Anxiety and insecurity is a deadly virus
JOHN FREDERICKS WRITES:
Julius Nyerere said: "It can be done, play your part."
Covid 19 created international and national chaos in every aspect and fibre of the international and local communities.
The Namibian nation is filled with high levels of anxiety, and anxiety is yet another cause of tension. Anxious people may not be able to think and act clearly, which will affect their behaviour and their planning. Anxious people are unhappy and as such cannot work efficiently and effectively.
The need for security and satisfaction is of vital importance for all human beings, and if such needs are threatened, people react irrationally and irresponsibly. The impact of Covid-19 on the Namibian society and in particular on the fragile Namibian economy can have far reaching and devastating effects, if not dealt with in a mature, professional and responsible manner.
We cannot escape the fact that our country remains, even 30 years after independence, one of the most economically skewed countries in the world. The wealth and resources of the country is still controlled by a small minority of people. The economy is “maximum profit” driven, and in order to maximize on profits, the other end of the scale had to be deprived, which means that the ones needed to generate the profits, were denied a fair and equitable share of the profits.
The economic lockdown, necessitated by the outbreak of Covid-19 caused havoc to the profit margins of businesses, and the response to the dipping in profits is to dismiss workers. The workers were not in any way whatsoever responsible for the lockdown, and therefore it would be grossly unfair to punish the workers for an act of nature, which dealt a deadly blow to economic greediness and selfishness.
No Namibian worker or any other Namibian had to lose their sustenance because of high profit margins not met. One simple contribution that the business fraternity can make is to collectively lower their profit margins, even if it means to break even, and by so doing create and deepen a sense of security.
A sense of job security will lower levels of anxiety and lower levels of anxiety would have an increase in productivity. Our country and nation is at a crossroad, where we will never ever again “do business as usual”. We, as a nation, as individuals can embrace change. We can make it happen, let us play our part.
Julius Nyerere said: "It can be done, play your part."
Covid 19 created international and national chaos in every aspect and fibre of the international and local communities.
The Namibian nation is filled with high levels of anxiety, and anxiety is yet another cause of tension. Anxious people may not be able to think and act clearly, which will affect their behaviour and their planning. Anxious people are unhappy and as such cannot work efficiently and effectively.
The need for security and satisfaction is of vital importance for all human beings, and if such needs are threatened, people react irrationally and irresponsibly. The impact of Covid-19 on the Namibian society and in particular on the fragile Namibian economy can have far reaching and devastating effects, if not dealt with in a mature, professional and responsible manner.
We cannot escape the fact that our country remains, even 30 years after independence, one of the most economically skewed countries in the world. The wealth and resources of the country is still controlled by a small minority of people. The economy is “maximum profit” driven, and in order to maximize on profits, the other end of the scale had to be deprived, which means that the ones needed to generate the profits, were denied a fair and equitable share of the profits.
The economic lockdown, necessitated by the outbreak of Covid-19 caused havoc to the profit margins of businesses, and the response to the dipping in profits is to dismiss workers. The workers were not in any way whatsoever responsible for the lockdown, and therefore it would be grossly unfair to punish the workers for an act of nature, which dealt a deadly blow to economic greediness and selfishness.
No Namibian worker or any other Namibian had to lose their sustenance because of high profit margins not met. One simple contribution that the business fraternity can make is to collectively lower their profit margins, even if it means to break even, and by so doing create and deepen a sense of security.
A sense of job security will lower levels of anxiety and lower levels of anxiety would have an increase in productivity. Our country and nation is at a crossroad, where we will never ever again “do business as usual”. We, as a nation, as individuals can embrace change. We can make it happen, let us play our part.
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