EDITORIAL: Revival in the true sense
In clear, error-free English, President Hage Geingob has baptised 2023 as the ‘Year of Revival’. Revival has been elusive of the Geingob administration, but the head of state will have another bite at the cherry this year – and we all can’t wait.
If no significant revival is realised this year as per its promise, this government will start to look like a playboy - sweet as honey and slick as oil, but to whom truth is the first casualty.
Geingob has a chance to put to shame analysts – and perhaps sections of the media – who have already written off his bold pronouncement. He is puffing hot wind as he does every January, many have said.
What does this revival mean in practical terms and who is responsible for it? Is the president telling us the truth or what we want to hear, especially in these desperate times?
To many Namibians, revival means a renewal, a return to the life they once lived. They yearn for jobs, land, housing, ethical leadership and economic growth. What, among these, are we on course to achieve? In South Africa, the ANC is talking about ‘renewal’ while the Swapo-led government is drumming up revival – two inseparably intertwined broad actions that can resurrect our lifeless economies and resuscitate what remains of our moral fibre as neighbouring nations.
If no significant revival is realised this year as per its promise, this government will start to look like a playboy - sweet as honey and slick as oil, but to whom truth is the first casualty.
Geingob has a chance to put to shame analysts – and perhaps sections of the media – who have already written off his bold pronouncement. He is puffing hot wind as he does every January, many have said.
What does this revival mean in practical terms and who is responsible for it? Is the president telling us the truth or what we want to hear, especially in these desperate times?
To many Namibians, revival means a renewal, a return to the life they once lived. They yearn for jobs, land, housing, ethical leadership and economic growth. What, among these, are we on course to achieve? In South Africa, the ANC is talking about ‘renewal’ while the Swapo-led government is drumming up revival – two inseparably intertwined broad actions that can resurrect our lifeless economies and resuscitate what remains of our moral fibre as neighbouring nations.
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