{"id":79070,"date":"2024-10-21T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ars-bold-plan-to-rescue-namibia"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T14:27:00","slug":"ars-bold-plan-to-rescue-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ars-bold-plan-to-rescue-namibia","title":{"rendered":"AR\u2019s bold plan to \u2018rescue\u2019 Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Affirmative Repositioning political party launched its ambitious plan in Katima Mulilo over the weekend \u201cto rescue Namibia from collapse\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u2018AR Plan for Namibia\u2019, the manifesto lays out their vision to liberate the country from the chains of hardship, should the electorate give them the mandate to govern on 27 November.<\/p>\n

\u201cNamibia is a rich country with poor people because of a corrupt leadership at Cabinet and parliamentary levels. To intervene and redirect our country, we need to vote for progressive change on 27 November 2024,\u201d AR leader Job Amupanda says in the manifesto.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur game plan is unique, and has solutions that were never pronounced by anyone before. You only need to imagine how our country would be with this plan, and what would happen without it. In whatever we do, let us think of our children and our children\u2019s children,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Central to this, Amupanda said, is the need for decisive leadership in Namibia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you study history \u2013 it can be that of Singapore or China \u2013 you realise that the leadership decided that \u2018this problem gives us an opportunity to deal with the problems we are facing\u2019. So, whatever you find or see as far as development is concerned, is that decisive leadership is always a determinant factor.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not always the leadership that is supported by many people singing; it\u2019s not the leadership that is supported by artists from South Africa; it\u2019s not the leadership that is supported by the British; it\u2019s not the leadership that wants to see themselves wearing suits and blue socks. It\u2019s decisive leadership that can articulate and say, \u2018This is the problem; this is the unfortunate situation that we need to turn into an opportunity for progress\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur approach as AR is: \u2018What are the tragedies? What are those unfortunate circumstances? What are those things, like what happened to the Afrikaners when they were poor and uneducated?\u2019 We are one of the most unequal societies in the world. We have one of the highest rates of unemployment in the world,\u201d Amupanda said, adding that unemployment in Namibia could be much higher than what is revealed by official statistics.<\/p>\n

This is why AR\u2019s plan can work for Namibia, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plan is an attempt to turn tragedies, misfortunes and unfortunate situations into opportunities for progress,\u201d the politician continued.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s manifesto centres around four pillars \u2013 decisive leadership, an economic agenda, a legal agenda, and a social agenda.<\/p>\n

Amupanda said his party\u2019s plan for Namibia was produced by young people \u201cwithout funds from other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have money from elsewhere… and you can take our plan and test it against any plagiarism. We do things differently from within, and internalise them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Promises<\/p>\n

If elected to power, the AR also promises to make a raft of changes to Namibia\u2019s social safety nets, as well as bring judicial reforms.<\/p>\n

Chiefly, AR wants to introduce a childbirth grant for unemployed mothers for a period of one year, while also providing a full salary for mothers on maternity leave, which will be extended to six months.<\/p>\n

The party likewise wants to implement a National Pension Fund, as well as free tertiary education up to the first university degree.<\/p>\n

The party envisages to build two new universities over a period of 10 years, while reconstituting various youth institutions and creating a Youth Enterprise Fund.<\/p>\n

On the sports front, AR promises to build two new national stadiums, while introducing National Health Insurance.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, AR says it will double the number of referral hospitals from five to 10, the number of district hospitals from 31 to 62, and clinics from 322 to 644.<\/p>\n

On housing, AR promised to clear the housing backlog, and convert the National Housing Enterprise into a full-blown housing bank, while also operationalising the Rent Control Boards in all urban areas.<\/p>\n

Track record<\/p>\n

Additionally, Amupanda said the party has already effected change for the betterment of society, even without being in office, despite its miniscule resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom 2014, AR managed to achieve what many civil society organisations, organised formations and political formations had not been able to achieve. From getting the State President to agree and adopt a programme of action on land and housing, causing specific policy changes, and abandoning approved government positions and laws, the party has been able to record notable changes,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cBecause of these achievements, more and more Namibians turned to AR for more assistance and action. It became evident that it is impossible for the movement to assist the masses of our people, at a massive, decisive scale, as an unstructured and uncodified formation. Therefore, the AR had to change the form.\u201d<\/p>\n

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