{"id":26563,"date":"2022-08-01T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-swapos-class-is-permanent"},"modified":"2022-08-01T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:55:07","slug":"geingob-swapos-class-is-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-swapos-class-is-permanent","title":{"rendered":"Geingob: Swapo\u2019s class is permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Swapo has not veered off its original mission, but instead continuously adapts to contemporary realities to remain at the forefront of fighting for social justice and economic emancipation for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwapo has not changed. The world has changed, or perhaps it is you who has changed, but not Swapo,\u201d were the words of President Hage Geingob on Saturday while opening the seventh ordinary congress of the Swapo Party Elders Council (SPEC) in the capital.<\/p>\n

Geingob, seemingly hitting out at Swapo defectors and detractors, said the former liberation movement remains true to the pursuit of its fundamental ideals for social justice and liberty. \u201cSome have started to claim that the Swapo we have today is not the original Swapo and, therefore, they want to introduce foreign philosophies and policies such as two centres of power in Swapo, which will only cause division and confusion, and lead our members astray.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two centres of power phenomenon refers to a situation where the sitting Head of State and Swapo president are two different individuals. But both are from the same party.<\/p>\n

This simply means the Head of State will report to the Swapo president on party issues, and vice versa.<\/p>\n

Crises<\/b><\/p>\n

This will not happen under Geingob\u2019s tutelage. \u201cHow we ensure that Swapo prevails and turns the promise of prosperity into a reality for Namibians is the matter that should preoccupy our minds as the leadership of the party. The most important factor is the maintenance of Swapo party unity,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

To show that Swapo is \u2018here to stay\u2019, Geingob pointed to five waves of defection by Swapo<\/p>\n

stalwarts, which tested the party\u2019s resilience.<\/p>\n

They are the Andreas Shipanga, Mishake<\/p>\n

Muyongo, Ben Ulenga and Ignatius Shixwameni [formation of CoD] and the Hidipo Hamutenya crises [formation of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)]. In 1976, young members of Swapo\u2019s military wing \u2013 the People\u2019s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) \u2013 under the influence of Shipanga, the then secretary of information for Swapo, allegedly attempted to march to the Swapo office in Lusaka, Zambia to kill Swapo leaders. They were fed-up, as they believed the movement was taking an elitist posture at the expense of the revolution. It became known as the Shipanga Rebellion.<\/p>\n

A group of Plan fighters, accused of plotting the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, were arrested and detained in concentration camps in Zambia.<\/p>\n

Those fingered in the plot have denied the claims.<\/p>\n

According to them, their aim was to demand the drafting of a Swapo constitution, the provision of modern weapons, and for Swapo to stop providing weapons to Unita. For the first time, Swapo was tested internally then.<\/p>\n

The latest was in 2007 when Swapo heavyweights, including Hamutenya, Mike Kavekotora, Kandy Nehova, Jeremiah Nambinga and Jesaya Nyamu left the party to form the RDP.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut why is Swapo still going strong and vibrant today? Because the Swapo that we joined with the founding father, Dr Sam Nujoma, has stayed the course in its commitment to unity,\u201d Geingob said.<\/p>\n

Swapo\u2019s business<\/b><\/p>\n

Geingob then lashed out at \u2018scholars and cadres\u2019 who are suggesting that the current Swapo must be brought back to its original status, telling them to mind their own business as Swapo remains a vibrant party of unity. Those who pray for Swapo\u2019s demise cannot advise the party, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy try to advise us that Swapo is losing and we must be careful? Mind your own business\u2026 We will organise our own party and maintain our unity.<\/p>\n

We are not in trouble for the first time. Let those who are tired go and the committed cadres remain,\u201d said Geingob. He then urged party members to intensify their efforts to consolidate Swapo\u2019s position as a people-centred party by bolstering its leadership through continued commitment towards the party\u2019s ideals of solidarity, freedom and justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not each other\u2019s enemies. We are comrades and should always pull together, in the same direction, as Swapo party members,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

At the time of going to press, the results of the SPEC congress had not been released.<\/p>\n

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