Politicians From Namibia

"There is an international position at the United Nations level about crimes of genocide committed by any community however that the community may be, whether it may be a small community or a big community irrespective color and gender and so on. And there are clear evidence that Germany’s colonial troops in Namibia committed actions of genocide in Namibia and because of that there is a need for reparations."

"I respect to say injustice does not know time period; injustice remains injustice. Crime has got no limitation. The people who committed crimes against the Jews during the Second World War under Adolf Hitler, today they are still being brought to justice. The trauma of the injustice committed against the victims of genocide in Namibia they are still permeating, they are still playing themselves today in post-independent Namibia. So injustice does have time limitation. Anybody who have committed injustice must account irrespective of time."

"The policy of reconciliation does not suggest that those who have committed any atrocities in the past against the Namibian people should not account or should not apologize for atrocities committed. We can forgive, but we should not forget. We should not forget. We should not forget the atrocities committed against the people because we are still daily reminded of the legacy of these atrocities."

"I am not ungrateful the aid which Germany is giving to this country. That one is highly appreciated. But I am saying that let us realize the frustration; let us see the temperament, the mood, the feelings of those who are not in a privileged position either in general or near. This is what I’m appealing. I’m not making a threat against anybody. I’m saying that let us wake up for a cause, and let us respond."

"We Africans must assume full ownership of the kind of transformation and a new beginning that must happen for our own sake"

"For us poverty is actual and present danger and it comes first"

"While we like promises, the problems we face call for delivery in real terms"

"The atrocities committed at the time would today constitute genocide"

"A dialogue, while avoiding a rush, must, however, be time bound"

"Politics is the good place to be. It is a good thing to be politically ambitious if you really care for your improvement and serving your people."

"Ignoring these demands of the people is unacceptable and self-defeating"

"We stand at the brink of a crisis of enormous proportions with repercussions on our ability to produce enough food and alleviate human suffering"

"We must walk in tandem with the letter and spirit of the Constitution in particular the preamble."

"History is always the way but it has its place of honour until it is needed."

"I have personally witnessed the media destroying elected heads of state or government, undermining stability through collaboration in assassinations or by conducting of espionage."

"Government and the media should work together like Siamese twins when it comes to issues of national interest."

"We have to cultivate a culture of hard work and excellence"

"We would not want development aid to dictate priorities for us but rather to assist priorities we developed ourselves."

"We [Namibians] are entitled to official apology, justice and reparations"

"Your seats are vacant when your counterparts debate these challenges and to close the ranks of the descendants of the victims"

"There is no statue of limitations on genocide and injustice"

"Traditional leaders of our communities must show leadership and vision to be serious and act for a change, not for their own sake but in the interest of the people themselves."

"The road to democratisation is a long, tortuous and zigzagging road"

"I am appalled at the suffering that has been inflicted on the Palestinian people in Gaza."

"Namibia’s fate or fortune lies with Africa and there are no two ways about that. If not by blood and heritage, certainly by political geography and strategic considerations, Africa is one and indivisible"

"African unity is not an empty slogan but rather an encompassing vision for socio-economic reconstruction, accountable government and empowerment of the masses of our people for self-development"

"For all these good things to happen, constitutional democracy, viable administration of justice and gender equality must meet the high standards of political legitimacy and verifiable combat against all forms of corruption and organised crime"