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Original Post Date: 2004-01-12 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 1/12/2004 5:42:36 AM
Namibia: Germans express "regret" for Herero genocide
[Note. I’m not sure if this is a proper apology. Jan]
Okahandja, Namibia – Germany’s ambassador to Namibia has expressed his country’s regret over the ruthless quelling of the Herero uprising a century ago.
Tens of thousands were slaughtered by German troops. Figures for the total Herero population at the time of the massacre range between 50 000 and 120 000. It is estimated that only about 15 000 survived.
Wolfgang Massing on Sunday said that while history could not be undone, “we can give back to the victims and their descendants the dignity of which they were robbed.”
“I also wish to express how deeply we regret this unfortunate past,” Massing said at a commemoration of the January 12, 1904 uprising in Okahandja, 70km north of Windhoek.
‘I also wish to express how deeply we regret this unfortunate past’
His statement is the closest a German representative has come to an apology for what historians have described as genocide.
About 600 people, mainly Hereros, attended the commemoration.
Herero paramount chief Kuaima Riruako and the leader of the opposition, Katuutire Kaura (a Herero), criticised the absence of President Sam Nujoma.
“The Herero people helped him slip across the border into exile in Botswana (during South-West Africa’s independence struggle),” the chief said. “Now he is not here.”- Sapa-AFP
This article was originally published on page 1 of The Star on January 12, 2004
Source: IOL
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&ar…br>