Swanu Youth League's unedited statement as requested by The Namibian newspaper on the Presidential month of his birthday

By Simeon Tonata Angombe - Swanu Youth League President

First of all, let me take this opportunity and thank you, The Namibian newspaper, for creating this opportunity as a platform with the potential to get our voice heard at the highest office in the country through our various political youth movements. Let us hope that our views and opinions will be considered as youth growing into taking up much bigger political leadership responsibilities in the future.

1. What do you admire about President Pohamba?
Since the coming of His Excellency President Hifikepunye Pohamba in the Presidential office, we have seen and felt Namibia becoming an influential nation in the global village, and we from the Swanu Youth League attribute this effect to the President’s personal charismatic character and brotherly, if not fatherly leadership. The President is very much into consultation with every stakeholder of government in political, economic and social well-fare – a hands-on type of leadership. This approach is actually motivating and pushing for action in the executive and other chambers of government, thus making Namibia a competitive nation moving at the same pace with the demands that comes with the globalised 21st century.

2. In your opinion, what are his shortcoming or disappointments?
In my socio-economic view, Comrade Pohamba is failing to listen, and attempt taking risks at practicing some progressive ideas brought forward by our Party leader Hon Maamberua when he proposes a Youth Fund for the unemployed University graduates who sits at home jobless. From the Youth Leagues’ side we have made several calls to the Ministry of Youth through their SME Loan Schemes and the Development Bank of Namibia in widening up the possibility of lending out more to young people aspiring to do business at less tight collateral requirements.
From the Social perspective, again we always advocate for the ‘government of today’ to intervene with the City of Windhoek, especially when we are facing a serious housing crisis of which I cited on my personal blog as a young politician: (http://tonataangombe.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-namibia-as-contemporary-son-of-soil.html).

Young people finds it hard to purchase houses in bigger towns like this one because of the ever sky-rocketing land value and house prices, while still the lowest paid civil servant has some ridiculously low housing scheme which cannot afford much.

Politically, as a realistic young politician I can acknowledge without fear or shame that the probability for Swapo to rule after the next elections slotted for 2014 is very high. My issue being that, the current manner in which the President is handling politics at his party level concerning his successor shows a lot of weakness in his ability to instil a sense of discipline in those that surrounds him.
Such a situation is a very good opportunity for the potential unpatriotic Namibians, who could be within his party, to start issues which might lead to national chaos like tribal wars as had happened in other African countries due to this kind of approach. As a progressive Political movement Swanu does not want this sort of thing to happen to our young democratic country all because of his inaction.
What is so special about the next leader and why can’t he allow those interested to start campaigning openly? This is clear of his weak political orientation and this sort of politics create unnecessary tension amongst people, especially when we live in a multi-racial/cultural society like our own.

3. If you were in a position to advise him on his leadership, what will you tell him?
As a patriotic Namibian, I listen to all voices that are for national interest and we as a youth league have identified a weakness in the presidents’ leadership skills to direct and manage the politics of his Predecessor Dr Sam Nujoma.

First, I would advise that Dr Pohamba makes it priority to talk to the founding Father to review his advisors because as a united Namibian youth we understand the literal meaning of the title (Founding Father) to be – Father of the nation and not of a certain institution or political belief. We want to see a situation where he would join us as Swanu Youth League upon invitation to celebrate events with us or respond to our invitations if he cannot make or so. We make this call because he is the Father for all the children, and not only some. I stand to be challenged by statement on this if I am politically wrong.

Secondly, Dr Pohamba must also advise the Founding President to hand over the Chancellorship of the University of Namibia to him as current Namibian leader as it is standard practice in contemporary politics.
I am making this call because most cynical people within the Namibian political landscapes questions as to why Dr Nujoma is still Chancellor, and eventually they end up labelling him as someone who loves power and prestige, which we believe is not the case for the kind of leader he is.

These advisors to our Founding Father are not doing their job in the above-mentioned regards, and the office of the Founding Father as a component of Dr Pohambas’ led government needs his attention, for the sake of the image of Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma as our much celebrated liberation icon whose political life has become a laughing stock for the unpatriotic Namibians who would want to shun his dignity. Thank you.

My Namibia as the contemporary son of the soil.

By – Simeon Tonata Angombe
Twenty years has come and gone by with much to appreciate where reality applies and much left to be desired. Today I write this article tackling the un-tackled aspects of the life we’re living in Namibia. Topping the list is the political atmosphere which has become senseless in the eyes of a bright young person like myself as we have so many political parties that for a constructive and right minded person are not necessity to exist so.
Second is the economic perspective from which I have observed that our current political leadership as the constitution which is supposed to smoothen the road to self-empowerment has failed largely to do much in terms of challenging the status quo left behind by the previous colonial administration(s) of economic inequality and rather enriching those close to the political echelons.
The third and last concern for this article, is from a social angle whereby as a village raised Namibian and eventual ‘urbanist’, I feel that our current political leadership is failing yet to lay down programmes that are pro-society, and those that could easily enrich and benefit the state coffers at the same time if well implemented.
Without wasting much time I would like to point out a few flaws and solutions to our Political, Social and Economic aspects.
Political Perspective:
Looking at the 20 year old Namibian population of an estimated 2 million people, I find it ridiculously immature of a nation this young in age and quantity containment to already have 12 registered political parties. This in my view implies that those aspiring for political leadership positions thinks that the ordinary person is “dum” enough to choose them over others, when they merely are just similar thinkers in different colours, no wonder they refer to them as “voting cows” either way.

It is very disappointing for me to know and realistically put it into perspective that Swanu, and the Communist Party are the only political parties that advocates for policy changes towards different political lifestyles, besides the above-mentioned, Swapo as the majority ruling party since independence, has defined itself along the lines of a “Mixed economy (indirect capitalism)”. Other than the different approaches, we have the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) has also been a conservative party in it is political engagements and that is fairly understandable for it to exist as a political movement.

My concern is on the existence and clear distinction of the United Democratic Front of Namibia (UDF), Congress of Democrats (COD), Republican Party (RP), National Unity Democratic Organization (NUDO), Monitor Action Group (MAG), Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), All People’s Party (APP), Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN), Namibia Democratic Movement for Change (NDMC). If we clearly have to identify the relevance for these political groupings to exist, one will obviously see that these many political institutions are the foundation of the existence to the evils of society called “tribalism and regionalism” to the advantage of those who created them.

If we should be realistic about being a responsible citizen with its people at heart, was it necessary for Mr Ben Ulenga to form CoD, Mr Hidipo Hamutenya to form RDP, Mr Ignatius Shixwameni to form APP? Why couldn’t they just join any other party that existed before they could differ with their mother-founding parties? What is the difference we get in their contribution to national issues from their several political groupings? Wouldn’t it have been more appealing to the “voting cow” for Mr Hamutenya to join CoD projecting and justifying the dissatisfaction encountered by his colleague Mr Ben Ulenga, or even better join Swanu for example? This is just a thought which leaves a lot yet to be desired in understanding whether we have people who really qualifies to be referred to as future leaders of quality or just yet another power-hungry bunch of political opportunists.

I was thinking aloud with a friend on the street who shares similar views that maybe we should have a Political Parties Council established with a legal mandate to which certain documents are submitted, discussed, negotiated, defined and accepted or rejected whenever a group of people wishes to create a political institution, just so that our political environment is not polluted by hypocrisies deliberately.

Economic Perspective:
Knowing well that Namibia is relatively a young democracy, we have always had a very good economic foundation inherited from the former Colonial apartheid South African Administration. During the specified former administration, the population in large towns such as Windhoek wasn’t that much and that is why most of the needs to the City were dealt with progressive proper planning. Reference can be attributed to the forced removal of the black people from the Old Location to the universal location called Katutura (in simple English, the term ‘Katutura’ means – we will never settle).
When the Apartheid regime decided to move these people they had already budgeted and built structures of affordable housing for the groups to be moved, and for that I am proud to see a sense of social responsibility in the cruel regime.
Most of the people who settled in these houses around, now (Wambo, Damara, Herero Location and the Single Quarters) managed to successfully pay them off and the city of Windhoek enjoyed the returns from their investment. Now my question to the current government is to be explained to as to what is the main difficult thing for the authorities through the City of Windhoek to identify a possible residential site where they can build affordable houses for us who are desperately seeking to purchase such venues at a sustainable price which shall be reasonable also to empower the coffers of the investment?
Are the current authorities indirectly showing the “voting cow” that they care much less and are not worried for being innovative and willing to take economic risks for their masses on the ground?
On the other hand it will be very unfortunate to say that most economic decisions taken, but concerns society more than the governing system are imposed rather than taken in consultation with the people affected. Example being the current road fines and the eventual taxi (public transport grave concerned strike which was brushed aside ), when the Communication Bill was passed without much support it needed, the will of the people in these economic aspects have been ignored deliberately to serve the will and interests of the powers that be rather.
Having had to see Namibia become a copy-cat to advance with the Black Economic Empowerment which was firstly adopted and practiced in free South Africa, we have seen that the business environment has become for a select-few who seem to conquer every industry greedily at the expense of others who are not politically connected to attract potential foreign investors. The question most fellow young people ask me every now and then is the inequality in the business world, especially when they are at entrepreneurial stage and section of business. It hurts to know that I am an entrepreneur without much opportunity to practice my skills while the money magnets cruise in flashy cars at the expense of employment creation and creating a stable national economy.
Some other business people are labelled and refused business opportunities because they do not share similar political views with the ruling powers.
Now is this the kind of political leadership one in the 21st Century wants to identify and reason with? It is about time our leaders become active listeners and workers towards the advancement of the 21st Century child instead of dwindling around in lost thoughts.

Social Prospect:
From the social front I must commend government for having thus far had advocated for National reconciliation since the end of the political differences deliberately caused by the colonial regime. Yet, we are finding cases whereby people are pointing each other fingers on allegations of ethnic and tribal differences in politics or environmental settings.
Clear testament would be the Kwanyamas who were being threatened by fellow Namibians in Kavango regions for allegedly owning land and having animals on the land belonging to the Kwangalis. Aren’t we supposed to be Namibians before our natural differences? What has the government done to reconcile this situation or any other similar case? We find cases whereby the Kwanyama speaking people are associated with a political party called RDP just because they speak that dialect. To a certain extent, they are labelled and victimised even at public office level.
The growing unequal distribution of wealth for development between Rural areas and urban areas is also a growing social concern as we attempt to curb urbanisation. Are we confused in our leadership to balance how we act or what, for this to happen?
Information sharing and outreach programmes to inform people about opportunities is also a big social challenge as some young people who do not know where to go or what to do to start businesses or, join progressive youth groups or just get to know about general national developments. We ought to review our commitment to the values of the reasons the Liberation Struggle was fought and rededicate ourselves to working towards empowering our people and community at large for a better tomorrow.

*Mr Simeon Tonata Angombe is a political commentator and International Relations distance student. The views raised and points raised in this article are solely his personal ones and those of his political consciousness*

A reviewed analysis of the world under self-imposed leader – America

By Mr Simeon Tonata Angombe

Today I write this piece of article in search of an understanding in international affairs surrounding the curious thought of the high probability of the existence of a deliberate World Order (WO) which the powers that be has for years devised and gambled on through indoctrination of the minds of the powerless and less-fortunate.
I have looked at the events of the world since the First, and Second World War, the Cold War, and the current evolving New World Order (NWO) which the West is driving to, while China and most other Asian countries are taking their own routes. I have come to develop a curious thinking in attempt to understand the connection between deliberate events created by the invisible hand – to be complained and explained by the so-called current world powers who in turn resort to mandate themselves and use military power to settle these squabbles and disputes all over the world under the pretext of internationally accepted resolutions through their “Social Club” – the United Nations.
Personal curiosity has brought me to another level of thinking and pushed me to the extent of accusing directly and indirectly much without facts that the world is remote controlled by a certain clique that exists in secrecy and runs our lives indirectly through another tool, and the extreme Capitalist states (USA, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and other self-knowing nations) are pattern puzzle of this selfish triple standard practice. I am made to believe that this group is an extreme Capitalist constituted and economic driven one that for years has worked around the clock to ensure that the affairs of the world clashed to their advantage and they know when to intervene to rejuvenate “The Game” before it ends in self-destruction after years of hard work in wealth accumulation for the elite in the clique.
As early as the emergence of the Socialist / Communist thinking this group had already started strengthening up to put up resistance against a responsible social order but in the process they have also improvised on an antidote to the greed within their system from the Socialist ideology in as much as they successfully crushed Socialism before it was even born.
The system works like this, especially from the United State of American angle of involvement into this network, I perceive that this group of the rich guys from the capitalist angle living in places such as Texas have managed to manipulate the political system, especially from the Republican Party’s political ideology. Each and every term the Republican Party leads the American government the world becomes a hot place – war is started and instigated to provoke clashes through imperial and dubious tactics in the powerless nations of Africa and the Middle East. When these clashes happens, the big boys and girls of the “World Board” instructs the Arms and Ammunitions producing countries and companies (which they co-own with their few selected “political tools”) to supply weapons and therefore business booms in return, while innocent lives gets wasted in deliberate blind civil clashes which the ones affected directly do not realise that they are the game tools, while the “Board” sits back, smoke a “cigar” and watch the match happen.
The only thing that most of us do not realise is the trap that we tend to fall in when these western war mongers sent as per the instructions of the “World Board”, successfully attempt to divide our nations by paying and funding individuals to provoke our governing systems in the end to have chaos, havoc – and for them to come and intervene again to determine how we handle and run our affairs if not sell weapons to the rebellious groups as they are currently doing in the Libyan case, only to benefit their weapon producing companies back in their holy imperial nations.
As this process of business goes on, the “World Board” enjoys the show while we perish on the tip of the gun barrel, the ordinary blind business investors fears for their money in the world during these times of wars and that is when the economic melt-down begins to eat on “the game”. This situation then forces the “Board” to review it’s commitment through renegotiating/redirecting leadership chances between the powerhouses of the American politics “the Republicans” and or ”the Democrats”. An example is that of the troubled times during the ten years of the Republican era under the infamous iron-fist leadership of Mr George Bush Jr. His administration engaged in wars and destabilised the investment environment in most nations especially in the middle East where the Oil is (the most commodity that determines the livelihood of the world).
The “World Board” in my view made sure that they had to place the leadership position in the hands of the Democrats who had the social techniques to re-stabilise the economies of the country and could much appeal to the voting cow who were much hit by the rising price of oil and other primary needs in everyone’s life.
A black guy (who was since childhood groomed for President – deliberately) was put in charge of the system to head the most imperial government in the world history. I am sure one wonders as to why would the most apartheid group of people on earth groom “some black kid” for president, it probably was forecasted to blindly appeal to Africa for their economic interests in our lovely rich black continent, that after so much troubles attributed to the west under the world leadership of the US, Africa might be hard to penetrate, judging from the events of the years since Belgium Congo, the times when they destabilised Angola, the times when they sided with the illegal occupation of the former apartheid South African regime in Namibia and many other case studies that can be attributed to the evil deeds of this group.
Currently the world has Barack Hussein Obama as the African “brother leader” of the most strong world power – America. In my view Obama was deemed as the best tool to enable and successfully implement the American Foreign Policy in Africa as his look and controversial personal background can appeal to our powerless leaders and nations.
Did Osama really exist before at all?


This same group I perceive has so far managed to successfully create an impression that has become a reality to us in everyday life, “Terror groups like Al Quaeda”. I have ever since lived in ignorance and still refuse to acknowledge and believe that there is anything like this group as a functioning institution and as a real danger to any of the sincere beings of this honourable earth.
I have concluded that Al Quaeda is just a condition of life set up by the powers that be to instil a sense of fear in our everyday life thinking and living in fear of terror attacks so that they can have the international passport to access and enter any nation to feed their systems about resources and what others are basically doing under the pretext of guarding against terrorism. I am failing to understand and agree that Osama Bin Laden existed in real life after having watched an American film about the “Obama Deception” on ‘Youtube’ and also having watched some creative comparison of photos of Barack Obama and that other of the so-called “Osama Bin Laden” which almost leave me convinced that Obama and Osama are probably the same face which is surgically changed to fit and suit the agenda of the powers in the “World Board”.
This group I perceive exists has the potential to self-hit, like in the events of the 09/11 September 2001 in their road to successfully indoctrinate the world of the terror groups at the expense of their own people, and this is no fact but a statement perceived from the danger that comes with the greed in capitalism and the sacrifices that such a mentality can create.
The most difficult thing to do was to capture Osama if he truly ever existed under the Clinton and Bush era and one can imagine the aggressive and assertive nature of the Bush Administration, and how it failed to work up to capturing the world’s most wanted man. Weird enough is the fact that if came to be the black guy who happens to identically look like Osama if you wear him the beard or attempt to shave Osama, that killed Osama in a rather unceremonious manner as one would have expected. Below is a short logical personal thought surrounding the “apparent death” of Osama;
1. What I understood: Osama Bin Laden was in a security tight looking building in the middle of town in Pakistan.
Personal Analysis: (quite not convenient for a militant person sought for, to live in).
2. What I understood: Osama was shot dead upon attack of the premises.
Personal Analysis: (quite a curious way of dying of a rich, security conscious militant person because even Gbagbo had a bunker instead of sitting around waiting for the bullet to hit him – although you’d expect Osama to be suicidal).
3. What I understood: Bin Laden was immediately identified, taken for autopsy and thrown away into the sea.
Personal Analysis: (Osama being the most wanted man could have been kept somewhere and then viewed by the world before dubiously and hastily dealt with. In as much as he was most wanted for persecution, or whatever the powers that be wanted done to him, he still had the right to a decent treatment because he was not found guilty by any court to grant him the disrespectful manner in which he was gotten rid of – where is the tangible evidence besides these photos that looks as if they were manipulated?)

NB: Bottom line is, The existence and death of Osama is questionable amongst independent and intellectual minds like mine.
The death and existence of these dark forces as claimed by the imperial forces is a political ploy for economic survival of a World Order by the World Board which controls and determines the next day for each and every vulnerable being like myself, and that the nation shall not be surprised to find me non-existence one way or another should this personal analysis be taken serious and followed up by the Big boys and Girls in the Board.

The so-called death of Osama in my eyes is a move to curb Obama’s significantly growing unpopularity and I am sure the constant changing of skins from Obama to Osama or Osama to Obama was becoming a technical challenge to the “surgeonists” if such was the practice. The imperialists have now found and devised a new way to bring about Regime Change – Protests, and so terror groups do not serve their purposes much as in the past when they had to spy in different countries through Interpol under the pretext of being in search of the terrorists amongst other non-existent groups.
In as much my love for a stable and happy life still tops the list of my needs, I will never allow myself to be paid to sell out Namibia because this is my home and I love it simple as it is...

*Mr. Simeon Tonata Angombe is a Historian & Researcher for the Namibian Chapter to the African Liberation Heritage, but wrote this article in his capacity as Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-committee on International Relations at the National Youth Council of Namibia*

On the attacks against the CPBM

The World Federation of Democratic Youth observes the intensification of anti-communist acts that are presently in an increased way directed against the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (CPBM). That came to light during the parliamentary hearing about the draft of a law on the so called anti-communist resistance, it means a violent resistance against the socialist system in Czechoslovakia in years 1948 - 1989 and was expressed with the subsequent political and media manhunt against the CPBM members of parliament Marta Semelova and Miroslav Grebenicek. There are even threats of banning the CPBM and government authorities’ investigation is under way.

The right wing government formed in 2010 has used its parliamentary majority to pass anti-social laws in favor of the capitalists against the interests of the working people, including even middle strata employees. To detract attention from these anti-social policies an anti-communist campaign is being waged with direct engagement of some MPs, senators and anti-communist civic associations as the “Confederation of political prisoners”, as well as directly the government and especially the Ministry of Interior.

It is a set of measures starting with the debate on the mentioned draft on the anti-socialist resistance that puts the adversaries of the socialist regime on the same level with the anti-fascist fighters, that celebrates the terrorists who murdered innocent citizens, robbed and caused damage to the national economy. Another step debated by the government is the lowering of the pensions of the former functionaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in order to gain finance to increase the pensions of the anti-socialist resistance members. The last step so far has been a creation of a special team of the Ministry of Interior to collect source materials to be used for the legal proceedings of the Supreme Administrative Court on the dissolution - ban of the CPBM. This is an attempt to ban a party that is a part of the political system of the Czech Republic, that observes the Constitution, the Charter of fundamental rights and basic freedoms and the laws of the Czech Republic and that receives support of approximately 12% of the voters with orderly elected representatives from municipal and regional to national and European parliamentary level.

As far as the anti-socialist resistance law is considered, it is based on ideological adoration of anti-communist terror, murders and neglecting of the victims and consequences of this violence and has an inciter effect in relation to present and future. The representatives of the anti-socialist resistance committed violent crimes against citizens and representatives of a sovereign internationally recognized state like it was the case of a terrorist Masin brothers gang who committed murders of the functionaries of the national councils, agricultural co-operatives, members of armed corpses and hijacked means of transport taking hostages and violent robberies. The anti-socialist resistance draft of law is a part of ideologically purposeful historical revisionism.

During the parliamentary hearing even the right to free opinion and expression was denied when the speeches of MPs of the CPBM Marta Semelova and Miroslav Grebenicek were rudely disturbed by the right-wing MPs with effort to make them impossible to finish their speeches, with calls addressing the Minister of Interior to prepare the ban of the CPBM and even with calls of the Municipal council of the capital city of Prague to Marta Semelova to resign from her mandate in this body which she won in elections with a significant voters’ support.

WFDY denounces and protests against the anti-communist attacks against the CPBM and its representatives, as well as against the so called anti-socialist resistance draft of law and express its concern with the endangering of fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms in the Czech Republic.

Written by WFDY in: CENA, Statements | Tags: anti-communism, Czech Republic, KSM
Mar
23
2011





STOP the war against Libya: NOW!
The World Federation of Democratic Youth condemns the bombing of Libya. by NATO and its members, under the excuse of defending the “human rights” of the protestors that want to overthrow Kaddafi’s government.In fact, the simple act of recognition of the rebels as a partner for dialogue by the European Union and other structures represents in itself, a provocation to the sovereignty of Libya and an unacceptable interference on the Libyan issues.

The double standards of imperialism are further clear when in case of the Saudi troops entering Bahrain to smash the ongoing popular movement or in case of the suppression of the peoples’ movement in Yemen, the imperialist states prefer to remain silent, supporting the ongoing brutal repression.

Eight years after the invasion of Iraq and eleven after the bombing of Yugoslavia, imperialism is yet again betting on confusing the minds of the peoples of the world to justify an invasion to a country with the sole motivation of stealing its resources and taking over its geostrategic position. If imperialism had ever before any honest worry with the Libyan people, what would justify the high level of relation between the government of Kaddafi with France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the very USA until some months ago?

Once again, we underline that we reject the suppression of the rights of protestors in Libya, but we underline that the only solution is a peaceful understanding between all parts inside Libya and that a military intervention is totally unacceptable, as we believe that only the Libyan people is able to solve its own problems.

(click on the picture to check out the material of WFDY for the international day of action against the war in Libya, on March 24)

Written by WFDY in: Activities, Africa, Asia Pacific, CENA, Campaigns, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East, Statements | Tags: Libya, NATO

YOUNG BLACK NAMIBIAN BUSINESS PEOPLE; THE WAY FORWARD...

As a political youth leader and young man I feel that we are failing to tackle and address real issues that affects young people at large – especially those that are apolitical and into other activities. My main concern is the fact that in many instances we find ourselves only focusing on assisting young black people to lay business foundation(s) and forget about what these young upcoming business talents are facing.
This specific thought focuses on the well-known unlevelled playing-ground and discrimination in the business market / whether it is in Retail, Consultancy, Construction and many other business areas. I am talking about our business opportunities being offered, grabbed and taken into the hands of some outsiders (agents of imperialism). Our young business people everyday are growing with discontent because they are fighting to make ends meet to compete against their white foreign competitors that have gone to the extent of race discrimination.
It is very disheartening to see how foreign white rich people come to our beautiful country and get a “Black Kaffir” to secure business opportunities at the expense of our young inhabitant people – at some point, even our national senior political leaders are aware of the circumstances around the shady business interests of those agents of imperialism, but yet they turn a blind eye and just let it pass. Truly, efforts to afford the young black child the business platforms have been provided through Small and Medium Enterprises and easier financial access to enable us to get into business – since the current 21st Century world is “Economic - centred”.
We find that many young people would want to take up bigger business challenges and expand but the tenders and the contracts are fished out by the foreign owned business ventures and I call for the regulation of this shattering tendency. Institutions such as the National Youth Council of Namibia ought to address this matter with the seriousness it deserves, in the same manner that we hold our Annual National Political Youth Forum, we must also have our Annual Youth in Business Forum whereby our young business people from the black and less privileged background come together and raise issues of their concerns and then we take them up in our capacities at Youth Council level.
The Youth Council will be the right vehicle to drive these issues and the appropriate body to deliver the plea to the Highest office in the country – Office of the President. If we ignore this responsibility as youth leaders with an obligation to the young people then I do not see the purpose of having youth leadership in existence, the current growing trend of white foreigners coming and buying business in our country through our opportunistic black people is going to haunt us 20 years from now as we will have become a total Economic colony of the Capitalist moguls. Your opinion...

When you observe an abusive relationshp you tend to question a lot about the more agressive partner & conclude that I don't want to b with someone like that or do something like that to my partner. But if you look at your judgmnt, you're biased becos u didn't look at th negative things that are done by the victim. Who is to blame? & who would you want to be in the end?



Let me give you my position on this one?

I for one, I would not want to be like anyone under any instance because I am who I was made. And either way if you are not able to judge objectively and learn how to empathically deal with such problems then I am afraid that your life will end up like one of the two people you observed.

Just a while ago, a friend called me & told me about her life since growing up, she witnessed her mother suffer from beatings by her father & since then she has hated that in her father and now the parents are only together for their sake but the mistake she is only realising now is that she sided more with her mom & got a negative attitude towards men in general. She fell in love with a guy & dropped the guy after she found out he drinks (not abusive towards persons or alcohol though), but ten years later she found him with his wife living a better life while she has been running from man to man trying to find a man who does not resemble her dad, now she wants him back ten years after, only to realise that she is living a life like her mothers but not because of anything other than trying to avoid mistakes her parents found themselves in... Now what is the difference? Live your life and try to be neutral in your dealing and avoid pointing fingers...

False CV claims becomes a risky concern in Namibia

By – Mr. Simeon Tonata Angombe
The severe level of unemployment rate and increased competition on the job front has come to push candidates to chance their hands at CV beautification in Namibia. Many people in Namibia especially those from the Liberation Struggle years and other recently liberated nations (SADC), have become a very good example of those who claim bogus academic credential in Masters and Post-Doctoral qualifications from far-away countries.
Before I continue with the academic part let us take a quick view on the few fellow Namibians who either fell victim to the political axing or reshuffle from different Management cadre and political office as far back as 1999 during the last reign of the Founding Father Dr. Sam Nujoma. Many people where Directors and heads of desks at different Ministries and other national entities, but they never had (proper) academic qualifications to serve in the positions they happened to be and unfortunately the performance level expected from them by state was not met because by default the Comrades were either naturally or academically incompetent or just fell out of state favour.
After this huge blow to the comrades many of them either sought and found employment elsewhere, some of them went for studies in neighbouring countries at trivial institutions, and some of them decided to escape into isolation and come out later with specious bejewelled Curriculum Vitae(s) to capitalise on the opportunities available under the new Pohamba Administration. Yes, most of them got back into the system and managed to rescue their lapsing accounts which they found hard to up-hold without their “entitled” jobs.
Let us face reality and listen to my true narration of this encounter with a certain Comrade at an interview two years back, I was made to understand that the Comrade holds a high qualification in a certain field (but then I kept wondering in which field precisely then), but never the less, the Comrade cannot even present a greeting in logical sequence, let alone present an argument other than bulldoze their position on an issue through the audience.
After the interview I heard the Comrade come out of the venue complaining that the “job he was being interviewed for does not fall under the qualification he hold because he has a PhD in Management and Administration, whereas the interview is focusing more into the History field”, the interesting part is yet to come though. I predict that it was out of leniency and pity, the panel decided to offer the Comrade Doctoral candidate the position, but then lucky me again, a friend of mine who has the same concern as I do happen to have made it through the interview and now is telling me that the PhD gentleman has re-phrased in his CV that he has “a Post Doctoral Degree in Political Science & Philosophy (History) of the 80s’ from a University in the Scandinavian countries”, but a copy of his PhD is nowhere to be found for proper reference to justify the CV claims.
My question is, what happened to the PhD in Management & Administration then? In Oshiwambo we have a say that goes like (“Ohoni yomukuluntu ongeyo”) – in direct translation into English it means that, (an elders’ shame surfaces in anger), so if your PhD colleague is not in a good mood after reading today’s New Era, that means he or she irked by the real truth in this article.
If you have a PhD in Political Science or Management & Administration, then why can’t you apply to lecture at the University in History, or at the Polytechnic to facilitate Business Administration studies since these institutions always seek applicants with competent qualifications in such or related fields each year? We have a very good example of qualified people such as the Swanu of Namibia’s President Usu. Maamberua, who resigned from Permanent Secretary position at Government after he was reshuffled from the Ministry of Finance to that of Prisons & Safety, he left and went to lecture at the University of Namibia, now why can’t, or (couldn’t), you do the same my stranded comrade Doctor(s)?
It is about time people of such fake arrogant attitudes accept reality and refrain from false CV claims at job-hunting because one way or another academic – wise young people like me will screen and expose the truth about you, mind you I am a practicing Researcher.
The advice I have to my fellow countrymen and women persistent with the bogus CV claims are that, let us refrain from such unethical practices and rather be honest with ourselves and nation so that we can assist and embrace one another for the better of our society. It is pointless to false fully claim having the necessary qualifications when you personally deem it fit to justify and satisfy your personal agenda.
It’s funny how I sometimes refer titles to some people who are humble in their dealings such as Mr. Bankie Foster Bankie, I used to think he has a PhD or may be a Historian Professor because of the logic, commitment and dedication to whatever project he might be involved in and through his academic writings and orientation, but yet he is one of the people who stopped me in my tracks while I was busy trying to justify him academically and told me that he is just “Mr. Bankie”, and then I thought, may be UNAM can think of giving him an honorary Philosophy Degree in African History especially concerning Pan-Africanism. Thank you!
*Mr. S.T.N.K. Angombe is a young active Politician, Humanities and Social Sciences expert, and a committed History scholar. You can read more articles and comment on his blog @ http://tonataangombe.blogspot.com or reach him through this electronic – mail address @ tonataa@gmail.com.