Mmmh! Let's go the African Way.....
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FOUNDING President Sam Nujoma accused Britain, the United States and Germany of violating democracy and human rights in parts of the world such as Iraq, Afghanistan and in Zimbabwe at a Swapo rally at Ongwediva on Saturday, Nujoma claimed that British and American "imperialists" are imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe because its President Robert Mugabe is fighting to provide land to his people.
"The British want to be beaten up. Anyone find an Englishman, do so, beat him up," Nujoma said.
He said, SADC countries are united and will stand up to anyone who violates the rights of one of its member countries.
"Let us beat them, not with knopkieries, but with hammers in their heads, if they touch one of our SADC countries," Nujoma said.
"The whites must know that if they continue doing us harm, we will definitely beat them. They must take their hands away from Zimbabwe," Nujoma told the Swapo crowd.
He accused the "imperialists" of wanting to exploit Namibia's natural resources, such as copper, because Namibians are not skilled enough to do anything with these resources themselves.
"They want to take away our wealth, our natural materials, and other rights through EPA," Nujoma said.
"They talk about human rights and democracy. Where do they know human rights and democracy if they kill Asians, Iraqis and Afghanis daily?" Nujoma charged.
"They want to take President Mugabe away from his Presidential position in Zimbabwe, and then from there to us here. Be careful. If they come here we will show them and teach them a lesson as we did to South Africa during the liberation war," Nujoma said.
He called on all Namibians to be ready to fight against "the imperialists now killing people in Iraq and Afghanistan", because it was possible that they would come to Africa next.
Nujoma accused Namibian newspapers of failing to report on "Americans killing people in Iraq and Afghanistan".
Nujoma said he also did not want people criticising President Hifikepunye Pohamba, "like those white newspapers who are doing so".
"Those newspapers must know, the day God will be away from them, and Satan comes to them, we will deal with them," Nujoma said.
Nujoma had a prepared speech of more than six pages in English, but did not use it and delivered his speech in Oshiwambo."
LINK: www.namibian.com.na
Mike,
I heard a funny story from one of the students in Windhoek. Apparently one of our high up members in politics had a talk to the university students and told them that the USA think they are clever for going to the moon. We, in Namibia, will be going to the sun..
One of the students asked him how he intends to go to the sun. His answer "at night".
Hello1
All these misguided populist rantings .. one ought to rip their tongues out and feed to the dogs .. i wrote into the ANC site the same comment when Jesse Duarte the glib tongued ANC apologist dared to insult and honourable person in the being of Desmond Tutu .. who has always opened his mouth whenever he saw injustice .. in the old days of apartheid and to this day he remains critical of this govt as well ... she said we do not take notice of old men ... silly b... she conveniently forgot that if not for his courageious efforts over the years they would not have had the golden egg handed to them ... they never responded .. but then maybe the MIB are watching me ... catmusic
Latest Ranting this week, televised on the SWAPO TV CHannel, NBC, the founding, great ;eader. el supremo, excellency, his majesty, the worshipfull, doctor,el Presidento stated 'All Whites are poisonous snakes!"
here's a letter that appeared in the paper that echo's my sentiments....
"The Mamba Speech Raises Ire
ALLOW me to comment on the former President Dr Sam Nujoma's speech at a recent election rally for Swapo party at Ongwediva as reported on NBC TV news saying whites are as poisonous as the mamba snake. How does he expect these white people to feel?
To make matters worse he was speaking in his vernacular language explicitly laying down his insults. Some of these whites are staunch supporters of Swapo Party. Having benefited and enjoyed their support for almost two decades he has now turned against them. This is unacceptable in terms of human rights. According to the Namibian Constitution Article 6, 8 and 10 protection of life and respect for human dignity should be adhered to by all while discrimination of any kind from any quarter is a serious crime. All persons shall be equal before the law and no persons may be discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic, religion, creed or socio-economic grounds, says the Constitution. The speech of the former President is indeed in violation of the above stated human rights.
This is unbecoming of the said Father of the Nation. Please Mr Former President, command respect to be respected. When you made this speech at Ongwediva, you represented the majority of the Namibians especially the Swapo Party members, hence such a speech undermines the Namibian nation. It does not give a good image to the Africans and to the world, and it displays intense political immaturity. I strongly feel that he needs to give an apology for such a speech to the victims, but more importantly to the Namibian nation."
Guess where my vote will be going this year......
are-you-there ape
IF YOU ARE A NAMIBIAN, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE.............. DON'T DELAY, STOP THE ROT NOW, DO NOT WAIT AND DO NOT CLAIM YOUR VOTE WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE........ IN ORANJEMUND GO TO THE CINEMA GYM TO REGISTER TO VOTE, TAKE YOUR ID OR PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE WITH TO REGISTER..... YOU CANNOT CLAIM ABOUT POOR GOVERNANCE IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pls
I thinks we start a new party
Yes! I gave that a thought today, after the number of folk that I encouraged to go and register today, asked me which party they must vote for....... Turns out you need 10 000 signatures to register your party and then 10 000 votes gets your party one seat in the parly......... left it a bit late this year... will put more effort into it in the next election though.....
Got any name suggestions.....
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The story is if there is no opposition party that even fits your heart .. vote for it ... it creates a bigger diversity ... in the 60's 70's and into the 80's the kappiekommando and the OB supporters sooner voted for the then Left wing Federal/ United party ( sorry forgot all the names ) but yes they would sooner vote for likes of Helen Suzman ( God rest her hard working principled , feisty and honourable soul ) than for the Nats whom they hated ...
And yes Mike its so damm important to vote against this rising tide of racial hatred ... these politicians make a mockery of the very consitutional rights they wrote in .. their is only one form of democracy and thats their version ... actually if one could .. teach them a lesson and all the white devils leave the country and then they will se how long the goose keeps on laying the golden egg .. unless of course they go into begging bowl mode ... Uuuugh !!! stupid utterings to try win favour with the populace .. currently here the amount of service delivery riots .. but then they try to deflect saying this evening that if the Western Cape under Ms Zille does not start delivering soon they will strip the western cape of its executive powers ... HELOOO .. who f... d it up in the first place with many years of total maladministration ??? they still got their problems to sort out for now try to deflect attention .. fffg palukas ... so Sam yes take your poisonous tongue ... cut it out and eat it ...
I like the way that when in South Africa, things go for a loop and the elected officials cannot explain their way out of their scenario, that they then blame the mysterious "3rd Force"
This "3rd Force" should form a political party sometime, as it seems that at least they can organise things to happen.....
thumper
You know, I've never voted before. Often, pre-election people ask me if I'm going to vote and my response has always been the same. The ruling party has a majority, while like any political leadership they've had their problems, they have still delivered. My lot in life has not degraded since SWAPO took over and they were never likely to lose an election without my vote. If I were to have voted in any previous election, I probably would have voted SWAPO because they fairly represented me and my needs. As a matter of fact, the only time I'll ever vote is if I feel threatened, if I feel that my lot in life has lost value and if I perceive any of my values, principles or those of my family and friends are at risk.
That day, my fellow forum-ers, has now arrived. Myself and my wife have registered and we will vote because key (and fundamentally generic human) principles and values have been eroded. We recognise that the founding father has by all accounts lost some of his senses and has become prone to rambling nonsensical speeches, often off the cuff and fuelled by the intensity of his supporters during the speech. So I don't really have a problem when he calls for supporters to smack white people with hammers, or refers to white people as snakes (or even hint that Namibian scientists are actively working on nuclear weapons - the closest the Polytech graduates have ever got to this has been finding the 'on' button a microwave). What I do have a problem with is that the SWAPO leadership continues to allow him to speak at rallies off the cuff, I do have a problem that the party leadership has yet to distance itself from these statements publicly and I do have a problem that an apology is not forthcoming. Press statements hint that the issue has been raised to the Ombudsman and, if that is the case, the complete lack of action clearly indicates that the autonomy of that office is in serious question.
I will be voting in the next election, and the next, and the next... until I am fairly represented again. Long live Namibia!
About time Paul ... sad thing is power corrupts .. absolute power corrupts even more and becomes downright dangerous .. strangely enough being in power for too long seems to turn most brains into goats head soup mush .. all reason lost ... so yes viable opposition and not too late sooner earlier ... sadly so they still choosing the sad and tired old race card instead saying hey citizens stand up GROW UP ... and lets make this fair country work ... forget the past .. embrace the present.. and build the future ...
you hot
It's these kind of people that give their "brothers" a bad name, what can one expect from Sam, ask him whats 1+1 and he's already confused, as for the others what can we say, monkey does what monkey sees!
I'm a Brit, let him come near me with a hammer and I'll blow his damn head off!
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Very interesting reading ... and yes without going into the race card , instead expressing the truth as it stands in reality .. the " other populace" of Namibia is mainly productive .. good reason for not being seen at rallies , they mainly dedicated to their work .. and yes by working and having businesses provide work opportunities and yes also pay taxes that keep these mindless windbags in politics in a job in the corridoors of power .. a fact they so conveniently forget when at their rallies ...
They see the problems ,, they know the problems but dont have the balls or inclination to try do something about them for fear or rattling the comfortable cages they live in ... instead blame the problem on others .. problem is for how long van they do it ?? but then again the short term is always the easiest .. blame ... shift focus from your shortcomings ... hoping to make it in comfort for a bit longer .. hoping that the general populace will remain dumbed down forever to believe your unfounded untruths , and when caught out also blame it on the previous regime ... Uuugh .. still happening here ... and yes its time the " other populace " of namibia and tes southern Africa stood up and demanded their fair treatment under the wonderful documents called constitutions that they in power were instrumental in drafting , but yes secretly in their hearts commiting them to mere window dressing ... so yes ,, "other Namibians " and "other South africans " time to stand up and be counted ... Me I do it via newspaper as you have seen my contributions to national media posted on this site ... challenging etc .. MIB can go to hell ...