Namibia: Parliament Says No to Tabling Communal Land Bill Last Minute

Lawmakers have stood up against agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein after he tabled the communal land bill at “the last moment”.

Official opposition leader McHenry Venaani and Swapo backbencher Tjekero Tweya oppose Schlettwein’s tabling of the bill.

The bill includes the establishment of communal land boards and a development fund to prohibit the acquisition of commercial agricultural land by foreign nationals and to regulate the leasing of commercial agricultural land by…