Rehoboth land demonstration turns violent

Chaos erupted between community members and the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) during what started off as a peaceful demonstration for land at Rehoboth’s Kuvuki Land residential area on earlier today.

According to some community members, they had gathered at an open area to wait for the town council’s response on their land allocation needs when members of NamPol arrived. Five people were arrested. “They started firing rubber bullets at us for no reason as we did not intend to use violence. People were injured,” they claimed. About three people were injured and a vehicle was damaged during the scuffle, angering the community members who then started demanding the presence of minister of urban and rural development, Sophia Shaningwa.