Reimaging the Namibian economy -Opinion

Reimaging the Namibian economy -OpinionSticking to resolutionsThe resilience and recovery of the Namibian economy is a more challenging prospect and lies in reimaging our economy.John SteytlerAs the clock struck 12 midnight, glasses were raised and well wishes and new resolutions rang out signalling the start of 2022. We have been down this road before many a time, but over the last few years, the years have not been kind and whatever we have wished for has been hard to achieve. Whether it is; happiness, health, prosperity or simply just to have a good work-life balance. Covid-19 has made it nearly impossible to achieve. The pandemic filled this New Year’s Eve with trepidation and hesitancy when it came to speaking about wishes and resolutions for the future.We need to remain bold and trust ourselves and those around us that together we will get through this. Basically every time a new year approaches we reimage our lives and make mental promissory notes to ourselves and those around us. We are going to be; better, more prosperous, healthier and have a more well-balanced life. With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to rage, we see that not only we as people want to reimage our life, our country, Namibia, is also keen to reimage itself. We all need to take a beat and make structural changes and move to a post-Covid-19 era.A post-Covid-19 seems to be within our grasp, but we assumed so before as well, this continues to play havoc on us as a population, as individuals and as a nation. If we want to truly ‘reimage’ our nation and ourselves, we cannot just make throw-away resolutions which are broken early in the year. This means working at the things that we were doing wrong, or simply wanted to improve. This means that as a nation, if Namibia wants to ‘reimage’ itself, we need to look at how the economy can be structurally and fundamentally changed for the better and for all. Reaching and achieving goals such as Vision 2030 but also looking beyond and working towards Agenda 2063.The resilience and recovery of the Namibian economy is a more challenging prospect and lies in reimaging our economy. Shifting from an agriculture economy to a knowledge-based economy, which embraces the need for climate change and leverages new energy sources such as hydro-electric, solar and hydrogen as well as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This goal has been championed by our President, the Honorable Dr. Hage Geingob. This made sense to me and made me think of how we could and should ‘reimage’ our own lives.The goal is to reimage one’s life and make fundamental changes to it. Whether you are focused on living more healthy or pursue that promotion, further your academic career or simply feel more mentally well-balanced within yourself. It is a journey to take and it will take constant work just like reimaging the Namibian economy from what it has been and to what it is, and to what it can be. Despite working hard, finding time to spend with my beautiful family, looking after my health, I will spend time to ‘reimage’ myself and make myself more mentally resilient. I will stop being so hard on myself and find a mental health balance.

Reimaging the Namibian economy -Opinion

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