Let’s Tackle Crucial Issues

WITH the onset of national elections in November of this year, complacency lingers on, especially in our writers camp.

Most writers seem plagued with unnecessary debates, mostly the persons of the ill fated, if not doomed politicians, and the likes of Kapia, Froese, Nghifiteko on the one hand, and the head of state together with his compatriots on the other, with a group of purged leaders, led by Hamutenya, Nehova and others, on the far side. Though I applaud their individual efforts to find solutions to the painful questions of this country, being abject poverty, unemployment, profligacy, depravity, nepotism, corruption, etc, they must see that without a well planned theory, a developmental movement cannot take place.I want to air my grievances about the euphoria Kapia and his accomplices receive from our noteworthy (especially The Namibian) newspaper, which ought instead, to be using the newspaper to redress various crucial and sensitive matters, mainly the oncoming national election.Namibian is on the verge of a ‘de facto’ single party dictatorship which if not properly addressed, may result in the advent of a new autocratic form of government, disguised by the ‘we liberated this country’ theme, whilst they are mere restorationists and usurpers, failing to tackle the real problem of the Namibia’s populace.Those rabid, party defenders ignore the fact that they groom dictators.Apart from a few writers, several others continue to pompously and at length publicise the Kapia-styled rhetoric, eventually brandishing those self-anointed demagogues with undeserved political platforms.Thumbs up to Gwen Lister’s political perspective column, and editors of a weekly local newspaper respectively for their dedication in redressing the social maladies that grip Namibia contemporarily, despite being labelled agents of imperialists, white puppets, etc.Why can’t others imitate their courage? The pitfalls which I try to highlight would never be addressed by the ruling party (Swapo) cadres.The latter, above all, are of the opinion to completely eliminate the existing opposition in the hope of achieving their material aims.That’s why our writers have to rise up to help establish the rules of the game for the coming general election, before it is too late.This continuing complacency is incongruous and intolerable.It is a high time our writers belittle this ludicrous ‘Kapia-ism’ subject.Let they be serious in tackling crucial questions in Namibia.Baba Amisah WindhoekNote: Real name and address provided – EdThough I applaud their individual efforts to find solutions to the painful questions of this country, being abject poverty, unemployment, profligacy, depravity, nepotism, corruption, etc, they must see that without a well planned theory, a developmental movement cannot take place.I want to air my grievances about the euphoria Kapia and his accomplices receive from our noteworthy (especially The Namibian) newspaper, which ought instead, to be using the newspaper to redress various crucial and sensitive matters, mainly the oncoming national election.Namibian is on the verge of a ‘de facto’ single party dictatorship which if not properly addressed, may result in the advent of a new autocratic form of government, disguised by the ‘we liberated this country’ theme, whilst they are mere restorationists and usurpers, failing to tackle the real problem of the Namibia’s populace.Those rabid, party defenders ignore the fact that they groom dictators.Apart from a few writers, several others continue to pompously and at length publicise the Kapia-styled rhetoric, eventually brandishing those self-anointed demagogues with undeserved political platforms.Thumbs up to Gwen Lister’s political perspective column, and editors of a weekly local newspaper respectively for their dedication in redressing the social maladies that grip Namibia contemporarily, despite being labelled agents of imperialists, white puppets, etc.Why can’t others imitate their courage? The pitfalls which I try to highlight would never be addressed by the ruling party (Swapo) cadres.The latter, above all, are of the opinion to completely eliminate the existing opposition in the hope of achieving their material aims.That’s why our writers have to rise up to help establish the rules of the game for the coming general election, before it is too late.This continuing complacency is incongruous and intolerable.It is a high time our writers belittle this ludicrous ‘Kapia-ism’ subject.Let they be serious in tackling crucial questions in Namibia.Baba Amisah WindhoekNote: Real name and address provided – Ed