Let’s Forget Violence

ALLOW me to air my views on violence in our country.

It is not long ago when The Namibian reported the tragic death of a young couple who lost their lives at Ondombe in the north and the wounds in our hearts had still not recovered when we learned that the same thing took place in Windhoek. Surely many young women have lost their lives in the same way over the past few years.Of course this is sometimes resulting from aimless and unstable or temporary relationships.But as a young man, I am worried about why this is happening among human beings.Why are we killing our darlings? They are our loves; the mothers of our children, the mothers of the nation.Folks, why can’t we set our hearts right? I doubt I am the only person whose dreams of a bright Namibia falls down on hearing of women stabbed with knives, shot by their husbands or the like.Think about the offspring they leave behind.Please let’s change and be people with brave hearts and forget all about violence against any particular sex in this independent country.Paulus Ishitile WindhoekSurely many young women have lost their lives in the same way over the past few years.Of course this is sometimes resulting from aimless and unstable or temporary relationships.But as a young man, I am worried about why this is happening among human beings.Why are we killing our darlings? They are our loves; the mothers of our children, the mothers of the nation.Folks, why can’t we set our hearts right? I doubt I am the only person whose dreams of a bright Namibia falls down on hearing of women stabbed with knives, shot by their husbands or the like.Think about the offspring they leave behind.Please let’s change and be people with brave hearts and forget all about violence against any particular sex in this independent country.Paulus Ishitile Windhoek