EDITORIAL

President Hage Geingob often gets the stick for all the challenges the country faces, but perhaps unfairly so at times.

While he arguably has not helped matters with his actions at times, it is also a fact that his tenure has been besieged by external challenges of monumental proportions.

There is no doubt that even with these external factors, Namibia should still have done better in a number in a number of areas – including how the country’s scarce resources are managed.

But also true is the fact that the lion’s share of Geingob’s first term was characterised by severe droughts. A lot of state resources had to be channelled towards efforts to save lives from hunger and famine.

His second term is blighted by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as increasing public debt, with no end in sight for the calamity that is hovering above our heads.

Nothing seems to work, especially in the context of reviving the economy. Stimulus efforts seem cosmetic and have not turned around the fortunes. Geingob cannot do this alone; he needs all of us to put shoulder to the wheel.

Against this background, it is important that the nation rallies behind the president as he negotiates his way out of the quagmire we all find ourselves in.

If Geingob’s second term is rated a success, it will mean that there are noted improvements in all our lives.