Descendants of the victims of the Genocide in the diaspora will benefit from the Joint Declaration through bursaries and other reconciliatory means if it goes through, whilst those who return to Namibia will benefit like any other.

The recently approved Joint Declaration of Genocide, Apology, and Reparations by the Cabinet has seen significant changes from the original text.

The Joint Declaration was initially agreed upon and initialised in May 2021 and brought to Parliament for discussion.

However, a member of the Genocide Apology and Reparation Technical Team, Charles Eiseb, told nbc News at Keetmanshoop that certain discrepancies were identified, including the diaspora, closure, and the N$19 billion package.

The Genocide, Apology, and Reparation Technical Team were tasked with working around these issues and developed an addendum to resolve these concerns. 

"We have negotiated for further funding and not an amount per se. Further funding is more winning as opposed to an x amount, so we agreed on further funding; we have included the diaspora issue."

Another issue was that of the word "grant". "The issue of the grant has been dealt with, and it has been done away with. It is taken out, and we have inserted the word atonement as opposed to grant." 

The implementation period of the Joint Declaration will be shortened from 30 years to 23. 

"We have agreed on frontloading the money so that the value absorbs the years that are to be prolonged; hence, the years will be much shorter. We are calculating at 23 to 24 years."