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WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration on Friday received part of the Namibian records that were kept in South Africa after Namibia gained its independence in 1990.
The records kept in South Africa are the births, deaths and marriage records of people who were born, married and died in the then South West Africa (now Namibia), since the handing over of the administration of South West Africa to South Africa in 1920 in accordance with the mandate given to South Africa by the League of Nations, up to Namibia’s independence.
These records also cover Walvis Bay since the attainment of Namibia’s independence in 1990 until the incorporation of Walvis Bay into Namibia in 1994, also from South Africa.
The records brought back on Friday are death records dating from 1970 to 1990 and marriage records from 1962 to 1988.
Discussions to repatriate the records to Namibia date back to 2001 when the Ministry of Home Affairs requested their South African counterparts to send the records to Namibia to make the administration process of Namibia manageable.
Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, Joseph Kashea, applauded the South African government for their cooperation, saying that this will make the work of the home affairs ministry easier and facilitate the efficient provision of services to the nation.
The chief control officer of the deaths, births and marriages sub-division in the ministry, Agnes Kafula, told New Era that although much has been done by the South African government to get the documents to Namibia, discussions are still ongoing for more records to be repatriated to Namibia and these mainly include birth records dating from 1972 to 1978.
The first repatriation of Namibian records from South Africa took place in 2007.
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The records kept in South Africa are the births, deaths and marriage records of people who were born, married and died in the then South West Africa (now Namibia), since the handing over of the administration of South West Africa to South Africa in 1920 in accordance with the mandate given to South Africa by the League of Nations, up to Namibia’s independence.
These records also cover Walvis Bay since the attainment of Namibia’s independence in 1990 until the incorporation of Walvis Bay into Namibia in 1994, also from South Africa.
The records brought back on Friday are death records dating from 1970 to 1990 and marriage records from 1962 to 1988.
Discussions to repatriate the records to Namibia date back to 2001 when the Ministry of Home Affairs requested their South African counterparts to send the records to Namibia to make the administration process of Namibia manageable.
Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, Joseph Kashea, applauded the South African government for their cooperation, saying that this will make the work of the home affairs ministry easier and facilitate the efficient provision of services to the nation.
The chief control officer of the deaths, births and marriages sub-division in the ministry, Agnes Kafula, told New Era that although much has been done by the South African government to get the documents to Namibia, discussions are still ongoing for more records to be repatriated to Namibia and these mainly include birth records dating from 1972 to 1978.
The first repatriation of Namibian records from South Africa took place in 2007.
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