Namibia: Govt Oppressing LGBTQI+ Like in Apartheid Days – Walters

Former ombudsman John Walters says the current government is oppressing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) community in the same way South Africa’s apartheid regime has oppressed people of colour in Namibia.

Walters yesterday responded to minister of home affairs, immigration, safety and security Albert Kawana tabling the marriage bill, which prohibits same-sex marriage, in the National Assembly.

“It’s the same people who suffered under that…