Theo-Ben Gurirab

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

"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"

"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."

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

"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"