{"id":469297,"date":"2011-07-27T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/27\/tell-the-nation-iivula-ithana-dares-rdp\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T19:21:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T19:21:02","slug":"tell-the-nation-iivula-ithana-dares-rdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/27\/tell-the-nation-iivula-ithana-dares-rdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell the Nation, Iivula-Ithana Dares RDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"34.8622912394\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catherine Sasman<\/p>\n<p>27 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>SECRETARY General of Swapo Party Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana said the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) should tell the nation what it knows about the Cassinga massacre without beating around the bush.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to an allegation by Libolly Haufiku who, at an RDP meeting at Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena region, said Swapo was forewarned about the 1978 attack. Iivula-Ithana suggested that RDP leader Hidipo Hamutenya, who was then the Swapo head of information, and Shapwa Kaukungwa, must have been privy to such information at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was politically younger than them and could not have been privy to such information,&#8221; said Iivula-Ithana. &#8220;Hamutenya was responsible for information in Swapo. Maybe the RDP is sitting with someone who has such information,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Haufiku told a crowd over the weekend that information about the attack was relayed through Kaukungwa who was then Swapo&#8217;s representative in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Kaukungwa reportedly immediately informed the Swapo leadership about the impending attack, but that nothing was done.<\/p>\n<p>Haufiku also said he had spoken to South African military commanders who informed him that the Swapo high command knew the attack was going to take place.<\/p>\n<p>On Haufiku&#8217;s referral to the Lubango dungeon issue, Iivula-Ithana said the RDP &#8220;seems to be running out of issues&#8221;, and hence continually revisit the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Namibia has moved on. We are dealing with the current situation. I have no time and no interest to go and dig in archives to find out that information,&#8221; said Iivula-Ithana. &#8220;It seems the RDP has a chip on its shoulder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107271466.html\" title=\"Tell the Nation, Iivula-Ithana Dares RDP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tell the Nation, Iivula-Ithana Dares RDP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Catherine Sasman 27 July 2011 SECRETARY General of Swapo Party Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana said the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) should tell the nation what it knows about the Cassinga massacre without beating around the bush. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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