Passion Killing in Namibia Introduction In the Cambridge Advance Learner s Dictionary passion is defined as a very powerful feeling for example of sexual attraction love hate anger or other emotions and killing is defined as the act of murder In this context Passion Killing is combined Passion Killing can be defined as the act of killing someone out of the feeling of extreme anger love hate or other emotions In the past passion killing in Namibia was very minimal but now the number has gone up and it has become a trend Recently a large number of continuous Passion killing cases have been reported So far it is only men that have been reported to have murdered women breakups and infidelities being 2 of the main reasons amongst many In this article I m going to contemplate and discuss the causes of this aggravated passion killing in our society who is at fault and recommendations as to what can be done to stop this type of violence The causes The question on everyone s lips is why are men killing women Amongst many causes the most popular causes of passion killing reported have usually followed from women who depend on men for financial support for things such as accommodation tuition fees in a case of a student food clothes and other essential basic needs and in this case men tend to become possessive and feel they own the women and when women call it quits the men usually feels betrayed and sour and end up killing the women The Namibian 2012Namibian Another major cause that leads to Passion killing in our society is infidelity from women When a woman cheats and the men finds out the feeling of betrayal usually overpowers the man and they end up killing A possible cause could be the lack of self control and lack of respect towards women Causes Who is at fault As I have observed both men and women are to be blamed in different cases Firstly certain men are at fault are because they don t seem to understand the real meaning of love The country should cry out for help True love is patient love is kind it does not envy it does not boast it is not proud It is not rude it is not self seeking it is not easily angered it keeps no record of wrongs Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth Love always protects always trusts always hopes always perseveres Bishop Kleopas Dumeni 2012 Even if love is not involved as it is in some cases one would often feel that their ego is bruised or that their money has gone down the drain because they felt they had invested in something that they can own as property In other cases men tend to become desperate for love and affection and end up offering material things and money to women to get some sort of affection even though the women have not demanded for it In the end they feel they own the women and when they cheat or end the relationship they result to killing Women are at fault in cases such as when they do not work hard to be independent and they accept all this material things because they want a chance at a luxurious and easy life at little to no cost But little do they know that they might up paying with their lives when they do not stick to the person who is supplying with them with this sort of life Women or both men and women are also at fault because they enter or initiate relationships for the wrong reasons be it for money or sex and soon and in the end the differences start to surface then there are misunderstandings and pain to one or both parties Either way there are many different cases regarding passion killing and in different cases either sexes are at fault but this still does not justify passion killing Recommendations Recommendations The solution to this problem is a hard one to solve because it would require some sort of reaching out to the people of this Nation Knowing the diversity of people it s hard to figure out what would impact certain people Never the less the nation can not sit back and watch this type of evil carry on Informante A number of people have come up with reinforcing the death penalty But I believe one can not fix another evil with evil So what is the exact answer to the problem should we bring back the death penalty Will it stop the passion killings