A tribal pot is boiling in the North

The Ondonga Traditional Authority, whose name is tossed around by a thinly-veiled commission that is hell-bent on evicting certain Oshikwanyama-speaking farmers from the Ondonga district, must get to the bottom of this matter.
The commission - calling itself the Ondonga King's Special Commission - recently acquired its primary eviction targets in the persons of Ohangwena Regional Governor Usko Nghaamwa and the chairperson of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, George Nelulu.
The impression that has been created thus far is that King Immanuel Elifas Kauluma does not want Ovakwanyama farmers in the Ondonga district or that the Ondonga district must remain exclusively for Aandonga.
It was, however, a relief to hear Ondonga Traditional Authority Joseph Asino stating that such eviction orders were not authorised by the traditional authority.
But words alone cannot be enough. The name of the king is being dragged in the mud by whoever is behind this commission, hence the need for a serious, in-depth probe to bring to the fore the identities of those pushing for these tribalistic evictions.
Essentially, what is being promoted here is a precedent that all tribes must remain within the boundaries of their tribal jurisdictions - Kwanyamas in Oukwanyama, Ndongas in Ondonga and Kwangalis in Uukwangali.
This is exactly what the racist colonial regime did to Namibians in the past when homelands were created for concealed divide-and-rule purposes.
In this time and age, we cannot afford to have people being targeted because of their tribal identity or skin colour. What is worrying in this particular incident is the fact that it pits two of the biggest Owambo tribes against each other.
The implications for such confrontation could be far-reaching, hence the urgent need for President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his senior government officials to step in and arrest the situation before if blows up in our face as a nation.
Traditional leaders must be informed that the country's constitution - the supreme law that dwarfs any other statutes - says Namibians are free to live and do business wherever they want in Namibia.
It is against this very constitutional provision that many government officials and other wealthy Namibians own farms across the country - and not only, or necessarily, where they originally hailed from.
Yes, land must be equitably distributed. But dishing out tribal identities as a way to acquire land - or anything else - should not be allowed in this country.