Kaure And The ‘Blame Game’

THE (recent) article by Alexactus T Kaure shall not go unchallenged.

Let me give my views as a concerned Namibian based on the article in The Namibian dated 5 January 2007 by Alexactus T Kaure on the topic ‘Dude, Where’s my country?’ Firstly let me assure Kaure that YES I am proudly Namibian! Kaure starts off by asking where he belongs… I am not surprised. He needs direction and assistance to bring him back home!! It is normal of course for people to forget so easily.Way back (even though we should not cling to the past so much but history should be told) when we see how black people were colonised, how elite whites then occupied and micro-managed and owned everything including Hereros’ fatherland, most disadvantaged Namibians were not even allowed to enter those areas because of their colour.I know we should not blame all failures on apartheid but we should also not blame things that are not functioning on one tribe or one person i.e.the former President.I agreed with Kaure that BEE and AA are not implemented the way they were supposed to have been implemented.Nepotism and getting jobs based on comradeship will, of course, lead this country down the drain.Nevertheless, the government has come up with significant documents; it is up to us to make them useful.To say that Oshiwambo-speaking people have manipulated and exploited the system for their benefit does not make any sense.For your information Oshiwambo-speaking people constitute about 50% of the population.With the findings by Martin Mwinga that Oshiwambo-speaking people are instilled with an entrepreneurial spirit and culture of risk taking is 100% true.One example, just walk around informal entrepreneurships and count for me how many Damara or Herero- speaking people you might find there selling kapana or vetkoek etc, probably 1 out of 5 if you are lucky.I do not condone corruption and self-enrichment schemes, but people should work hard toward self-reliance and economic independence rather than sit around and feel sorry for themselves.Self-pity takes away the person’s power to do something about a situation.Lacking of solutions and undermining fellow black Namibians to me is not a wise idea at all.This country will not go anywhere with a lot of grudge, hatred and racism as depicted in your article.We as black Namibians should embrace and love one another.The blame game does not help a thing.If other tribes or races are not willing to join the train then there is nothing much we can do about it.”Success is a journey not a destination” For your information, decolonisation in Namibia is into private business where it was before.So, better come up with workable solutions otherwise the ship will sink and everybody will drown.Popyeni Sem Via e-mail Note: Real name and address provided – EdHe needs direction and assistance to bring him back home!! It is normal of course for people to forget so easily.Way back (even though we should not cling to the past so much but history should be told) when we see how black people were colonised, how elite whites then occupied and micro-managed and owned everything including Hereros’ fatherland, most disadvantaged Namibians were not even allowed to enter those areas because of their colour.I know we should not blame all failures on apartheid but we should also not blame things that are not functioning on one tribe or one person i.e.the former President.I agreed with Kaure that BEE and AA are not implemented the way they were supposed to have been implemented.Nepotism and getting jobs based on comradeship will, of course, lead this country down the drain.Nevertheless, the government has come up with significant documents; it is up to us to make them useful.To say that Oshiwambo-speaking people have manipulated and exploited the system for their benefit does not make any sense.For your information Oshiwambo-speaking people constitute about 50% of the population.With the findings by Martin Mwinga that Oshiwambo-speaking people are instilled with an entrepreneurial spirit and culture of risk taking is 100% true.One example, just walk around informal entrepreneurships and count for me how many Damara or Herero- speaking people you might find there selling kapana or vetkoek etc, probably 1 out of 5 if you are lucky.I do not condone corruption and self-enrichment schemes, but people should work hard toward self-reliance and economic independence rather than sit around and feel sorry for themselves.Self-pity takes away the person’s power to do something about a situation.Lacking of solutions and undermining fellow black Namibians to me is not a wise idea at all.This country will not go anywhere with a lot of grudge, hatred and racism as depicted in your article.We as black Namibians should embrace and love one another.The blame game does not help a thing.If other tribes or races are not willing to join the train then there is nothing much we can do about it.”Success is a journey not a destination” For your information, decolonisation in Namibia is into private business where it was before.So, better come up with workable solutions otherwise the ship will sink and everybody will drown. Popyeni Sem Via e-mail Note: Real name and address provided – Ed