Social science Namibia

1. Social science
Miguel Hamutenya

2. • Land reform in Namibia
• What is land reform?
• This is an important political and economic topic
in Namibia and in most countries in AFRICA. As
most of us know about colonialism, the very rich
continent AFRICA in terms of natural resources,
still being the continent that suffers the most from
un development and poverty.

3. Land reform
The fight for social justice

5. Namibia
• Dispossession of land started in the 19th century when the
german traders and colonist took over Namibia.
• Namibia was ounce called German South West Africa.
• When this happened, all of the land was owned by the
Germans and my fellow Namibians were put in an area
known as Katatura (meaning, the place where people do
not want to live)
• When talking about land that also includes our natural
resources. Diamonds etc (Debeers) which still today control
the diamond industry in Africa.

7. Independence
• 21st March 1990 we became independent
• Every single mine in Namibia and I'm sure in most countries in Africa are controlled by Ethically
europeans etc.
• Affirmative action
• Land 106 years of colonism from Germans and Afrikaners
• 30 million hectors of land was given to poor and uneducated Afrikaners (Free land)
• Another 7 million hectors of land
• History of Land reposition
• After the land conference they promised to transfer 13 million hectors of land to unprevalidged
Namibians by 2020
• Look at the stats- 2 million has been transferred
• Which means 13 % of the target and we have 4 years left to 2020

8. Price Escalation
• A house that cost you 400 000 in 2009 today cost
you 2 million.
• Average increase of 2000 per year!
• No one does anything about it.
• Leads to corruption where counsellors give land to
their kids to those who can pay bribes etc.
• Politicians get discounts

10. • 7 % of the white Afrikaaners in Namibia own
majority of the land. Which means the minority
still today after independence own over 85% of
the Land.

11. My question to
you is in this
case what do
we do?
Zimbabwe
Agressive
or
South Africa Corruption
Crime

12. Conclusion
Land reform plays a major part in Social science
With that being said…
 Man kind need to understand and observe the importance of social sciences
 In this case Land reform being a very serious social matter that needs to be addressed thoroughly mainly through political sciences