It's a sad situation

Our own country men don''t want to see us succeed in anything we want to do... It''s so sad that people from your own country prefer to see you fail than succeed and at the same time they celebrate your failure while people from other countries want to see you do good and succeed...What are we becoming? Are we jealousy? Are we bitter? Or, are we simply too lazy to do what makes us happy, that we sit back and pray that everyone else fails... this is so wrong my fellow Namibians. We are supposed to be pioneers of this industry but, we rather break it down to get satisfaction. The corporate world is watching and they are the ones that are supposed to help build our entertainment and fashion industry but all they see is bad publicity, hatred and one-sided stories. How do you expect those people to invest in the industry if we are not even trying to build it? We are not saying don''t write or say the truth but be constructive about it. Don''t gloat and bash others because they failed. At least, give constructive criticism and advise them to ensure that next time they do better. We are currently working against each other and this so bad and a recipe for disaster... we will never grow if we don''t work together. In my last piece I mentioned that journalists are failing us because all they do is criticise us in newspapers and their personal capacity without helping us through advice. How do you expect to write a constructive story of an event or person if you criticised the person and event before it even happens? Doesn’t this mean you were out for bloods from the beginning... write about us, tell the truth but at the same time, be constructive about it and give advice and guidance. People are trying to make a career out of the industry but, the only way they will succeed is through all our help, let us be open minded and let''s stop these cliques we created trying to topple others by using resources that are beneficial to all of us.

Our Namibian people need the entertainment and fashion industry, don''t let us fail them. We want peace among everyone including journalists. Without each other there won''t be any industry left.

Kalistu R Mukoroli

Brand Strategist