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"Swapo Party President and Founding Father of the Nation, Dr Sam Nujoma under attack (it cannot be allowed to become unchallenged). The latest article published in the Windhoek Observer of Saturday May xiii, "" And still they stood by Nujoma,"" written by a certain protÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ''Å¡ÃÆ'‚©gÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ''Å¡ÃÆ'‚©, a so-chosen "" True girl of the Namibian soil,"" has let the true cat out of the bag. It has let the cat out of the bag in terms of its content and tone which volition not demand a rocket scientist or conspiracy investigator and analyst to trace to its existent source and its previous sis manufactures which were already published by the same newspaper (Windhoek Observer) such as manufactures by a sure Jonathan Cobra, Kopano, and now past a true daughter of the Namibian soil. The objective of my slice is not directly to respond to the personal insults and innuendoes directed against the person of the founding president, Dr Sam Nujoma, only rather to accost certain worrying patterns and trends of articles referred to above and the potential consequences thereof. Basing my assay on communication science models, the conclusion is reached that all the articles written by the Cobras, Kopanos and the truthful girl of the soil share similar patterns, be it in terms of linguistic communication, style, the stiff tone of Anti-Nujoma/Anti-Pohamba and pro-Hidipo Hamutenya. And while we are still here, tin can you take note of a maxim which goes, ""A fruit does non fall/land far from its mother establish/tree."" Be that equally information technology may, I volition not respond point to bespeak to the baseless and uncalled-for personal insults hurled against the founding president, but I will rather accost principle issues which need to be taken into consideration, and which no one should lose sight of if we are to consolidate a culture of political fair play and tolerance in this state. Political fair play will naturally require that if the SWAPO Party through its elevation leadership, function of the president, vice-president, secretary full general, and deputy secretary general or even the politburo and central committee has taken a business firm stand up to condemn and denounce the writing of a certain Ananius Nghifihkeko, why have we not heard the party leadership pronouncing themselves strongly against the writing of the Cobras, Kopanos, Shakankas and the Namibian girl of the soil? Hence in the absenteeism of the party leadership not pronouncing itself vocally and firmly on the writings of the Kopanos, Cobras, etc., who share common political sentiments and all propagate Anti-Nujoma/Anti-Pohamba but pro-Hidipo Hamutenya (praise-singing and god-worshiping Hamutenya) propaganda, then I'one thousand compelled to make the following assay to protect and defend the legacy of SWAPO. The Anti-Nujoma propaganda, which started before the SWAPO Political party extra-ordinary congress and soon after Nujoma nominated Pohamba as his successor, looks set to continue to the next watershed SWAPO Party Congress filed for next year, if not into the hereafter. Now my worry is not most the democratic correct of expression and the choice of the Cobras, Kopanos and a true daughter of the Namibian soil concerning their favourite/preferred homo for presidency, but my business organization is with regard to the erosion of established SWAPO Party values of openness and collectivism which are beingness eroded by the writings of the Cobras and Kopanos, etc. And what worries me also is the lack of the pronouncement of the party leadership on the writings of these fellows who are constantly insulting the founding president, and at the same time attacking the legacy of collective leadership of SWAPO with impunity. Equally a matter of fact, the proper noun of one party cadre is perpetually used (comrade Hidipo Hamutenya) to justify the unwarranted attacks while other party cadres such as founding president Nujoma and others are crucified and vilified in the process of praising comrade Hamutenya. This situation should not be allowed to prevail. It is about time that the party pronounces itself on this issue. We all know that on several occasions now, comrade Hamutenya has indicated that he cannot exist held responsible or accountable for the actions of people who are his supporters or who act in his name. Perhaps this may be true, if nosotros are to go past the new culture which negates the value of SWAPO Political party'south collective and accountable leadership. Just permit the states face up it, hither you lot take a SWAPO leader whose name is used in a mode of a mini-god in guild to condemn, curse and demonize others, while he himself cannot officially distance himself from the actions of those who are doing that, and this while the party leadership under some of the same leaders who are daily existence insulted in the printing and over the NBC radio phone-in programs like the founding president Sam Nujoma, condemn some writers and remain tranquillity on the poisonous writings of some writers similar the Cobras and the daughter of the Namibian soil. Where is the political party discipline here? Why selective morality and what should the followers take as a norm or every bit good political culture? Where are we headed? Therefore, because the party has failed to pronounce itself and as comrade HH has openly said he does not intend to phone call his supporters to order for the sake of reconciliation, political tolerance and unity in the party, and in light of the unabridged SWAPO liberation struggle history being under attack through the attack on the SWAPO president, may some of united states of america enquire the following questions or make observations on some of the issues being raised. Perhaps, before I raise my observations, let me point out that I'm tempted to make the observations considering the legacy of the liberation struggle nether the able leadership of Dr Sam Nujoma is being put under attack and is nether threat past those who are destroying it for the sake of i political party core at the expense of all the others, comrade Hidipo Hamutenya. This is not fair as the SWAPO Party legacy should exist put and protected above personalities and personal differences. If we go past the sentiments and political writings of those ostracizing and vilifying the founding president while praise-singing comrade Hidipo Hamutenya, the decision is that Nujoma is existence put on trial and condemned for having been a leader of SWAPO during the liberation struggle and for having been the Head of State for 15 years. Nujoma is portrayed as if he was running SWAPO and Program alone in exile, and as if he had been running Namibia for 15 years alone and only lonely simply nosotros all know that is not true. That is where the problem is because nosotros all know that this is non true, because we all know that during the liberation struggle, SWAPO was run collectively by the SWAPO leadership through its leadership structures, and during the past 16 years Namibia as a democratic land was governed through the machinery of the Namibian state, the executive, the judiciary and the legislature, just not past Nujoma and Nujoma alone equally the Cobras and Kopanos want us to believe. This story of the Kopanos, Cobras and the daughter of the Namibian soil is both historically, intellectually, morally and politically corrupt. It is politically, intellectually, morally and historically corrupt because it is based on distortions of history, thereby corrupting the moral political foundation of our mail service-independent country on the basis of political sour grapes of those who failed to make it to Country House through the autonomous process of the SWAPO Party extra-ordinary congress. The vilification and crucifixion of Nujoma for his past roles as the President of SWAPO, old Commander-in-Master of Program, and as former president of the Republic of Namibia are not merely in bad taste or too low, just negatively portray a culture of Africa because Africans don't fight people who have gone (or retired) - and this tin clearly be demonstrated by the fact that Africans practise non take revenge or retaliate as conspicuously demonstrated past the policy of national reconciliation in this country. This thing of fighting retired president Nujoma for having nominated and supported the incumbent president Pohamba reflects badly on the part of those who are pursuing this unholy crusade. For heaven sake, the irony is that those who are waging this unholy anti-Nujoma and anti-Pohamba crusade are those who were clean-cut and who benefited under Nujoma's leadership over the years. They were role and packet of the SWAPO leadership under Nujoma during the exile days and for the past xvi years. And in view of this, i is compelled to ask if it is only now that some of the leaders, like the ane being praised for the crucifixion of Sam Nujoma are now waking up with their allegations. Why were they tranquillity on Nujoma's alleged misdeeds and bad leadership all these years? Why now? How do you exonerate yourself from the misdeeds of a so-called con-chief, amongst other misdeeds, if there is nowhere it is reported that you once publicly demonstrated or protested against the misdeeds of such a person ... later you failed to get what yous wanted? Where and when has comrade Hamutenya, who is praised as a tested cadre, protested well-nigh Nujoma's alleged bad leadership all these years? In what is tantamount to a negation of SWAPO'due south political and cultural values, we are existence told that Nujoma was responsible and is the 1 to be blamed for the nigh unfortunate and distressing consequence of the Lubango dungeons. In the article in which Nujoma is accused of this, comrade Hidipo Hamutenya is praised or exonerated from SWAPO's commonage leadership. Now, one is forced to reflect on that historical fact, that as far as i tin can remember, information technology was comrade Hidipo Hamutenya as the and so secretary of information and publicity, who travelled the globe with SWAPO detainee video cassettes, happily preaching to convince the world how the South Africa apartheid authorities had infiltrated SWAPO with enemy agents or spies. Surely, those who are talking about or playing with this sorry historical issue should ask Hamutenya to tell the world why he was doing that. Nujoma is unfairly accused of having destroyed others in exile. Simply may we too be told who plotted and engineered the removal of former acting SWAPO secretary of defense, Comrade Richard Kapelwa. Was it not Nujoma who refused Kapelwa to exist thrown out of the SWAPO or PLAN Military Quango considering of his commitment to tribal and ethnical balancing? Was it not Nujoma who reasoned that for balancing purposes and because of Kapelwa's feel, SWAPO will not let Kapelwa to be thrown out of the SWAPO military diplomacy department where he had worked for years? And considering of Nujoma'due south progressive leadership and his balancing the interests of the Namibian nation, he was the ane who appointed Kapelwa as senior advisor to the president of SWAPO, on armed services affairs. Was it non Nujoma for the same reason of tribal balancing who always dedicated or protected the likes of Peter Katjavivi, David Meroro and others when some people from the so-called dominant association wanted them to be undermined and forced out of the SWAPO leadership? Was it non the cunning and evil misdeeds of some, that plotted and engineered through the SWAPO Fundamental Committee meetings in Luanda the removal of Peter Katjavivi from the position of SWAPO secretarial assistant of data and publicity, and eventually from the position of SWAPO principal representative to London, United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland? Was it non the same person who argued in the SWAPO Fundamental Committee meetings, campaigning for the removal of Katjavivi from the position, which he later on occupied considering he considered it a strategic position? Was it not the same human who later plotted and engineered the removal of Peter Katjavivi from the position of SWAPO main representative, only to be replaced by longstanding friend comrade ambassador Kaukungwa? Who will forget how this clique of friends connived and arrived in London, afterward they secured an appointment letter from the SWAPO president, changed the locks and keys of the SWAPO office in London, and treated Katjavivi every bit if he was a criminal? Where and when was Nujoma running SWAPO alone in exile? Nujoma is defendant of unitarily removing comrade Ben Amathila, simply can the truth exist also told as to who used to go to the due north, specially to Ohangwena Region, to mobilize some businessmen and traditional leaders who were instigated to protest and complain that Ben Amathila was failing to represent their business organization and economic interests? Some business people who were poisoned with these lies in the due north are still alive, and today they regret why they e'er believed in the cunning plot of the removal of Amathila. The same fashion was used in the last entrada for succession to the presidency for one SWAPO pol now being praised by the Cobras and Kopanos as the only tested and intelligent SWAPO leader to run a succeeding economic system, and used by some of his campaign managers for the removal of comrade Amathila. Reference is fabricated to the issue of Hage Geingob, Ben Ulenga, etc. Was information technology not Hidipo Hamutenya supporters who used to call Geingob all sorts of derogatory names, Kwangala, etc., who distorted and undermined the harmonious working human relationship betwixt him and the founding president? And is it not saying it all that they are nonetheless referring to him every bit the master of political opportunism - clearly demonstrating that they take not declared a ceasefire against him every bit they still regard him as potential time to come competitor to the throne. Name-calling and slandering is their art of the political game. Equally a affair of fact, it is on tape that at one point Hidipo Hamutenya himself was quoted in the press equally having said, ""For one to exit SWAPO is to go into loneliness"", in reference to Ben Ulenga when he was fired from SWAPO? Where is the sympathy for Ben Ulenga coming from all of a sudden? All the above people are being used as a mode of mobilizing sympathy and solidarity in an unholy crusade confronting Nujoma. Nujoma'southward crime is that he has nominated and campaigned for Pohamba's presidency. It is clear there is no ceasefire on the part of those who campaigned confronting Pohamba. The strategy is very clear that one of Pohamba'south strong supporting pillars should be weakened or knocked down so that they easily become to him, Pohamba. We are told he is the virtually unifying factor from a serial of manufactures used to praise him while attacking the founding president? Only if we are to dig into the past or analyse the traits of SWAPO leaders equally is beingness done against Nujoma who is compared to comrade Hamutenya, Hidipo Hamutenya used to summon some reporters from Namibia Today to his old office at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and together with them write articles countering the Lubango dungeon stories. Now all of sudden, he is existence distanced from the Lubango effect which is now existence portrayed as Nujoma'southward babe. This is the very same Hidipo Hamutenya who controlled many SWAPO sometime journalists and reporters on remote control equally their boss and methodologically persevered as party ideologue ... and white liberal journalists similar Gwen Lister whom he held in disrespect and saw equally a threat to the Namibian State. Many of these SWAPO journalists are however roaming the streets of Windhoek, some now unemployed. Should they be asked, I'm certain some of them volition reveal the story of Hidipo Hamutenya vs Gwen Lister? Sometimes, politics is an art of joining together strange bedfellows, and this looks to be then truthful given the unofficial declared solidarity between the supporters, sympathizers of Hidipo Hamutenya-Gwen Lister, linked on the crusade of Anti-Nujoma and Anti-Pohamba paroxysm. Perhaps this new solidarity link is informed and influenced by the premise that obviously the enemy of your enemy becomes your friend? By the mode, who conceived and sold the idea of the banning of the Namibian newspaper which seems to take caused Gwen Lister to hate Nujoma to an extent that she has turned everything personal? Who used to spread rumours that Nujoma seems to want to promote white liberals, and it looked like he wanted to appoint Gwen Lister every bit Minister of Information and Broadcasting? Who used to wage a blockage campaign against the engagement of Gwen Lister, and who used to spread rumours and dirty stories confronting the likes of Michaele HÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ''Å¡ÃÆ'‚¼bschle that they were unqualified white liberals appointed by Sam Nujoma, but who were unfit to be on the leadership of SWAPO and its government? Nujoma never chaired SWAPO Women'south Quango conferences and meetings, but do your own investigations to observe out stories which were said against the likes of HÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ''Å¡ÃÆ'‚¼bschle, and why it was said to exist unjustifiable for Nujoma to go on them in regime. The very same tactics and strategies are now advanced for President Pohamba to fire the so-called Nujoma loyalists, the ones which were used to destroy the likes of HÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ''Å¡ÃÆ'‚¼bschle and Gwen Lister at some SWAPO Women'southward Council conferences. Information technology is therefore not surprising that the same strategies and tactics are now beingness employed against Pohamba-Nujoma supporters because quondam habits do not go hands. Lazarus Kalomo Okuryangava, Katutura"
2006-05-19 Staff Report 2
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