Change The Social System

IN the 15 years since Independence our society has not managed to close the gap between rich and poor.

It is very common that societies have certain basic needs or requirements, which must be met if they are to survive. These requirements are sometimes referred as functional prerequisites.For example, a means of producing food and shelter may be seen as a functional prerequisite since without them members of the society could not survive.Society is a system made up of interconnected and interrelated parts, in practice each part will in some way affect every other part and the system as whole.Today, Namibia allows public institutions to operate on a business principle so that only one category of class can benefit from the system.The political system, which is concerned with improving material living standards and raising productivity, is merely watching and takes no action, because they have no problem with it.This state of affairs has discredited Namibia in many areas especially in State-owned enterprises.The term ‘public resources’ is used frequently in our country but the criteria to acquire those resources are preventive – as a result only few people benefit from them.The political, legal, and educational institutions and their belief and value system are primarily determined by economic factors.We all know that economics and politics are married and cannot be divorced.The contradictions here involve the exploitation of one social group by another.For example, Namibia is a mixed economy, which operates in a capitalist sphere, whereas employers, including the Government, continue to exploit their employees.This creates a fundamental conflict of interest between social groups since one gains at the expense of another.On 15 November 2005, I read an article entitled ‘Government Perpetuates Income Disparities’ I personally agree with the author of the article because this state of affairs is partially promoted by the office of the Prime Minister because it is the office responsible for equitably distributing financial resources.This conflict of interest should be resolved since a social system containing such contradictions cannot survive unchanged.Albert Mbanga WindhoekThese requirements are sometimes referred as functional prerequisites.For example, a means of producing food and shelter may be seen as a functional prerequisite since without them members of the society could not survive.Society is a system made up of interconnected and interrelated parts, in practice each part will in some way affect every other part and the system as whole.Today, Namibia allows public institutions to operate on a business principle so that only one category of class can benefit from the system.The political system, which is concerned with improving material living standards and raising productivity, is merely watching and takes no action, because they have no problem with it.This state of affairs has discredited Namibia in many areas especially in State-owned enterprises.The term ‘public resources’ is used frequently in our country but the criteria to acquire those resources are preventive – as a result only few people benefit from them.The political, legal, and educational institutions and their belief and value system are primarily determined by economic factors.We all know that economics and politics are married and cannot be divorced.The contradictions here involve the exploitation of one social group by another.For example, Namibia is a mixed economy, which operates in a capitalist sphere, whereas employers, including the Government, continue to exploit their employees.This creates a fundamental conflict of interest between social groups since one gains at the expense of another.On 15 November 2005, I read an article entitled ‘Government Perpetuates Income Disparities’ I personally agree with the author of the article because this state of affairs is partially promoted by the office of the Prime Minister because it is the office responsible for equitably distributing financial resources.This conflict of interest should be resolved since a social system containing such contradictions cannot survive unchanged.Albert Mbanga Windhoek