A community of about 100 San people living in ||Nhoma, about 80 kilometres outside Tsumkwe, says they have no knowledge of the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly Elections.

The headman of the group, Cgun Josef, said he only learnt of this national event when the nbc News team visited his community this week.

Josef and his people live a secluded and traditional lifestyle, gathering only what is needed to feed the community from nature.

The group here is young, but they say those before them came to settle here before independence.

All of them have national documents and were recorded during the national census, but the news of the national elections is new to the headman and his group.

"We do not know when elections will take place; I am only hearing from you now. I don't know. Nobody came here to give us an education on voting; we are just living like this. I have a voter card that I got in the previous election, the old one," said Josef.

The area where the community stays is located between two local conservancies; the !Khun and the Naye Naye traditional authorities run them, respectively.

According to Josef, an unresolved matter between him and the two traditional authorities has left the group out in the cold, and therefore getting a meal is a challenge.

"Food here is very scarce because when we look for food, we go this side and we do not go that side, because on that side there are two conservancy borders; on that road, you came with, you will see, 'no entry.'"

They make their income through tourists visiting them, and though their hunting skills are sharp, they do not engage in it for fear of forest rangers.

Josef pleaded to authorities for assistance to mediate the long-standing dispute between him and the two traditional authorities. As for the elections, the group will sit this one out.