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While ongoing power struggles within the commandos of both the Ovaherero (Red Flag) and Ovambanderu (Green Flag) traditional authorities are spilling over into the courts with no end in sight, Kakururume Kamatuka says the solution lies in the establishment of an alternative Blue Flag regiment.
The oeuvre of what comrade Hage Geingob has done and said in various permutations – the Namibian house, Harambee, holding hands, pulling together in the same direction – one does not make peace with one’s friends, one makes peace with one’s enemies, no one should feel left out – are a treasure trove for Namibians, thoughtful commentators, historians and students of philosophy and political science.
The crass tribalism that labour minister Utoni Nujoma shamelessly exhibited in parliament is final proof, if any was needed, that he was never fit to be a Namibian leader.
Labour minister Utoni Nujoma said his comments seen as promoting Namibians in the north as more hardworking and calling other people lazy were taken out of context.
President Hage Geingob, a self-proclaimed pan-Africanist and former teacher, said in France recently that apartheid was worse than the genocide suffered by the Ovaherero and Nama people in 1904-1908.