ANSWER: Yes My Lord. MR HEATHCOTE: did your father speak Otjiherero on that day? … ANSWER: Yes he spoke Otjiherero My Lord. MR HEATHCOTE: Is there a difference in Otjiherero language in using the word inherit or I give to you? ANSWER: It is when you give inheritance …Mekupe. MR HEATHCOTE: what is the word in Otjiherero, I give to you? ... --- … ‘give’ ANSWER: Mekupe MR HEATHCOTE: Okay we have got that and what is the word inherit from ‘you me’ in Otjiherero? ANSWER: Okurumata eta. … MR SCHICKERLING: I am going to ask you one more time, at the meeting on 10 April 1981, what were your words? -- father’s ANSWER: He said he is old and he is sick and he is having this farm that he obtained lawfully and somebody must take over the day he is no more and that person is Issaskar Kaune. And that is why I invited you here so that you can hear this in this meeting the day I am no more. MR SCHICKERLING: In the whole of your testimony you referred to these words, give take over, manage and inherit.
ANSWER: Yes My Lord. MR HEATHCOTE: … did your father speak Otjiherero on that day? ANSWER: Yes he spoke Otjiherero My Lord. MR HEATHCOTE: Is there a difference in Otjiherero language in using the word inherit or I give to you? ANSWER: It is when you give inheritance …Mekupe. MR HEATHCOTE: … what is the word ‘give’ in Otjiherero, I give to you? ... --- ANSWER: Mekupe MR HEATHCOTE: Okay we have got that and what is the word ‘you inherit from me’ in Otjiherero? ANSWER: Okurumata eta. … MR SCHICKERLING: I am going to ask you one more time, at the meeting on 10 April 1981, what were your father’s words? -- ANSWER: He said he is old and he is sick and he is having this farm that he obtained lawfully and somebody must take over the day he is no more and that person is Issaskar Kaune. And that is why I invited you here so that you can hear this in this meeting the day I am no more. MR SCHICKERLING: In the whole of your testimony you referred to these words, give take over, manage and inherit.