SWAPO Failure: Reality, not a myth

[tjommie]

What is true is that SWAPO can do much much better...SWAPO's quick fix strategies are falling apart....

I still can't understand why SWAPO has not condemned the governer who asked for RDP members to be excluded from the benefits of Namibia. Why has SWAPO not come out and slammed political office bearers from making unconstitutional comments. The reason is that there is this perceived culture that within the SWAPO government awarding of government contracts and tenders to close allies and yes sayers of the ruling party is the order of the day. In anyone's book this is clearerly a wrong practice, it is prevalent in the government of today, and as much as I love SWAPO, I just cannot subscribe to that. Government money comes from the people and not the SWAPO party.

We are saying that all is not well and there are enough pointers to indicate that. To blindly say that all is well is what the SWAPO government is doing and it is getting frustrating.

[Oneword]

Shebeeners,

I love the comments, but you are all stuck on the "SWAPO not doing it"bit. NOBODY has even attempted to answer the question of "Who could have done better under the same given of set of circumstances?"

[juikk]

Indeed we are literally stuck with SWAPO ;-)
Reading between lines is definally not a dude thing...LOL. My answer is that it is a question alittle out of place, because we did not give anyone else a chance, hence cannot really have aquestion such as that and certainly no answers to it. We will however be able to answer this, should some else have at least 1 year of reign.....answer clear Oneword??

[Oneword]

Not bad! Not bad at all! juikk, you are becoming dangerous for reading between the lines! LOL!

[phelakuti]

The ruling party had done exceptionally well given the virtual unfanthomable obstacles at the very onset. They mobilized at least their constituencies for the liberation struggle. To such an extent that, by and large, other constituencies for the longest believed that it was a mass movement for the political benefit of all, who were then opposed to the forces of colonialism. The international community under its weird rules had give SWAPO its blessing that translated in taking power from the colonial regime. At the time of the actual power transfer, having had been exhausted by the colonial system and SWAPO's proven world class political propaganda machine, the people opted for it. Still it did nothing to disappoint. It had come in as a majority winner in a democratic manner, since their military wing (People Liberation Army-PLAN) did not deliver a military type change as ZANU-PF had done. At the very onset, SWAPO had relied on the finest politics to both form the national governmen--under a multi-party democratic principle, as well as to laid out the economic program, that had further socially inculcated a peaceful atmosphere. After a full term in office, it had reverted to a differrent version of politics. The one that especially the people other than people from its majority constituency had not envisage had consequently come to detest--- the African "power hunger", machiavellian that has no regard for decency and its contemt for the rule of law--the national constitution and the will of the people except of course the hollow claim that the majority still provide the mandate. The kind of majority's mandate that has come into question here, in Zim. and elsewhere were corruption rule supreme. Symptoms of the current desease are manifested in the emerging political upheavals, economic stagnation and the inevitable erotion of the social fabric. Power corrupts and more power corrupts even more. Namibia will find direction soon, whether "the ruling party for life" will continue with its criminal mandate or whether the people's will shall be restored.

[Lumumba]

Ditto there Biko!

Hi,

I have been a registered member for a while now but this is my first post. This Biko character just made me come out of my closet. what he said is quiet brilliant and I back it up 100%. If his comment is removed, it will be rather unfortunate and totaly uncalled for. If you don't want unregistered members to post issues then simply don't allow them to post. But removing what they have already said is kind of unproffesional.

[Lumumba]

Who would have done it better you say? Well, I am quite sure that even within SWAPO itself, there are certain individuals who could have done it better if given the mandate. And if you are thinking 'why then they didn't do it', you must first remember that SWAPO is a totalitarian party whose absolulte power is vested in one man(sort of a private company only that in a private company, the owner would encourage top performance and demand results rather than excuses). In SWAPO there's no room for innovation and brilliance. If a bright man or woman comes up with some briliant plan or something the old guards view it as a threat instead of a blessing. They will shoot him down, lest the rest of the nation start to admire him and thus support him at their (the old guards) expenses. I am speaking from experience when I tell you that that's how SWAPO works. So, there you go, anybody else could have done it better including SWAPO itself.

Anyway, I have to mention that your question is somehow insulting to the entire Namibian nation. I tried my best to answer your question now can you answer mine please: Do you sincerely believe that no Namibian is capable of delivering better goods than what the SWAPO government brought us thus far?

[Oneword]

Never shall it be said that I shirked my duties when challenged.

To answer your question: There may well be, but:

1.) They have not been elected

2.) They have not come forward

3.) The voting population has not shown that it has any significant faith or trust in their abilities

4.) (and this is a personal observation) I have not yet met anybody else that I would have voted for - even out of party context.

[Pietro]

Patience, you "ous". November 2009 is coming and you can make all your dreams come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pietro]

Maybe a bad comment and I give permission for it to be wiped if it offends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somehow I get the impression all these anti-guys went to the same school and had the same spelling and grammar teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Except juicy, of course!!!)