Ongwediva
Leaders of the Affirmative Repositioning (AR) group said while Namibia recounts the successes attained following Independence in 1990 there is a dire need to liberate the country’s economy from the dominance of “white monopoly capital”.
Speaking at a press conference in Ongwediva on Monday afternoon, AR leaders said 26 years after Independence Namibia is still answering political questions, rather than addressing economic questions, which would uplift the majority of impoverished youth.
“Even after Independence, we continued asking political questions and answering political questions. The economic questions have been hardly asked. Even when it is asked no economic answers are given,” Job Amupanda said as he narrated the suffering of youths trying to sustain themselves in a post-independent Namibia.
The AR press conference at the AMTA board hall conveyed congratulatory messages to the country, followed by statements that praised Namibia for some of the successes attained since 1990.
“Yes, it is true that our country is now better than it was in 1990. We have more roads and more schools than was the case in 1990. We have lifted more than 400 000 people out of poverty. It is also true that we are one of the most unequal nations on the face of the earth,” AR leaders said in a subsequent media release.
They said, in celebrating 26 years of independence, the country should address the three main challenges facing the country, namely poverty, unemployment and inequality.
According to the dissident group, the recently ended Independence celebrations, should not have been about the elites displaying suits worn to a dinner at State House on social media, but should centre on addressing economic answers and tackling the youth’s challenges.