Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The tension point

This statement by OR Tambo tells you clearly that proponents of apartheid were impressively steadfast in holding on to power and Africans in claiming their birthright to the African soil.

Today, despite its treachery and blood-letting, Pretoria has been forced to concede a formal withdrawal from Namibia. We look forward to a great triumph to be accomplished after 1st November. Yet, precisely because of this possibility, Pretoria has been unsparing of money and schemes in its attempt to disfigure the character of independence. We are all called upon to exercise the utmost caution in addressing that situation. We have to rise to the assistance of Swapo, which is being assailed from all sides by the racist regime with a view to depriving it of an electoral victory. If these efforts fail, plans are already afoot to destabilise independent Namibia. We look to those who have supported the liberation struggle in southern Africa to attack and expose this vile intrigue against the Namibian people.

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