Foreigners own 1.4 million hectares of farmland | New Era Newspaper Namibia
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A total of 281 foreign nationals own 1.4 million hectares of agricultural land in Namibia, Minister of Land Reform Utoni Nujoma revealed last week.
Responding to questions posed by DTA president McHenry Venaani in the National Assembly, Nujoma said of the 281 foreign nationals some own land in partnership with Namibians.
Yesterday, Venaani told reporters he would petition President Hage Geingob in an open letter on the issue, adding that the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) cannot be implemented while farmland remains in the hands of foreigners.
During the National Assembly session, Nujoma stressed that it remains a challenge to verify and conclude who the absentee landowners are, but said the process of determining this is ongoing.
According to Nujoma, 129 German nationals top the list, owning over 620 000 hectares of farmland.