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And ya!! This should be my first post of the year. So the first
thing on my mind is the whole “struggle kids” issue. To those not aware who the struggle kids are; To my understanding it’s a group of ADULTS calling themselves children of the struggle
who were born and raised in exile and are now squatting in Windhoek. I
first heard about them, when they made headlines that they are walking all the way from Outapi 800km to Windhoek to
petition the Prime minister.
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Now the current situation is that they have been camping in
Tura near the swapo head office, and get evicted like every day, the latest incident is when they went head to head with the cops when they decide to march to the
Prime minister’s office. They are
demanding jobs and other entitlements from the Swapo lead government. What comes to mind is that clearly they want free jobs handed down on a silver platter, or are they pawns in a political game.
I know for a fact that they are government programs and
legislation that can cater for their needs mainly the Veterans act of 2008,
Land tenure act as well as government grants for orphans and children under 18.
So basically if government want to solve this issue they can easily deploy a
task force from lets say the ministry of
Gender and social welfare register them collect data and conduct a baseline study
to determine what instruments the government can use to solve this issue.
On the other had one may ask why they so special? Children from
exile have been branded as lazy and have been given special treatment after
independence already and they wasted those opportunities. But as for me I just
wonder how they been surviving this whole time in Windhoek, because if you go
where they camp you can see litter, meaning they are consuming food, where they
get this money??? and its sad now that most of their stuff is under police custody, and tabloid reports suggest that the police denied some of the access to their ARV medication.
