Can Ethnicity, Racism and Discrimination keep Namibia together?

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The panel consisted of several experts that presented different perspectives on the topic.

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Dr. Bernd Althusmann delivered some welocming words and also moderated the discussion

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Carola Engelbrecht from CATS

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The event attracted an interested audience of nearly 100 participants.

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John Nakuta from UNAM

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Father Lukas Katenda from the Anglican Diocese of Namibia

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Hewat Beukes (WRP)

Even though these topics still play a big part in the country’s day to day life, they are hardly ever discussed openly in public. Before this background, the debate aimed to provide a public and neutral platform which would serve to identify problems as well as possible solutions and to discuss their influence on today’s society.

In this context, the KAS invited different experts in order to shed light on the various dimensions (social, political and legal) of racism, ethnicity, tribalism and discrimination. Panel speakers were

- Carola Engelbrecht (Director Cats & Activists)

- Father Lukas Katenda (Angelican Church)

- John Nakuta (Law Department UNAM)

- Hewet Beukes (WRP)

The event attracted around 100 interested participants which joined KAS at the National Theater and engaged into an animated debate with the speakers after their presentations.