Namibia: Security Measures to Be Taken to Protect New Statues

IN VIEW of a potential lawsuit by groups who want the Reiterdenkmal statue reinstated, the Government will put security measures in place to protect the Genocide Memorial and Sam Nujoma statues.

The Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Jerry Ekandjo, said during discussions on the national budget for the 2014/15 financial year in the National Assembly (NA) on Monday that after government was threatened that measures will be taken to reinstate the Reiterdenkmal, the Government saw the need to put security measures in place to protect the monuments.

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