{"id":302412,"date":"2021-03-22T08:39:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T06:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302412"},"modified":"2021-03-22T08:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T06:39:04","slug":"war-veterans-demand-more-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302412","title":{"rendered":"War veterans demand more benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE hall of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority at Uukwangula village outside Oshakati was packed to capacity when defense and veterans\u2019 affairs deputy minister, Hilma Nikanor arrived there Friday to address veterans of the liberation struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Nikanor refused to address such a big gathering that was clearly in violation of current regulations that limit gatherings to 50 people only.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of veterans were ordered, but refused, to leave the venue, creating a disorder that required the intervention of the Namibian Police.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"War veterans demand more benefits\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUk6Uazk5xw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>VETERANS DEMANDING: The late Peter Nanyemba, who was Swapo&#8217;s secretary of defense. Video for illustration purposes only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Veterans of the liberation struggle who, by law, are already enjoying exclusive benefits, are demanding more benefits saying that what the Government has done for them is not enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are unhappy about the in-kind amount of N$200 000 earmarked for each veteran in the form of \u2018project funding\u2019.<br \/>They are demanding that the money be given to them in cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some complained that they applied for veteran status as far back as ten years ago, but their applications were not yet processed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nikanor reassured the veterans that the government is still committed to the wellbeing of veterans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is an increased number of members of the public who are murmuring about war veterans who keep demanding that government give them more and more benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter \u00a0 THE hall of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority at Uukwangula village outside Oshakati was packed to capacity when defense and veterans\u2019 affairs deputy minister, Hilma Nikanor arrived there Friday to address veterans of the liberation struggle. \u00a0 However, Nikanor refused to address such a big gathering that was clearly in violation of current &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":302413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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