Namibia: Maponga Blames Politics for Slow Land Reform

Joshua Maponga, Zimbabwean-born public speaker and chief executive of Farmers of Thought, says that land reform can only be successful if it recognises Namibia’s sensitive political environment.

He made these remarks at a Previously Disadvantaged Namibia Farmers Union (PDNFU) information session in Windhoek on Wednesday, which was attended by close to one hundred community members.

“Addressing political parties’ resistance to land reform requires a multi-faceted approach,” he said in his keynote…