At least 98 Batswana of Ovaherero descent were received at Gam in the Otjozondjupa region on Friday.
The repatriated group was received by various top government officials.
Ministers Calle Schlettwein, Albert Kawana, Itah Kandjii-Murangi and executive director Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata were among the officials who welcomed the group to the ‘Land of the Brave’.
The individuals returned to their ancestral land after their ancestors were forced to flee Namibia during the 1904 to 1907 genocide perpetrated by Germany.
Schlettwein on Tuesday afternoon told the National Assembly that the almost 10-year-old repatriation plan was coming to fruition.
“These communities have made a calculated decision to return to their ancestral land after their ancestors were forced to flee this country due to the atrocities committed by imperial Germany,” he said.
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