Conservancies are, and cannot be, an end in themselves!
Despite losing one of his cattle to a lion recently, Dr Erastus Mukuaruuze, a pastoralist in the Kunene Region (yesteryears' Kaoko) and an old wise persona of note, hence the popular reference to him as "Dr," did not become disillusioned or disappointed with the government's conservation policy, particularly conservancies in his native Kaoko, as the Kunene Region is today known.
Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro
Despite losing one of his cattle to a lion recently, Dr Erastus Mukuaruuze, a pastoralist in the Kunene Region (yesteryears’ Kaoko) and an old wise persona of note, hence the popular reference to him as “Dr,” did not become disillusioned or disappointed with the government’s conservation policy, particularly conservancies in his native Kaoko, as the Kunene Region is today known.
Nor did he lose faith in the Swapo Party of Namibia, of which he is a member.
Now 89 years old and expectedly very much deep-rooted in his traditions, especially of his native Kaoko, one of the last bastions, if not the only remaining bastion, of Otjiherero culture, the reference to “Dr” cannot but make one wonder what this actually means.
Is it part of the fashion, especially the craving among politicians to be known as “Dr” as much as few of them have swotted to earn such an accolade?
