Will Britain Labour Party Upset Namibia’s Trophy Hunters?
John-Colin Namene July 9, 2024
The Labour Party swept to power last week after winning the country’s general election.
It has been pushing a ban on importing hunting trophies to the UK, which has moved a step closer to becoming law with a vote by the UK’s members of parliament.
The Namibia Professional Hunting As- sociation (Napha) has previously said trophy hunting accounts for about 3% of tourists to Namibia, but 20% of tourism revenue.
Meanwhile, Namibia’s high commissioner to the UK, Linda Scott, yesterday said Namibia, together with other affected southern African countries, namely Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, is disappointed with the Labour Party being committed to an anti-trophy hunting bill.
Just what is expected to change with a new government at the helm of one of Namibia’s most influential partners.
To unpack this we are joined by international relations expert Ambassador Tuliameni Kalomoh and international relations expert Marius Kudumo.
