EDITORIAL: It’s time to walk the talk
The 2024 general election was preceded by big talks of reviving the economy and creating jobs. This happens during every election cycle, so it has become some sort of cliché.
People may crave land and other issues promised during electioneering, but unless we have a healthy and growing economy, nothing else will matter.
The average Namibian wants a job first before owning land – naturally, because people need to eat first, and that requires financial resources.
Land is important to have, but without the means to make it productive, it's as good as not having a speck.
Sloganeering and political lies aside, it’s time we bounce back from this quandary of economic mess and place the economy on a proper trajectory of progress. Numerous projections that the economy will grow by this or that percent have proven to be way over the top and, simply put, fake news.
The economy has been in the doldrums since 2016 and the Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah administration will have little time to save the nation from the brink of an economic crisis. She has to hit the ground running, because unlike her predecessors, there will be no honeymoon phase under the circumstances.
Frankly, it has become very depressing for a rating agency to consistently downgrade our economic outlook – and they have been spot on every single time.
Elections are over, and politicking should be too. Let’s discard our pretentious, vote-seeking, fake-smiling selves and roll up our sleeves to do the actual work necessary to save the country from further ruin.
People may crave land and other issues promised during electioneering, but unless we have a healthy and growing economy, nothing else will matter.
The average Namibian wants a job first before owning land – naturally, because people need to eat first, and that requires financial resources.
Land is important to have, but without the means to make it productive, it's as good as not having a speck.
Sloganeering and political lies aside, it’s time we bounce back from this quandary of economic mess and place the economy on a proper trajectory of progress. Numerous projections that the economy will grow by this or that percent have proven to be way over the top and, simply put, fake news.
The economy has been in the doldrums since 2016 and the Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah administration will have little time to save the nation from the brink of an economic crisis. She has to hit the ground running, because unlike her predecessors, there will be no honeymoon phase under the circumstances.
Frankly, it has become very depressing for a rating agency to consistently downgrade our economic outlook – and they have been spot on every single time.
Elections are over, and politicking should be too. Let’s discard our pretentious, vote-seeking, fake-smiling selves and roll up our sleeves to do the actual work necessary to save the country from further ruin.
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