Dear Sir,
The monthly car fuel price hike is with us, yet again.
The previous excuses have been trotted out again by the Ministry's spokespeople. The rise of the US$ against the Rand leads, the higher South African rates provide the follow-up.
Yet for the past four weeks, the US$ has slipped from the plus-minus 8.10 to 8.20 range to the plus-minus 7.70 to 7.80. The Ministry's advisors should try harder.

Why this is brought up is because many of the oft-quoted “previously disadvantaged people” are being put into an even more serious position.
Serious because several of these people, perhaps hundreds and more, are devoting time to walk from home to work and back: well after dark!
The price of travel has exceeded their pockets, but the price of safety: after dark on a Friday evening for example!
Angola, that well-respected member of SADC produces oil: but their refining process is sub-standard. Botswana imports oil via Walvis Bay and even after transport across Namibia is considerably cheaper, according to travellers, than at our pumps. What now?
Thumbs-up for a lift
Windhoek.