Windhoek — Namibia’s president said on Tuesday the government was considering radical land expropriation to spur the transfer of property to the country’s black majority. Speaking at Namibia’s 27th independence celebrations, President Hage Geingob said the government should evoke part of the constitution allowing for land expropriation with fair compensation since the redistribution process has been slow. "If we are committed to achieving further economic growth and maintaining peace, then everyone should be open to new approaches," said Geingob, Namibia’s third president since the country gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. "This means we need to refer back to our constitution which allows for the expropriation of land with fair compensation and also look at foreign ownership of land, especially absentee land owners." Namibia wants to transfer 43%, or 15-million hectares of its arable agricultural land, to previously disadvantaged blacks by 2020. By the end of ...
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