THE church is a force of positive change and contributes to the process of nation building, including the implementation of the policy of national reconciliation.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba said this when he attended the church service on Sunday at the Dutch Reformed Church. Pohamba said the struggle for national freedom and independence was based on the fact that racism is reprehensible and all the people are equal before the law.”After the attainment of our freedom and independence, national reconciliation become one of the most important pillar in out efforts to mound a new society where all our people, and I emphasis, all our people enjoy peace, stability and equality,” the Head State noted.However, he continued: “I also hold the view that given the difficult history of the Dutch Reformed Church and its past association which the ideology of apartheid, we are once again witnessing that our policy of national reconciliation is serving our country and her people well.”.He said it is a source of great joy that the Dutch Reformed Church has re-reformed and rejected that doomed ideology of racism and apartheid, and has now embraced their fellow black countrymen and women, in order to forge unity and build a society based on equality, brotherhood and sisterhood, as enshrined in the constitution.Pohamba further said it is in this that the Government has called upon on all Namibians, regardless of their gender, ethnicity or racial backgrounds, to work to work together for the development of the country and all her people, adding that it has and continues to play an important role in the moral regeneration of Namibian people by imparting vital spiritual and moral guidance that teaches people to live by the virtues of honesty, hard work, respect and love for fellow citizens.”For this reason the church stands as one of the social partners in the country’s social and economic development efforts,” he said.He said for most Namibians, the church has always been an important anchor in the social and spiritual spheres of the society.- NampaPohamba said the struggle for national freedom and independence was based on the fact that racism is reprehensible and all the people are equal before the law.”After the attainment of our freedom and independence, national reconciliation become one of the most important pillar in out efforts to mound a new society where all our people, and I emphasis, all our people enjoy peace, stability and equality,” the Head State noted.However, he continued: “I also hold the view that given the difficult history of the Dutch Reformed Church and its past association which the ideology of apartheid, we are once again witnessing that our policy of national reconciliation is serving our country and her people well.”.He said it is a source of great joy that the Dutch Reformed Church has re-reformed and rejected that doomed ideology of racism and apartheid, and has now embraced their fellow black countrymen and women, in order to forge unity and build a society based on equality, brotherhood and sisterhood, as enshrined in the constitution.Pohamba further said it is in this that the Government has called upon on all Namibians, regardless of their gender, ethnicity or racial backgrounds, to work to work together for the development of the country and all her people, adding that it has and continues to play an important role in the moral regeneration of Namibian people by imparting vital spiritual and moral guidance that teaches people to live by the virtues of honesty, hard work, respect and love for fellow citizens.”For this reason the church stands as one of the social partners in the country’s social and economic development efforts,” he said.He said for most Namibians, the church has always been an important anchor in the social and spiritual spheres of the society.- Nampa
