{"id":45547,"date":"2023-05-25T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T11:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T11:17:34","slug":"northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","title":{"rendered":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing the validity of foreign marriage certificates of same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the eight Ovawambo tribes\u2014Ondonga, Oukwanyama, Uukwambi, Ngandjera, Uukwaluudhi, Uukolonkadhi, Ombalantu, and Ombadja\u2014held an extraordinary meeting at Ongwediva on Tuesday and urgently wrote a letter to Chief Immanuel Gaseb, the chairperson of the Council of Traditional Leaders, expressing their rejection of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

They are requesting the Head of State and Parliament to nullify the decision.<\/p>\n

They said that the Court\u2019s recognition of same-sex marriages was contrary to the provisions of Article 14 of the Namibian constitution.<\/p>\n

The traditional leaders emphasized that they are the custodians of traditional values, customs, and ethos.<\/p>\n

Describing the situation as \u201cdiabolical,\u201d the traditional leaders further said that the Supreme Court\u2019s decision critically disregards the accepted norms and traditional practices of their communities and makes the rights of communities subordinate to the Western culture that is promoting the LGBTQ agenda in Africa under the guise of financial aid. They view the decision as a complete interference of Western culture into Namibian culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs traditional leaders, we have a collective responsibility to guide the behaviour of communities under our leadership in a direction that is commonly accepted,\u201d they 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. THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing the validity of foreign marriage certificates of same-sex couples. Representatives of the eight Ovawambo tribes\u2014Ondonga, Oukwanyama, Uukwambi, Ngandjera, Uukwaluudhi, Uukolonkadhi, Ombalantu, and Ombadja\u2014held an extraordinary meeting at Ongwediva on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-45547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nNorthern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...\" \/>\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\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\" \/>\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=\"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\",\"name\":\"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision\"}]},{\"@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":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision - Namibia","description":"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...","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\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision","og_description":"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.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\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision","datePublished":"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision"},"wordCount":241,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision","name":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-25T11:09:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-25T11:17:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"THE eight northern traditional authorities of Ovawambo have joined the growing chorus of Namibians who have rejected the ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/sm_1685000750.500004.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/northern-traditional-authorities-reject-supreme-court-decision#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Northern Traditional Authorities reject Supreme Court decision"}]},{"@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\/45547","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=45547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}