EDITORIAL: When is the Year of Delivery?
Namibians have limped along with President Hage Geingob’s style of themed years, meant to galvanise the country around a particular mind-set or set of values. Some of the themes have, to a subtle extent, come to pass. Others were a long shot.
For instance, we witnessed the arrest of extremely prominent governmental and corporate figures in 2019 - the Year of Accountability - for their purported Fishrot sins. A fraction of accountability was served, some may argue.
The Year of Revival, 2023, also saw the theme somewhat come to life – though in refined quantity. This year has been dubbed one of ‘expectation’. Yet, expectation is just hope and assumption. A wild, unsubstantiated guess; a shot in the dark.
When is the Year of Delivery descending upon us? Crafty, oratory rhetoric aside, Namibians now want to see results. If ‘revival’ cannot be succeeded by ‘delivery’, then we are just shooting the breeze.
It is particularly important that Geingob dedicates what is left of his time in office to delivery. If he must be obsessed with anything this year, it is the delivery of jobs and basic services to those whom this has so far been evasive to.
Expectation alone is not enough. This is like pregnancy, where the joy lies in delivery. The nine months prior to that are characterised by sore breasts, mood swings and leg cramps. Namibians cannot be forever pregnant with hope. They have had enough morning sickness from the many years of job losses, Covid-19 and a declining economy.
For instance, we witnessed the arrest of extremely prominent governmental and corporate figures in 2019 - the Year of Accountability - for their purported Fishrot sins. A fraction of accountability was served, some may argue.
The Year of Revival, 2023, also saw the theme somewhat come to life – though in refined quantity. This year has been dubbed one of ‘expectation’. Yet, expectation is just hope and assumption. A wild, unsubstantiated guess; a shot in the dark.
When is the Year of Delivery descending upon us? Crafty, oratory rhetoric aside, Namibians now want to see results. If ‘revival’ cannot be succeeded by ‘delivery’, then we are just shooting the breeze.
It is particularly important that Geingob dedicates what is left of his time in office to delivery. If he must be obsessed with anything this year, it is the delivery of jobs and basic services to those whom this has so far been evasive to.
Expectation alone is not enough. This is like pregnancy, where the joy lies in delivery. The nine months prior to that are characterised by sore breasts, mood swings and leg cramps. Namibians cannot be forever pregnant with hope. They have had enough morning sickness from the many years of job losses, Covid-19 and a declining economy.
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