Democratic party complains to UN

THE newly formed political party, Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN), has submitted a report on the plight of minority groups in Namibia to the United Nations.

This emerged at the launch of the DPN on Friday. “The international world is aware of how minorities in Namibia are trembling in abject poverty,” DPN Secretary General Adam Isaak said at the launch.Isaak pledged that the party would fight to reverse inequalities among ethnic groups.”The fight will last forever,” he vowed.Isaak further condemned Government’s Affirmation Action and Black Empowerment policies, claiming that only the majority ethnic group was benefiting from these policies.”Despite being labelled as policies aimed to reversed inequalities caused at the time of the apartheid regime, only few elites and the ruling party’s top brass are benefiting from these programmes,” he said.Isaak also criticised the land resettlement programme, claiming there were no clear guidelines on the allocation of farms.Speaking at the same event, DPN Executive Member Reverend Daniel Schmidt, who is also a teacher by profession, maintained that the country’s education system was in “a total mess”.He said there was need to call an education conference to salvage the education system.Schmidt further said there were too many loopholes in Government structures, resulting in embezzlement of money from State coffers.”Much has not been done to curb corruption,” he said.He pledged that the new party would fight tooth and nail to stem corruption.”The international world is aware of how minorities in Namibia are trembling in abject poverty,” DPN Secretary General Adam Isaak said at the launch.Isaak pledged that the party would fight to reverse inequalities among ethnic groups.”The fight will last forever,” he vowed.Isaak further condemned Government’s Affirmation Action and Black Empowerment policies, claiming that only the majority ethnic group was benefiting from these policies.”Despite being labelled as policies aimed to reversed inequalities caused at the time of the apartheid regime, only few elites and the ruling party’s top brass are benefiting from these programmes,” he said. Isaak also criticised the land resettlement programme, claiming there were no clear guidelines on the allocation of farms.Speaking at the same event, DPN Executive Member Reverend Daniel Schmidt, who is also a teacher by profession, maintained that the country’s education system was in “a total mess”.He said there was need to call an education conference to salvage the education system. Schmidt further said there were too many loopholes in Government structures, resulting in embezzlement of money from State coffers.”Much has not been done to curb corruption,” he said.He pledged that the new party would fight tooth and nail to stem corruption.