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...Schwartz's Dec. 16 article, "Cycles of Oblivion," like most of the articles in the West that deal with Namibia, tends to distort rather than present the truth. Ms. Schwartz seems confused about the legitimacy of the name Namibia. This territory has been called Namibia by the Namibians for centuries. Let us not forget that the Germans, who used to cut off the hands of local villagers, only controlled the territory for 50 years. After their defeat in World War I, they left not only a legacy of maiming, but the illegitimate name of South-West Africa as well. This...
...account, Ms. Schwartz neglected to include any mention of the human lives lost every day that the "moderate" Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) remains in power, in direct violation of international law. Ms. Schwartz, 9500 safe miles from Windhoek, can only lament the "death of dreams," but the people of Namibia are living in a situation that can only be described as an all too real, all too hellish nightmare. According to a briefing paper put out by the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. "The infant mortality rate for Whites...
...homelands. The ratio was one dentist per 63,000 patients." The list goes on. These statistics do not even indicate the damage done to human life by the war, which, in itself is worth an entire series of articles. But suffice it to say that 80,000 refugees fled Namibia to live in Angola...
...legitimate resistance movements against colonial powers in Africa. She refers to SWAPO as "nationalist," "far-left" and "terrorists," but the U.N., and the rest of the world, for that matter, recognizes it as the only legitimate representatives of the Namibian people. More importantly, SWAPO enjoys wide support in Namibia, and most experts agree that it would win if an internationally supervised plebiscite were to be held. The organization is multi-racial, and its membership encompasses all of Namibia's ethnic groups. These people are obviously not wanton terrorists and are as legitimate as the French resistance during World...
...only gave the appearance of something new. In reality, South Africa was at it again and Kapuuo was just their latest instrument of domination in Namibia, a cosmetic change in a situation where passes are still required by Blacks. They still cannot (even if they had the money) own land in the best areas of their own country...