Namibia: Second Treason Trial Provides a Lesson On Border History

21 November 2006

Windhoek — A RECOUNTING of the history of the borders of Namibia on Friday took the second Caprivi high treason trial as far as 122 years back to the era of the colonial scramble for Africa.

The Caprivi Region is a creation of colonialism, its peculiar shape the result of deals and treaties that colonial powers - Germany, Portugal, Great Britain and later also South Africa - concluded with each other, according to testimony that Acting Judge John Manyarara heard on Friday from the 52nd prosecution witness in the trial.

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