Namvet threatens violence

NAMIBIAN War Veterans Trust (Namvet) president Frans Jabulani last week said President Hage Geingob should not provoke them to take up arms.

During a press conference in Windhoek, Jabulani stated that they are soldiers and if they go crazy, only death and jail will stop them. The threats from the group come after President Geingob reiterated government's stance that former SWATF and Koevoet members do not deserve war veterans status. Geingob said this when he addressed the Heroes' Day commemoration at Oshakati a week ago, adding that the apartheid government paid ex-Koevoet and former SWATF members. As such, the ex-Koevoets and SWATF members should direct their demands for veteran benefits to their former employer. Jabulani said no one wants to “pee on peace” which was achieved through rivers of blood and is the responsibility of all to preserve.