Fifty percent dependence

SAPIENS WRITES:More than thirty years after political independence, about fifty percent of adults (18-59 years) are unemployed or underemployed. The promise of socio-economic liberation is out of reach. You can vote, but you cannot eat promises that have not been delivered. We have moved from apartheid to not having apartheid. The youth (born-free) is struggling to progress in search of identity, hope, and opportunity. Teenage pregnancies are a double failure – the immature mother and the unplanned pregnancy. A granny is not a substitute mother. There is no relationship education or sexual clarification and contraceptive options. This should be part of the normal curriculum from at least the age of sixteen. Parents, teachers, coaches, pastors, etc. should be role models. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. To have a child before the age of 18 years is failure! Voting for what? To evolve or progress, you have to live within your carrying capacity. A child is a blessing and a huge responsibility and obligation for a safe and secure better future. You are in charge – don’t blame fate or God. Build your family on faith and trust. A big (basic income grant) of N$500 per month for 18-59 year unemployed is a recipe for no effort reward dependency. It kills initiative and encourages passive dependency. It is unaffordable family spacing, and big public community work projects to absorb idle youth need to be initiated with soup kitchens. Poverty is independence delayed – trust betrayed. The political/military struggle from 1966 to 1990 continues as a socio-economic upliftment struggle in 2024 and beyond. A luta continua.* Rubrieke, meningstukke, briewe en SMS’e deur lesers en meningvormers weerspieël nie noodwendig die siening van Republikein of Namibia Media Holdings (NMH) nie. As mediahuis onderskryf NMH die etiese kode vir Namibiese media, soos toegepas deur die Media-ombudsman.

Fifty percent dependence

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