||Khomanin Traditional Authority denies selling land
The ||Khomanin Traditional Authority in Namibia has denied allegations of illegal land sales and financial mismanagement. Queen Juliane Gawa-!Nas challenged her critics to provide evidence to the Anti-Corruption Commission, asserting that the accusations are tribalistic and baseless.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights ongoing tensions regarding land governance, traditional leadership accountability, and the legal processes for removing tribal authorities in Namibia.
The ||Khomanin Traditional Authority has rejected allegations that it is illegally selling land to non-members, saying the claims are baseless and tribalistic.
||Khomanin Traditional Authority Gaos Juliane Gawa-!Nas rejected the allegations that the authority allocates land to people with money at a press conference in Windhoek yesterday.
“As leaders of the traditional community, we will not condone tribalism, and we will condemn it,” she said.
The allegations were allegedly made by what the traditional authority described as the “illegal” Landless ||Khomanin Traditional Community organisation, headed by activist Shaun Gariseb.
Gariseb earlier this year accused the queen and her council of unlawful land sales, a lack of accountability, financial mismanagement and keeping donations meant for the community for herself.
Him and his group this year voted to remove Gawa-!Nas and her council. The voting session saw majority voting for her removal.
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