The horse, the past and the hipocrisy
So while the nation was busy tucking into their salads and enjoying the festive season. The Reiterdenkmal statue was removed under police guard. Why it was removed under the cover of night in a “hush-hush” top secret manner that sounds like something out of a TV series is anyone’s guess. “This monument is a symbol of victory on the side of the Germans. This monument means ‘we have defeated them’. The horse rider must be removed,” said President Hifikepunye Pohamba at last year’s Heroes day commemoration. Before the Reiterdenkmal was moved to its previous position it was first removed to make way for the national museum. I remember that great care was taken during the removal not to damage the statue at a great cost, the national museum was built by a Chinese company: also at a great cost. That museum looks like one of my wisdom teeth, from a 30 degree angle it looks like a spaceship from Babylon 5: it’s a hideous blot on the capital’s skyline. Do you see the trend? So we ...