AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEINGOB
By Tulinane Obed Emvula
Comrade President Hage Gotfried Geingob!
I take my hat off for you for being able to withstand the stormy weather crafted carefully by the spirit of the enemy against the Namibian independence under the leadership of SWAPO. Many would have caved in under the kind of pressures that are exerted on the Office of the Presidency of yourself. But you are able to wade through the quagmire of local and global challenges and snares set up to make your presidency fail and so usher the Namibia we want and sacrificed for into the dustbin of history. This shall never be!
It is not that you are holy or unscathed, and I am not in your camp, if you have one; I am a SWAPO member and the SWAPO that I belong to does not have camps: We are a united spirit.
(Please comrades of the liberation struggle at home and abroad, join me in this one statement!)
Historically, SWAPO has passed over many life threatening episodes, and crossed many rivers of blood, but thanks to the God of Namibia, we've always narrowly missed and escaped the death. So shall it be today! Namibia shall not fail in your hands: After all you said, “So help me God”! Bravo! Where you have made a miscarriage in judgment, go ahead and correct the order.
At this juncture when we, as a nation, are immersed in the heavy showers of the incredibly inspiring legacy of the illustrious comrade Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, we cannot but be invigorated in our resolve to fight to the finish the cause that he has begun; to finish the distance he has set and left for us to run with one and singular aim of ridding Namibia and Africa of all the vestiges of imperialism, colonialism, oppression and exploitation, man by man from any quarter whatsoever.
The so-called factions within SWAPO must be shamed for what they are, even if we, at one point or another, might have been part of such a negative inspiration. The Namibian people must be forewarned not to allow themselves to be divided by anyone whosoever, because of whatever personal challenges or hardships they may face at this point in time. There are many imposters in SWAPO who may have sneaked in by hook and crook; but the spirit of a true SWAPO will always pinpoint them out. You will notice them by what they say and by what they do. Those who call others names; you know them! They denigrate others with appellations such as “Vambos”, “Kwankara's”, “Boesman's”, “kaffers “ etc.; they talk of Ovambo government and all the tribal separatist inclinations. They say, “Our government will come when one of our own mounts the seat of presidency!” They think that the SWAPO Government has an agenda to favour and benefit some members of the Namibian society based on tribal or ethnic classification.
Those that may be indulging in such vices are either the enemies in SWAPO or they are babies in our political spirit, needing to be re-educated. Indeed, we have such corrupt people in our Government. They are the main cause of the situation we are facing today: those that are seeking political office in order to get to national resources and squander them. Be wary about those who caucus at night to strategise how to defeat justice and honesty; they reject quality and efficiency for crooking and thieving; overthrowing others just for their own selfish ends. They are selling away our precious land; being short sighted and” victimised by materialism.” Look at Toivo Ya Toivo and learn who a true SWAPO must be!
The enemies have long worked on us to believe their strategies. They created the elitist spirit of branding some members as stalwarts among peers; who prodded on failing to share knowledge and experience with new generations as they appeared and would have created an unbreakable chain within the ranks; but instead who have created a cycle of the same people at the top that has fostered spiritual estrangement and schism within the organisation, destroying the spirit of egalitarian comradeship, and so paved the way for the praise singing masses towards an elitist top. That is a capitalist or feudal order. SWAPO is not capitalist and should not be feudal; we are socialist in nature and so should we be in character; why; because, our basis are the workers and the peasantry.
Comrade Hage,
It was not by chance that Providence has destined you for an appointment in our time to be elected by an 87% lead during the elections in 2014. You had the backing and wisdom of your predecessors. Therefore you have a mandate to carry out your programme until your normal constitutional term of office expires. Remain unmoved by the enemy darts. The enemy is not physical people of flesh and blood, but a spiritual force of selfishness and destruction that wishes to see Namibia lose its starlight amongst the team that points Africa to the Promised Land which DR. Kwame Nkrumah illuminated for our continent: One Africa, One Nation.
The current situation is not of your own making. Many of us, by design or default, are responsible for the ideological, socio-economic and political mess we are finding ourselves in today. Nobody can escape this blame. So it is now imperative for all genuine SWAPO spirited members; young and old, to bury hatchets and come to terms with ourselves; if we destabilise Namibia by messing up with this particular presidency, history will not judge us kindly. The blood that watered our freedom will cry against us. We don't want that.
Comradely yours
*Tulinane Obed Emvula is from Okando Village, Oshikuku Constiuency, Omusati Region in Namibia
Comrade President Hage Gotfried Geingob!
I take my hat off for you for being able to withstand the stormy weather crafted carefully by the spirit of the enemy against the Namibian independence under the leadership of SWAPO. Many would have caved in under the kind of pressures that are exerted on the Office of the Presidency of yourself. But you are able to wade through the quagmire of local and global challenges and snares set up to make your presidency fail and so usher the Namibia we want and sacrificed for into the dustbin of history. This shall never be!
It is not that you are holy or unscathed, and I am not in your camp, if you have one; I am a SWAPO member and the SWAPO that I belong to does not have camps: We are a united spirit.
(Please comrades of the liberation struggle at home and abroad, join me in this one statement!)
Historically, SWAPO has passed over many life threatening episodes, and crossed many rivers of blood, but thanks to the God of Namibia, we've always narrowly missed and escaped the death. So shall it be today! Namibia shall not fail in your hands: After all you said, “So help me God”! Bravo! Where you have made a miscarriage in judgment, go ahead and correct the order.
At this juncture when we, as a nation, are immersed in the heavy showers of the incredibly inspiring legacy of the illustrious comrade Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, we cannot but be invigorated in our resolve to fight to the finish the cause that he has begun; to finish the distance he has set and left for us to run with one and singular aim of ridding Namibia and Africa of all the vestiges of imperialism, colonialism, oppression and exploitation, man by man from any quarter whatsoever.
The so-called factions within SWAPO must be shamed for what they are, even if we, at one point or another, might have been part of such a negative inspiration. The Namibian people must be forewarned not to allow themselves to be divided by anyone whosoever, because of whatever personal challenges or hardships they may face at this point in time. There are many imposters in SWAPO who may have sneaked in by hook and crook; but the spirit of a true SWAPO will always pinpoint them out. You will notice them by what they say and by what they do. Those who call others names; you know them! They denigrate others with appellations such as “Vambos”, “Kwankara's”, “Boesman's”, “kaffers “ etc.; they talk of Ovambo government and all the tribal separatist inclinations. They say, “Our government will come when one of our own mounts the seat of presidency!” They think that the SWAPO Government has an agenda to favour and benefit some members of the Namibian society based on tribal or ethnic classification.
Those that may be indulging in such vices are either the enemies in SWAPO or they are babies in our political spirit, needing to be re-educated. Indeed, we have such corrupt people in our Government. They are the main cause of the situation we are facing today: those that are seeking political office in order to get to national resources and squander them. Be wary about those who caucus at night to strategise how to defeat justice and honesty; they reject quality and efficiency for crooking and thieving; overthrowing others just for their own selfish ends. They are selling away our precious land; being short sighted and” victimised by materialism.” Look at Toivo Ya Toivo and learn who a true SWAPO must be!
The enemies have long worked on us to believe their strategies. They created the elitist spirit of branding some members as stalwarts among peers; who prodded on failing to share knowledge and experience with new generations as they appeared and would have created an unbreakable chain within the ranks; but instead who have created a cycle of the same people at the top that has fostered spiritual estrangement and schism within the organisation, destroying the spirit of egalitarian comradeship, and so paved the way for the praise singing masses towards an elitist top. That is a capitalist or feudal order. SWAPO is not capitalist and should not be feudal; we are socialist in nature and so should we be in character; why; because, our basis are the workers and the peasantry.
Comrade Hage,
It was not by chance that Providence has destined you for an appointment in our time to be elected by an 87% lead during the elections in 2014. You had the backing and wisdom of your predecessors. Therefore you have a mandate to carry out your programme until your normal constitutional term of office expires. Remain unmoved by the enemy darts. The enemy is not physical people of flesh and blood, but a spiritual force of selfishness and destruction that wishes to see Namibia lose its starlight amongst the team that points Africa to the Promised Land which DR. Kwame Nkrumah illuminated for our continent: One Africa, One Nation.
The current situation is not of your own making. Many of us, by design or default, are responsible for the ideological, socio-economic and political mess we are finding ourselves in today. Nobody can escape this blame. So it is now imperative for all genuine SWAPO spirited members; young and old, to bury hatchets and come to terms with ourselves; if we destabilise Namibia by messing up with this particular presidency, history will not judge us kindly. The blood that watered our freedom will cry against us. We don't want that.
Comradely yours
*Tulinane Obed Emvula is from Okando Village, Oshikuku Constiuency, Omusati Region in Namibia
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