🇳🇦 Namibia: War orphans demand restitution from South Africa
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THE Association for War Orphans of the Liberation Struggle (Awols) wants the South African government to apologize and make reparations over atrocities committed against Namibia's people during the apartheid era.
This was said in a letter sent on behalf of the organization to South Africa's high commissioner in Namibia, Archie Whitehead, by lawyer Kadhila Amoomo on Tuesday.
The letter stated that the South African army had committed numerous atrocities against the Namibian people.
Mass killings, rape, massive dispossession, theft of movable property, and general disenfranchisement were part of the atrocities carried out by the South African army, it is charged in the letter.
“The atrocities committed against the Namibian people and particularly against members of our client were aggravated by the implementation of the apartheid policy of discrimination across Namibia at the time,” Amoomo wrote on behalf of the association.
He added that the victims have not received a formal apology from South Africa.
The letter further stated: “It is therefore in accordance with justice that the South African government atones and attends to reparations aimed at restoring the dignity of the Namibian people, as well as reversing the devastating effect of the atrocities committed against them.”
It added that the atrocities committed by the South African army and administration against members of the association were as clear as daylight.
The association gave the South African government 30 days to respond to its demands.
“It is, therefore, our instructions to demand within a period of 30 workings days a formal apology from the South African government for the aforementioned atrocities,” it said.
Source www.namibian.com.na