ua Tjatindi has accused p ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/06\/postQueueImg_18.jpg","width":720,"height":472,"caption":"'Elitist' leaders failing on land issue"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/elitist-leaders-failing-on-land-issue#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Elitist’ leaders failing on land issue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}