BUSHMEN, native of Namibia who roamed its arid terrain before colonial days and earned their livelihood by gathering tubers, said God made their land in anger.
That anger perhaps lay in the counter's intense heat that would in independence struggle drive away colonialists years late. But today Namibia lies in that intense heat, celebrating the inauguration of its third Presidentelect Dr Hage Geingob in a twin ceremony that also observes the nation's 25th independence anniversary.
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