New Era

ONGWEDIVA - Founding Father of the Namibian Nation, Dr Sam Nujoma, has spoken strongly against Western powers, which he accused of funding opposition parties especially in the African continent and elsewhere in the world for their own interests. He has also taken issue with those who want to topple the president of Zimbabwe.

"The white imperialists should be careful not to topple Comrade President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, because if you touch Zimbabwe, then you touch Namibia and the whole Southern African Development Community (SADC)."

He was addressing a Swapo star rally at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region over the weekend.

"It is because of the Western powers and those colonialists that oppositions are formed in our countries in the African continent and elsewhere in the world," he said.

According to Nujoma, the United States and Britain imposed suctions against Zimbabwe because the Zimbabwean people demanded their land from white minorities who occupied a high percentage of good land in Zimbabwe.

"How could one impose sanctions against people who are demanding their own land and it was made that those who have too much land or many farms should give some to the government so that the landless black people could be resettled there?" Nujoma asked.

"The whites have been on our necks and colonised us for a long time, they crossed with our people through the Atlantic Ocean and made us slaves in their countries. 'Omushiningwa iha dhimbwa, ashike omushiningi oye owala ha dhimbwa'. (The victim will not forget, but the wrongdoer will forget easily.) The whites must be careful, if they play with us we will thoroughly deal with them," a fired Nujoma stated.

The Swapo rally took place at Ongwediva Mayor's Park on Saturday.

Nujoma urged all the Namibian people from the age of 18 and above, including the born-frees to vote for the Swapo Party during the Presidential and National Assembly elections to take place from November 27 - 28.

"We have our President (Hifikepunye) Pohamba well known 'Bulletproof' and we want him to continue leading for another term. We are confident and we know that Comrade Pohamba will win during November elections. All those who have been members of the National Assembly should remain in and we must add more born-frees after the national elections," said Nujoma.

Nujoma said there is need to create "more guns and bullets" for the land of the brave and "our guns and bullets are our children".

"How do we turn our children into guns and bullets, we can only do that if we teach them computers, Mathematics and science subjects at a very tender age. Let's do that right now while they are in kindergarten," he said. "Only if children understand computers, Mathematics and science subjects, then we in Namibia, SADC region and the entire African continent can talk about standing on our own feet.

"Parents must ensure that children are guided and attend school everyday so that they acquire enough knowledge and skills to challenge the imperialists, because today they are telling anything but not necessarily the truth because they know that we do not have the know-how," the Founding President said.

He said imperialist countries are now poor because they finished all their natural resources. Because they have all knowledge and skills, they come to African and Asian countries to tap the natural resources and take them to their countries for their own benefit.

Nujoma compared the white minorities with a black mamba (snake), which even if you keep it in a room, it will bite you one day if you step on it.

"Whites are dangerous, just like a black mamba, if they oust Mugabe, they will oust another president in the African continent," he said.

"Namibia 'oshilongo shomapendafule kashi shi kiiyego kekekeke ashike oshegonga lya yagwa, (Namibia is a land of the brave but not for jokes and laughter)," said Nujoma.

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