He's My President - Namibia

June 2001
With rare access to Sam Nujoma on his private farm, we investigate the shocking hate speech that has been emanating from Namibia in recent months. The target of this verbal attack are gays and lesbians.

They have been threatened with deportation and imprisonment, even "elimination"... They are not the only ones at the receiving end of the ruling party's threats: Christians, men who drink in drinking dens, foreigners and those who marry them, have all been singled out as undesirable in the speeches of President Sam Nujoma. This is in strong contrast to Namibia's progressive constitution, which protects diversity and human rights. Despite the ongoing threats against them, gays and lesbians recently held Namibia's first-ever gay pride march through the streets of downtown Windhoek. We meet Ian, a local activist, and a group of gay men. They were all once supporters of SWAPO and the President, but now fear for their future in the country they helped liberate. They feel cast aside in the name of political expediency. "If we don't do something about it now everybody is going to leave the country or go into hiding. I don't want to live a lie". This feature explores the worrying contradiction in Sam Nujoma: the kindly patriarchal figure whose utterances at times betray him as a man who will go to any lengths to cling to power and to avoid the AIDS pandemic of many other African nations...

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[daloxxxx]

@janharmschutte and who tell u dat zimbabwe is suffering???propaganda of whites media??go and see zimbabwe is doing very well,since devils are out,and da superior race you talk about will be the inferior race in future,wait and see

[daloxxxx]

@janharmschutte last advice; do not defend devils.  Whites=devils

[daloxxxx]

@janharmschutte no way,in all africa is the end of white roots,just go back to europe plz,if u care about ur life and in europe olso be carefull cz our pple are waiting for u.in bref is the end of white roots in this planet

[Badbitch00able]

waha

[Ndeipanda]

you have no shame on trying to ruin some one's reputation by siding those that are even against the creators will and plan. i believe that as much as he is a Leader he have the responsibility to rule the nation not according to his will but that of god. 4 sure if u give tht responsibility to a gay,drunkard and so on m sure wont be able to do even a single bit as thy already fail to hold their normal state of mide. MAY GOD BLESS UR UNDERSTANDING AND RELIEVE GAYS FROM IMMORALITY

[mamamaat]

Long Live the Great Africans of Namibia. All we want is Freedom. Freedom from neo-colonialism and imperialistic exploitation. Africa for the Africans, at home and abroad.  No one can call the Honorable Sam Nujoma or the SWAPO Nationislist racist - accept those who want to usurp Africa for themselves - which you never shall do!. If you don't like the Independence, just go back to where you come from. We are the Africans! All of Africa will be free and self-governing, and Pan-Africanist!

[namgirl87]

Ok, well he's not president anymore so there's no need to fight. Moving on...

[asas2jh]

@sshapewa You are correct. Why swop one retard for another.

[sshapewa]

@Gecko0505 im just tired of the hypocrisy of whites in this country.No one is talking about the tyrant in swaziland,but why pick on mugabe when he only wanted to correct the past mistakes by diving the land between whites and blacks.SWAPO is full of scum,so does the RDP,thats why i dont vote for these crooks,but you whites want us indepedents to side with your sick agendas which are just as oppressive as our leaders and systems!!

[Gecko0505]

@sshapewa Look dude If you wanna play that card "Racism" then I'd rather not Comment on your insecurity. But I will say this. The private sector of this country is just that a Private sector where their customers get their money from is none of the proprietors concern. And don't even think for one second that the private sector should know better... Do you have any Idea how it feels to be called a foreigner in your own Country? That is why the Whites do not care about the rest of africa.