Viva Namibia at 20, Viva SWAPO at 50
By CJ Kaevarua (Otjiwarongo)

First and foremost, let me extend my revolutionary greetings and salutation to my fellow Namibians and at the same time pay tribute to the fallen Heroes and Heroines of our struggle for Independence, for their blood waters our freedom. Namibia, Motherland, rejoice for you will never be colonised again.

Despite critics of all sort and political propaganda used by those reactionaries 20 years ago and more so tried by all means to intoxicate the minds of our people against our mighty SWAPO, Namibians stood their grounds and rallied behind SWAPO, giving it the mandate of “FOWARD EVER AND BACKWARDS NEVER”

As the saying goes “To know where you are coming from, is to know where you are going” We hail from a past so contaminated and engineered by the colonial forces and their collaborators that it was characterised by beatings, harassments, imprisonment, starvation, killings of our people, military conscription, torture to mention but a few.

Every facet of our life i.e. Residence (the forced removal of our people from old location to Katutura), Employment, Education, Public amenities and Politics was regulated and controlled to keep us in a strictly sub ordinate role, whilst the so-called white supremacy was nurtured and maintained as the order of the day. I am referring to a dark past where and when Justice meant oppression of men by men.

All these evil deeds however, did not weaken our spirit but rather made us stronger and propelled us to hate them more and more. Martin Luther King Jr once f colonialism said “Oppressed people can not remain oppressed forever, the yearning for freedom eventually manifest itself” Oh yes, Namibians waged a long and bitter struggle and the aim was nothing else but Freedom from the chains of colonialism. Key to this revolutionary engagement of the racist South African forces was the mighty SWAPO through the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN).

Congratulations Namibia at 20 and happy Birthday SWAPO at 50.

Oh yes, 20 years ago we attained our hard won Independence.

This year we are proudly celebrating 20 years of self governance, 20 years of of self determination, 20 years of peace, stability and economic property. It is therefore incumbent upon us to safe guard and nurture our democracy and by so doing keeping the torch of freedom alight.

May the visionary, able leadership of our government steer us towards the realisation of vision 2030

VIVA SWAPO VIVA