Political Perspective

By: GWEN LISTER

THE breaking news this week is that Swapo Youth League lackey Udo Froese, is handing me over to his attorneys for daring to allege that he and Paulus Kapia are behind the malicious e-mail campaign against former Swapo presidential candidate Hidipo Hamutenya and anything or anyone who even vaguely associates with him.

And if this 'Ananias Nghifitikeko' copied his style or used content

from his published articles then it was 'no fault' of his, said

Froese in a faxed 'memorandum' to me last week.

WELL, I say - 'nice try' - Udo! Who else would want to

plagiarise his alleged journalistic writings, which he maintains

were "published in the print media in Africa"? Froese, in his

faxed, unsigned 'memorandum', probably from SYL headquarters since

its caller-number is blocked to hide its point of origin, takes

issue "with grave concern" of what he calls my "vendetta" against

him.

 

Note: This coming from a man who recently, on a platform with

Paulus Kapia, launched a tirade against all and sundry, including

myself; and who has more recently been associated with the e-mail

campaign because the 'style and content' is all too-similar to the

original release of this unlikely duo.

 

And many of the issues he takes up in the e-mail campaign, are,

strangely enough, areas of economic interest in which he himself is

known to have been trying to gain a foothold.

 

Anyhow, Froese goes on to say that he doesn't know the man he

refers to as a "gentleman', namely, the poison-pen author/s of the

e-mails, whom many believe is the Kapia-Froese-Ngurare triad.

 

(And which campaign is relevant only because it is a witch hunt

against people, made all the more loathsome because it is

'anonymous').

 

And then to top it all, Froese adds: "For your fact file: I

don't hold any position within Swapo and thus have no access to any

information on developments inside Namibia's ruling party,

particularly not on those high levels".

 

Oh yeah? So what then, Udo, were you doing on the platform with

Kapia if you're not his lackey or don't have any access? This is,

after all, the SYL Secretary General, Central Committee Member and

MP-to-be, who is an authority, not only on foreign imperialists and

other running dogs like he calls me.

 

Furthermore he is also up on exactly who's sold out among the

comrades themselves, that you're associating yourself with! Are you

such a lackey that he keeps you in the dark on his 'lists' of known

'enemies' and other dastardly plots in-the-making, although you

help write his missives, among others there is 'Gwen Lister, The

Mistress of Spin", which featured so prominently on the SYL website

and elsewhere in the print media? Maybe you didn't get the point:

you are not only a 'lackey' but a contemptible sycophant wannabe

who tries to ingratiate himself with power and money both here and

in South Africa, and no doubt elsewhere on the continent, and makes

convenient leaps from one country to the other pretending to be the

resident expert.

 

Is the price for your 'assistance' coming out of the SYL budget,

one wonders.

 

Like me, you're middle-aged and would be better off with the

Elders Council.

 

And don't even try to dissociate yourself from the next e-mail

missive that emerged after my column exposing you and your

campaign.

 

The claim of me as an informer with a handler called 'Perking'

is the stuff of sleazy novels.

 

Go to it, they may even become best-sellers! Conspiracy theories

always make good reading.

 

The last paragraph of your memorandum truly befits a pompous

creep (but perhaps once again Nghifitikeko imitated your style and

content and you didn't write it at all!): "Matters of such gravity

should be more seriously researched and not based on hearsay,

speculation and irresponsible assumptions.

 

In order to stop such irresponsible and libelous speculations,

no option is left, but to hand this matter to my attorneys for

further analysis and action".

 

If you're up for it, I'll see you in court.

 

WELL, I say - 'nice try' - Udo! Who else would want to plagiarise

his alleged journalistic writings, which he maintains were

"published in the print media in Africa"? Froese, in his faxed,

unsigned 'memorandum', probably from SYL headquarters since its

caller-number is blocked to hide its point of origin, takes issue

"with grave concern" of what he calls my "vendetta" against

him.Note: This coming from a man who recently, on a platform with

Paulus Kapia, launched a tirade against all and sundry, including

myself; and who has more recently been associated with the e-mail

campaign because the 'style and content' is all too-similar to the

original release of this unlikely duo.And many of the issues he

takes up in the e-mail campaign, are, strangely enough, areas of

economic interest in which he himself is known to have been trying

to gain a foothold.Anyhow, Froese goes on to say that he doesn't

know the man he refers to as a "gentleman', namely, the poison-pen

author/s of the e-mails, whom many believe is the

Kapia-Froese-Ngurare triad.(And which campaign is relevant only

because it is a witch hunt against people, made all the more

loathsome because it is 'anonymous').And then to top it all, Froese

adds: "For your fact file: I don't hold any position within Swapo

and thus have no access to any information on developments inside

Namibia's ruling party, particularly not on those high levels".Oh

yeah? So what then, Udo, were you doing on the platform with Kapia

if you're not his lackey or don't have any access? This is, after

all, the SYL Secretary General, Central Committee Member and

MP-to-be, who is an authority, not only on foreign imperialists and

other running dogs like he calls me.Furthermore he is also up on

exactly who's sold out among the comrades themselves, that you're

associating yourself with! Are you such a lackey that he keeps you

in the dark on his 'lists' of known 'enemies' and other dastardly

plots in-the-making, although you help write his missives, among

others there is 'Gwen Lister, The Mistress of Spin", which featured

so prominently on the SYL website and elsewhere in the print media?

Maybe you didn't get the point: you are not only a 'lackey' but a

contemptible sycophant wannabe who tries to ingratiate himself with

power and money both here and in South Africa, and no doubt

elsewhere on the continent, and makes convenient leaps from one

country to the other pretending to be the resident expert.Is the

price for your 'assistance' coming out of the SYL budget, one

wonders.Like me, you're middle-aged and would be better off with

the Elders Council.And don't even try to dissociate yourself from

the next e-mail missive that emerged after my column exposing you

and your campaign.The claim of me as an informer with a handler

called 'Perking' is the stuff of sleazy novels.Go to it, they may

even become best-sellers! Conspiracy theories always make good

reading.The last paragraph of your memorandum truly befits a

pompous creep (but perhaps once again Nghifitikeko imitated your

style and content and you didn't write it at all!): "Matters of

such gravity should be more seriously researched and not based on

hearsay, speculation and irresponsible assumptions.In order to stop

such irresponsible and libelous speculations, no option is left,

but to hand this matter to my attorneys for further analysis and

action".If you're up for it, I'll see you in court.

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