CoD wants NA debate on Lubango torture

AFTER history was made recently in the National Assembly when Herero Chief Kuaima Riruako tabled a motion for the House to discuss the genocide and atrocities inflicted on Namibians during the 1904 uprisings under German colonial rule, another sensitive topic was brought up yesterday.

CoD Secretary General Kala Gertze tabled a motion requesting the members to debate the suffering Namibians endured in the dungeons near the town of Lubango in southern Angola. Hundreds of Namibians, who were all members of the Swapo Party, suffered at the hands of their own people when they were branded as spies for apartheid South Africa.Gertze asked for sensitivity and maturity to be exercised during the debate, “to impart justice to these victims, of which I am one.”Hundreds of Namibians, who were all members of the Swapo Party, suffered at the hands of their own people when they were branded as spies for apartheid South Africa.Gertze asked for sensitivity and maturity to be exercised during the debate, “to impart justice to these victims, of which I am one.”

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