The Presidency has dismissed as unfounded and false reports that President Hage Geingob allegedly said Apartheid was worse than the 1904–1908 genocide committed against the Nama and Ovaherero communities by Germany.

Reports said Dr. Geingob allegedly made the statement during a lecture he delivered at the Sciences Po University in France two weeks ago. The Presidency says, contrary to these claims, that President Geingob did not compare the Apartheid regime of South Africa to the genocide carried out by Germany against the Nama and Ovaherero communities.