Swanu’s Democratic Socialism - The Solution 2 Namibian Social ills!

By - Mr. Tonata "The Political Doctor" Angombe

The current economic recession that the world is experiencing currently is due to the greed and exploitative manner in which the capitalist social and economic system is designed. The system exhausted the capital there is to use, and now no one seems to know what to do to find a solution. Well the SWANU most active and vocal representative here has a solution called - “Democratic Socialism” as an answer to this problem. Make the right cross in the right box in November 2009 to ensure a better and prosperous future for you and the future generation by considering voting for the SWANU Party.
And for those who, like me, are actually Democratic Socialists, it’s time to come out and say so.
Democratic socialism has brought a much better quality of life to the people in Scandinavia and France and Germany and Britain, and it has not erased one iota of the political freedoms we cherish in this country.
We need to move this country in the direction of democratic socialism.
We need a much sturdier social safety net.
The SWAPO government is wrongdoing and serves as a bad system that in this country, half of the population does not have enough food to eat during at least part of the year.
It’s a known disturbing fact that more than 80% of the Namibian people are without health care security, and the people very much need universal health care, but the drug companies and insurance companies have been and are still standing in the way for their own interests and not that of the people. And I believe, state intervention in this regard is the solution because the state has a social obligation to the people unlike the private sector that unfortunately much dictates our socio-economic life.
Our population is very young and easy to budget for, that we cannot afford to have a single child suffering as a street child. But then, under the so-called government of SWAPO, even now, one cannot calmly estimate or predict the life expectancy of a poor average Namibian child.
We need a much more egalitarian distribution of wealth and income, which will greatly improve and empower the lives of the youth, especially, and also move the social obligation of this country towards our poor people and the youths especially.
The small percentage of the so-called rich people in Namibia is the one controlling much of the percentage of the economy, while the large number of the working class and those eligible for work but can’t find it, and the rest are controlling below 30 percent of the economy. Our economy is controlled by the businesses owned by outsiders like the Chinese and countries of the west, which proves only that we are slowly but surely selling away our country.
Whether we like it or not, it is a very well known fact that Namibia is amongst the poor nations due to our current state, but are we in this group because we are impaired as a system of government to start manufacturing (industries) and investing (buying shares) in companies and establish businesses in our own and other countries? I believe our government is capable of owning businesses instead of allowing individuals (whether Namibian or foreign) to run businesses and make profits for their own interests and not that of the people of Namibia.
If the government has profit running businesses, then it can cater for the problems experienced by its population. SWAPO in economic endeavours has failed and will continue fail and drown us into debts and collapse if we don’t remove it and place a pro-poor, pro-Namibian and pro-youth interest government in place the SWANU Party led-government based on the principles of “Democratic Socialism”.
We need much more control over the economic giants that dominate not only our economy but our political system too, and this can only be rectified and with immediate effect implemented once we have a SWANU Party led government in Namibia.
Right now, capitalism is eating away at our democracy and the expectations and high hopes of reaping the fruits of independence were already shunned at the inception of the so-called independence.
So, thank you, my readers and I hope and wish that we will come to a conclusion that enough is enough and that it is about now the time we voted for a better change for a better difference in our Namibian society characterized by strengthening and empowering those that needs assistance and not favour any group of people on the basis of being previously disadvantaged or colour. Namibia does need a democratic socialist system very much. Act now because the ball is in your court my fellow citizens!