Namibia: Traditional authority rejects Lüderitz port expansion plan – National

The Nama Traditional Authority (NTA) has called on the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) to be sensitive to the customs and traditions of locals amid their plan to expand the Lüderitz port.

The plan involves expanding to some parts of Shark Island, where ancestral graves can be found.

The NTA says the historical importance of Shark Island should carry the same weight as economic development.

More than 65 000 Herero and 10 000 Nama people were killed by German troops between 1904…