A SPECIAL team, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila, has finalised consultations with Herero, Nama, Damara and San communities to pave the way for the distribution of N$160 million a year over the next 10 years as part of German reparations.
Called the 'special initiative' by Germany, the European country undertook to give 20 million euro each year over 10 years to those communities, effectively to pave the way for reparations to Herero, Nama, Damara and San communities massacred during the colonial era, which lasted from 1884 to 1915.
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