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In die moderne wêreld is daar op talle fronte virusse – medies en andersins – wat baie gevaarliker en dodeliker as Covid-19 is.Vitrioel soos die uitsprake wat ene Michael Amushelelo die naweek oor president Hage Geingob gemaak het, moet aan die kaak gestel en sonder skroom verwerp word.Maak nie saak in watter toestand ons landsake vandag verkeer nie, vryheid van spraak in die openbare domein strek nie só ver nie. Niks goed kan spruit uit argelose disrespek vir mekaar nie. Sonder respek kan ons nie eens poog om gesprekke aan te knoop waarmee ons saam oplossings vir Namibië se probleme kan vind nie.Maak nie saak wat ‘n mens se persoonlike gevoelens oor die staatshoof of die regering se onlangse gebrek aan prestasie is nie, hy verteenwoordig ‘n belangrike posisie in die demokrasie. Die president is beslis nie onaantasbaar nie, maar sy amp en baie positiewe bydraes wat hy reeds tot Namibië gemaak het, kan nie misken word nie. ‘n Cliché soos “respek word verdien” is geen verweer nie.Amushelelo se grype na berugtheid (hy beskik oor geen roem nie) verdien veroordeling. Of sy opmerkings werklik aan die definisies van haatspraak en aanhitsing voldoen, is akademies.Beweerde paleisrevolusies wat spookskrywers al geruime tyd op alle platforms tot hul beskikking opdis, behels ‘n soortgelyke gevaar.Namibiërs moet opstaan teen politieke barbarisme wat eng, persoonlike doelwitte dien. Wanneer sulke gedrag aanvaarbaar word, is ‘n staat se fondamente reeds erg verswak.So sê ander10 Maart 2020One certainty in the uncertainty: there’s more pain aheadWhen people use the term “adding fuel to the fire”, they are usually not being literal.That cannot be said about the actions of Saudi Arabia over the weekend, which injected a new round of volatility to a market reeling from the spread of the coronavirus.The oil market was already under severe pressure as economies count the cost of virus-induced losses. With factories standing idle and airlines reducing capacity, sliding oil prices were not a great surprise.Shouldn’t lower oil prices be good for consuming countries and a welcome relief for a global economy in desperate need of some sort of stimulus? Based on what happened in currency markets, the answer is not necessarily.In the current environment the sharply lower oil price is of little comfort. If anything, it’s more of a signal of the desperate state in which the global economy finds itself.All we can tell from data is that there’ll be more volatility ahead. The long-term effect of the current instability is probably too difficult to judge.There’s still some short-term pain to come — at least, we hope it will be short term.As the Sasol example shows, just because things look bad it doesn’t necessarily mean the worst is behind us. Who would want to be a financial adviser today?• BUSINESS DAY

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