The traditional leaders from the Hardap and ||Kharas regions have raised a number of issues during their meeting with President Nangolo Mbumba.

These include drought, progress on the Nama and Ovaherero genocide negotiations, and chieftaincy succession disputes.

Dr. Mbumba convened the meeting at Keetmanshoop with traditional leaders to hear their concerns and introduce himself. 

The traditional leaders, while voicing their concerns, also applauded the government for the smooth transition of power to Dr. Mbumba following the death of President Hage Geingob. 

President Nangolo Mbumba engaged traditional leaders of the eight northern traditional authorities at Oshakati this morning.

The aim was to familiarise himself with traditional leaders, inform them officially that he had taken office as Head of State, and seek their blessings.

Various traditional leaders in the Omaheke Region described the late President Hage Geingob as someone who had always encouraged traditional leaders to reason together in their differences for the benefit of community development. 

Chief Hendrik Martin of the !Xoo Traditional Authority in the Aminuis Constituency stated that the late President Hage Geingob had always been on record reminding traditional leaders of their role in the promotion of peace and pushing for the development agenda. 

Some traditional leaders in the Aminuis constituency are strongly opposed to the proposed mining of uranium along the Stampriet aquifer.

The leaders are of the opinion that they were not properly consulted in the matter.

They say that given the aquifer being one of the only precious basins that gives water to most communities, it will not be ideal to allow the extraction of uranium.

The Omaheke Communal Land Board, traditional leaders, and other stakeholders are on a one-day engagement on issues pertaining to new customary land rights, registration, and other functions of traditional leaders when dealing with land allocation.

The Chairperson of the Communal Land Board, Tutu Muundjua, emphasised that engagements such as these are key to establishing whether traditional leaders are operating within their stipulated mandates and frameworks when dealing with communal land rights.

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Namibia-Angola and Women's Action for Development have launched a conflict resolution book for traditional authorities in the four north-central regions.

The book, which will also be distributed nationwide, provides guidance to traditional leaders on how to resolve disputes within the boundaries of the law.