Taai besluite is nóú nodig
Die onvermydelike en onvoorspelbare ontwrigting wat hand aan hand met die nuwe coronavirus loop, het die Namibiese hoofstad in aller yl getref.
Gemeenskapsoordrag is in talle ander streke ook 'n gegewe.
Met die einde van Augustus om die draai, sal die regering baie mooi oor die voortsetting van aggressiewe inperkings moet nadink. Spesifiek regulasies wat ekonomiese herlewing nog langer gaan vertraag.
Die skrif aan die muur skreeu al harder dat die Covid-19-pandemie nou medies bestuur moet word eerder as met ingrypings wat die ekonomie doodwurg. Die gevolglike, selfgeskepte asemnood kan nie net figuurlik nie, maar ook letterlik die lewens van gesonde, arbeidsame inwoners kos.
Selfs al is ons toegeeflik en aanvaar ingrypings sedert Maart is in goeder trou gedoen, is die vurk in die pad duideliker as ooit. Een roete kan groei stimuleer. Die ander lei na 'n afgrond wat meer as een geslag kan insluk.
Op beide paaie sal daar ongelukkig die verlies en hartseer van Covid-19-verwante sterftes wees.
Vertroue in die regering, wat lankal wankel, is waarskynlik minder as ooit. Ons staatshoof en kabinet moet nou hul staal wys.
Staatsinstellings wat weens bevestigde gevalle die deure eenvoudig vir 'n week of langer toeklap, terwyl dit nie nodig is nie, stuur die verkeerde boodskap. Ons moet eenvoudig aan die gang bly.
Die amptenary, wat al vyf maande hul volle betaling ontvang, moet nie simpatie verwag as hulle later gaan toi-toi omdat daar nie geld in die staatskas vir hul salarisse nie.
So sê ander
18 Augustus 2020
Economy should be top priority
On Saturday before the speech by Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa social media was awash with predictions of doom and gloom.
But in the end, the move down to Level 2 of the lockdown, and the lifting of the ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco culminated in a cumulative sigh of relief from Covid-weary South Africans.
The pessimism displayed by thousands of citizens indicated a growing sense of distrust in our government's response to the pandemic. Suspect reasons for maintaining the ban on alcohol and tobacco sales, together with questionable medical responses to the pandemic in some provinces and a growing discomfort over our slumping economy have left many with a bitter taste in their mouths.
In many instances financial ruin is just one pay check away.
This may be looked upon by some as just one unfortunate aspect of the new normal, but it should not necessarily be accepted as inevitable. We were asked to accept lockdown as part of our new reality, but now it is up to government to ensure that everyone is given the opportunity to assist in creating a new normal where economic growth, rather than disaster is the norm.
We need bureaucrats who have received their full salary all this while, to realise that the time has come for them to contribute as much as every other citizen has been called upon to do.
• THE VILLAGE NEWS
Gemeenskapsoordrag is in talle ander streke ook 'n gegewe.
Met die einde van Augustus om die draai, sal die regering baie mooi oor die voortsetting van aggressiewe inperkings moet nadink. Spesifiek regulasies wat ekonomiese herlewing nog langer gaan vertraag.
Die skrif aan die muur skreeu al harder dat die Covid-19-pandemie nou medies bestuur moet word eerder as met ingrypings wat die ekonomie doodwurg. Die gevolglike, selfgeskepte asemnood kan nie net figuurlik nie, maar ook letterlik die lewens van gesonde, arbeidsame inwoners kos.
Selfs al is ons toegeeflik en aanvaar ingrypings sedert Maart is in goeder trou gedoen, is die vurk in die pad duideliker as ooit. Een roete kan groei stimuleer. Die ander lei na 'n afgrond wat meer as een geslag kan insluk.
Op beide paaie sal daar ongelukkig die verlies en hartseer van Covid-19-verwante sterftes wees.
Vertroue in die regering, wat lankal wankel, is waarskynlik minder as ooit. Ons staatshoof en kabinet moet nou hul staal wys.
Staatsinstellings wat weens bevestigde gevalle die deure eenvoudig vir 'n week of langer toeklap, terwyl dit nie nodig is nie, stuur die verkeerde boodskap. Ons moet eenvoudig aan die gang bly.
Die amptenary, wat al vyf maande hul volle betaling ontvang, moet nie simpatie verwag as hulle later gaan toi-toi omdat daar nie geld in die staatskas vir hul salarisse nie.
So sê ander
18 Augustus 2020
Economy should be top priority
On Saturday before the speech by Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa social media was awash with predictions of doom and gloom.
But in the end, the move down to Level 2 of the lockdown, and the lifting of the ban on the sale of alcohol and tobacco culminated in a cumulative sigh of relief from Covid-weary South Africans.
The pessimism displayed by thousands of citizens indicated a growing sense of distrust in our government's response to the pandemic. Suspect reasons for maintaining the ban on alcohol and tobacco sales, together with questionable medical responses to the pandemic in some provinces and a growing discomfort over our slumping economy have left many with a bitter taste in their mouths.
In many instances financial ruin is just one pay check away.
This may be looked upon by some as just one unfortunate aspect of the new normal, but it should not necessarily be accepted as inevitable. We were asked to accept lockdown as part of our new reality, but now it is up to government to ensure that everyone is given the opportunity to assist in creating a new normal where economic growth, rather than disaster is the norm.
We need bureaucrats who have received their full salary all this while, to realise that the time has come for them to contribute as much as every other citizen has been called upon to do.
• THE VILLAGE NEWS
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