Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Banner Left
Banner Right

Anti-gay movement calls for justice minister’s removal

An anti-gay movement has called for the removal of minister of justice Yvonne Dausab, or the minister’s voluntarily resignation.

Stop Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage in Namibia (Hossamina) is planning a mass demonstration on 12 August.

This was confirmed by Hossamina committee chairperson Pendapala Nakathingo in a press statement released on 12 June.

Nakathingo says the appointment of Dausab is against the rights of those against same-sex marriage.

“We are not comfortable with a person who is promoting that which is against us as a nation,” he says.

Nakathingo says “we are not against her as a person”, but says they do not approve of her appointment as the minister of justice.

He says her appointment is an injustice to biological men and women who identify as such.

“Failure to meet our demands as natural men and women . . . we shall demand a referendum,” the statement reads.

The committee is also demanding that the president sign the bills on marriage and spouses within 48 hours.

Nakathingo says the legalisation of same-sex marriage would negatively influence children’s minds.

“We are not against them, but we are against their activities . . . “

Efforts to reach Dausab were unsuccessful.

A group of people protesting against the Supreme Court ruling on the recognition of foreign same-sex marriages concluded in other countries called on president Hage Geingob to relieve Dausab of her duties last year.

Stay informed with The Namibian – your source for credible journalism. Get in-depth reporting and opinions for only N$85 a month. Invest in journalism, invest in democracy –
Subscribe Now!

Latest News