As we are nearing the elections, catchwords such as "expropriate"
and "expropriation" are fashionably but misleadingly bandied about
by the compradorial Swapo ruling elite as it tries to ingratiate
itself with and gravitate towards black voters.
Those words are purposefully and strategically used by Theo Ben
Gurirab et al because they have connotations of bravery defiance
and radicalism.
However, what is important for the black masses to understand is
that the word 'expropriate' means to deprive someone of something
that is their own.
They violently stole it from the affected black people.
The compradorial Swapo government is thus fooling and misleading
the black masses when it says it is going to expropriate farms from
whites.
Reference to the compradorial nature of the SWAPO government is
based on the fact that, when it comes to wealth accumulation in
Namibia, the white supremacist Euro/US capitalist owners of
multinational corporations and their honorary member, Japan, in
cahoots with the local white minority and the nationalist
self-enriching ruling elite NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD! While the black
masses expect tenacious, fast-track and compensation-free land
repossession from whites.
The ever-capitulating (to whites) Swapo government has set aside
N$ 1.3 billion with which to buy back black land from the
descendants of white land thieves.
That amount of money could be used to start other black social
upliftment projects.
Alas, the SWAPO government is now behaving like a tourist who is
desperate to get his/her stolen expensive digital camera containing
crucial films back and is now offering to buy it back from the one
who stole it.
In that way the tourist will not be expropriating the thief of
the camera because it doesn't belong to him (the thief) in the
first place.
The tourist will simply be buying it back.
In the same way that SWAPO is buying back land from whites as
opposed to expropriating it.
Someone cannot expropriate something from someone to whom it
does not belong.
Malcolm X Matundu
Mau Mau School of Thought
Windhoek
Note: Address supplied - Ed.
Those words are purposefully and strategically used by Theo Ben
Gurirab et al because they have connotations of bravery defiance
and radicalism.However, what is important for the black masses to
understand is that the word 'expropriate' means to deprive someone
of something that is their own.They violently stole it from the
affected black people.The compradorial Swapo government is thus
fooling and misleading the black masses when it says it is going to
expropriate farms from whites.Reference to the compradorial nature
of the SWAPO government is based on the fact that, when it comes to
wealth accumulation in Namibia, the white supremacist Euro/US
capitalist owners of multinational corporations and their honorary
member, Japan, in cahoots with the local white minority and the
nationalist self-enriching ruling elite NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD! While
the black masses expect tenacious, fast-track and compensation-free
land repossession from whites.The ever-capitulating (to whites)
Swapo government has set aside N$ 1.3 billion with which to buy
back black land from the descendants of white land thieves.That
amount of money could be used to start other black social
upliftment projects.Alas, the SWAPO government is now behaving like
a tourist who is desperate to get his/her stolen expensive digital
camera containing crucial films back and is now offering to buy it
back from the one who stole it.In that way the tourist will not be
expropriating the thief of the camera because it doesn't belong to
him (the thief) in the first place.The tourist will simply be
buying it back.In the same way that SWAPO is buying back land from
whites as opposed to expropriating it.Someone cannot expropriate
something from someone to whom it does not belong.Malcolm X
Matundu
Mau Mau School of Thought
Windhoek
Note: Address supplied - Ed.