Let Us All Make Money The Correct Way

ALLOW me space (or volume as musicians will call it) in your newspaper.

I am quite shocked to learn that there are marches countrywide as the closure of unlicenced taverns continues. Correct me if I’m wrong, but if you don’t have a certified document to prove that you can practice ABC, then you are on the wrong side of the law.I don’t have much knowledge about law but what I understand is that if you do not have a licence for something then you should: 1.Be fined for using or operating without a licence; 2.Serve a prison sentence for such misconduct; or 3.Pay the Government an amount totalling the sales you have made in the past and then obtain a licence.I was once stopped and asked for my driver’s licence by a traffic officer and fined N$300.I paid the fine, not because I didn’t have a licence, but because I did not have it with me at the time, and thereby was in breach of the Road Act and regulations.And here is the nation on the streets claiming to defend what is rightfully theirs.If we have to make money, let’s do it in the right way.A lot of people are arrested daily worldwide in possession of drugs that they don’t have rights to sell.They simply want to make a living but are doing it the wrong way.It is better to get rich the right way than rushing to get rich quick.I would still urge the Ministry to extend their closure to other outlets without licences.There are a lot of barbershops, saloons, garages and taxis without operating licences and who don’t pay tax.My advice to the people whose illegal bars were closed is “get a licence”.Mclyn Kasale Via e-mailCorrect me if I’m wrong, but if you don’t have a certified document to prove that you can practice ABC, then you are on the wrong side of the law.I don’t have much knowledge about law but what I understand is that if you do not have a licence for something then you should: 1.Be fined for using or operating without a licence; 2.Serve a prison sentence for such misconduct; or 3.Pay the Government an amount totalling the sales you have made in the past and then obtain a licence.I was once stopped and asked for my driver’s licence by a traffic officer and fined N$300.I paid the fine, not because I didn’t have a licence, but because I did not have it with me at the time, and thereby was in breach of the Road Act and regulations.And here is the nation on the streets claiming to defend what is rightfully theirs.If we have to make money, let’s do it in the right way.A lot of people are arrested daily worldwide in possession of drugs that they don’t have rights to sell.They simply want to make a living but are doing it the wrong way.It is better to get rich the right way than rushing to get rich quick.I would still urge the Ministry to extend their closure to other outlets without licences.There are a lot of barbershops, saloons, garages and taxis without operating licences and who don’t pay tax.My advice to the people whose illegal bars were closed is “get a licence”. Mclyn Kasale Via e-mail