{"id":42443,"date":"2023-04-04T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet"},"modified":"2023-04-04T18:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:55:41","slug":"lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer lashed over injudicious \u2018tribal\u2019 tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>A legal aid lawyer, Eva-Maria Nangolo, is facing backlash over a comment she made on her personal Twitter account regarding the Damara people.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, whose remarks were seen as tribal and discriminatory, praised the cultural identity of the Damara people while condemning the violent image associated with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Damara people are doing something beautiful, a cultural identity. I love this. This overshadows that violence image of breaking bottles, knife stabbing, insults, no culture identity that I only know of them,\u201d Nangolo tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Justice quickly distanced itself from the comments and emphasised its commitment to promoting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Namibians.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer\u2019s tweet has sparked widespread criticism on social media, particularly from members of that community, and the ministry has pledged to take \u201curgent\u201d action under the Legal Aid Act and the Public Service Act to address the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Justice embraces cultural diversity in all its forms and encourages all Namibians to do so. One Namibia, one nation,\u201d justice ministry spokesperson Edmund Khoaseb said.<\/p>\n<p>Member of parliament Yvette Araes expressed her strong condemnation of the comment, calling it \u201cdisgusting\u201d and referring to the lawyer as an \u201cill character tribalist woman\u201d in a reply to the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, veteran journalist Jemima Beukes warned that such remarks can fuel tribal conflicts and pointed out that harmful stereotypes are often used to discriminate against members of the Damara community in employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLest we forget, these types of stereotypes are the reason members of the Damara community are overlooked for jobs,\u201d she replied to the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Approached for a comment, Nangolo said she has not seen or been summoned by the ministry and refused to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot comment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. A legal aid lawyer, Eva-Maria Nangolo, is facing backlash over a comment she made on her personal Twitter account regarding the Damara people. The lawyer, whose remarks were seen as tribal and discriminatory, praised the cultural identity of the Damara people while condemning the violent image associated with them. \u201cThe Damara people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-42443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawyer lashed over injudicious \u2018tribal\u2019 tweet - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A legal aid lawyer, Eva-Maria Nangolo, is facing backlash over a comment she made on her personal Twitter account regard ...\" \/>\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\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawyer lashed over injudicious \u2018tribal\u2019 tweet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A legal aid lawyer, Eva-Maria Nangolo, is facing backlash over a comment she made on her personal Twitter account regard ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\" \/>\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=\"2023-04-04T17:25:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T18:55:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680612936.37.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\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\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lawyer lashed over injudicious \u2018tribal\u2019 tweet\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-04T17:25:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-04T18:55:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680612936.37.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/lawyer-lashed-over-injudicious-tribal-tweet\",\"name\":\"Lawyer lashed over injudicious \u2018tribal\u2019 tweet - 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