The end of the Covid curfew
KERTH HARVEST ITHANA
I have been engaging in a few conversations and debates in the past few days about the lifted curfew and it seems like a few individuals have an issue with the cancellation of the curfew.
The main complaints are, why did the president take away these measures, the thieves are now working full-time, etc.
In the few debates that I have engaged in, I have concluded that we as Namibians are not appreciative enough about anything. We are never satisfied.
In addition, we were very absorbed! The perfect word is selfish!
The few times I have engaged in these debates, I keep hearing complaints: “Why did the president lift the curfew, now crime is going to increase; only bar owners are opening late and benefiting from this, it's not everybody or other business!”. What is funny is the people that are busy in the pubs that speak like this.
Hello, can we change this way of thinking? Well-known people in society buying bottles at bars forget that there are real social issues out there.
I live in Wanaheda, and there is no one with transport and I needed to take my sick two-year-old daughter to the hospital, but we have no car at home so I have to call a taxi I know that is driving from Single Quarters, but on his way, he runs into to traffic officers and they ask him where is going, and they distrust him and fine him. This taxi driver is risking getting a fine to pick me up because I have an emergency at 03:00.
I hope that statement makes sense, but what I am trying to say is that the curfew affects us as individuals differently; some have it easy while others have it hard. So, let's stop thinking of priorities first, someone has it bad out there!
Can we please move away from being so narrow-minded and thinking small, we grew as a nation!
Here are so many industries that are affected by this, transport, service stations, cinemas and many more.
Namibia’s business sector is affected by the curfew, so comrades, let us keep wearing our masks, keep our social distancing so we can continue with our lives.
On the other hand, the rest of the world has learned to live with Covid. Can we also move on and start thinking of how we can let our businesses to operate 24 hours and move away from 07:00 to 19:00.
We should really change our perspective and move forward; we can do better. I did my part. Do yours!
* Kerth Harvest Ithana is a fourth-year media student specialising in public relations at Unam.
I have been engaging in a few conversations and debates in the past few days about the lifted curfew and it seems like a few individuals have an issue with the cancellation of the curfew.
The main complaints are, why did the president take away these measures, the thieves are now working full-time, etc.
In the few debates that I have engaged in, I have concluded that we as Namibians are not appreciative enough about anything. We are never satisfied.
In addition, we were very absorbed! The perfect word is selfish!
The few times I have engaged in these debates, I keep hearing complaints: “Why did the president lift the curfew, now crime is going to increase; only bar owners are opening late and benefiting from this, it's not everybody or other business!”. What is funny is the people that are busy in the pubs that speak like this.
Hello, can we change this way of thinking? Well-known people in society buying bottles at bars forget that there are real social issues out there.
I live in Wanaheda, and there is no one with transport and I needed to take my sick two-year-old daughter to the hospital, but we have no car at home so I have to call a taxi I know that is driving from Single Quarters, but on his way, he runs into to traffic officers and they ask him where is going, and they distrust him and fine him. This taxi driver is risking getting a fine to pick me up because I have an emergency at 03:00.
I hope that statement makes sense, but what I am trying to say is that the curfew affects us as individuals differently; some have it easy while others have it hard. So, let's stop thinking of priorities first, someone has it bad out there!
Can we please move away from being so narrow-minded and thinking small, we grew as a nation!
Here are so many industries that are affected by this, transport, service stations, cinemas and many more.
Namibia’s business sector is affected by the curfew, so comrades, let us keep wearing our masks, keep our social distancing so we can continue with our lives.
On the other hand, the rest of the world has learned to live with Covid. Can we also move on and start thinking of how we can let our businesses to operate 24 hours and move away from 07:00 to 19:00.
We should really change our perspective and move forward; we can do better. I did my part. Do yours!
* Kerth Harvest Ithana is a fourth-year media student specialising in public relations at Unam.
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