• Sara KasimI called a friend to look for attention, and we got talking about this Fima nonsense and how they want to steal workers ‘ penjens.
It turns out that my friend, who we will call August, believes the proposed regulations are good and will stop the tates from shikuandaling the penjen.
I, on the other hand, believe it is their money, and if their money cannot buy them an aeroplane, they must eat their money.
August has an uncle that she and others depended on for cosmetics, among other essentials. They were his ‘black tax ‘, and there was no way he could escape his fate.
At some point, he decided that he needed to resign, cash his penjen, and buy himself a Toyota Land Cruiser V8 bakkie.
He was king for a while and they called him Tate Wuuleke. You know her uncle, he used to buy you drinks at Maperes.
Soon the penjen ran out and he was left with the Land Cruiser and the shebeen he built in his yard.
As we speak, the Land Cruiser has been sold, because he could not keep up with its maintenance, and it was unforgivably heavy on fuel.
The shebeen he built is now another niece’s bedroom, and he himself lives in the north.
The only thing he looks forward to each year is the mangongo festival for obvious reasons. But he was king.
This got me thinking about the other one who resigned and cashed his pension, bought 40 cows, and moved to the village close to Otjinene.
As we speak, he is left with four cows, and the young girl he married when he looked promising has left him.
He still has a few years to go before he can start getting his old-age grant.
The stories are many and there is as much to say about the parasitic nature of a government. Actually, there are countless stories of people who have built empires with pension funds too.
The minister and his fellow parasites must not patronise people with unwarranted fears. He must not forget that many of their parents cashed their penjen to pay for their schools. How can these ministers forget their parents once started their businesses with penjen and are now employers?
What makes me very angry is the fact that the government does not seem to know how to manage their funds, and is now borrowing to replace bulbs in their buildings, but they think they know how and when hard-working Namibians must access their money.
They now want to make sure the GIPF has enough funds, forever, to keep funding government projects and to buy GRN bonds.
The private funds like it even more as this leaves them with enough to invest in their other favourite markets, while poor Kabende lives on the streets at 52 while counting his days to 60.
It is their money, and if it cannot buy them happiness, let them eat it at omatala.
You parasites!
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