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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.


 * 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.

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..

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 cannot sit back and watch this type of evil carry on. A number of people have come up with reinforcing the death penalty. But I believe one cannot 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? I personally don’t believe it will change anything. The US has had it for decades and their domestic violence related murder rates are still high. The best approach is to get to the root of the problem; it will be more prudent to look at the causes of the problem rather than running towards the death penalty. It would not hurt if journalists, psychologists and even psychiatrists did some research, interviewed the perpetrators and delve deep into the issue."

One other way we can attempt to solve this issue is to reach out to leader’s of any kind whether it be a church leader, village chief, district councillor, school principals/teachers, university rector's/ lecturers, company managers, and many others everyone in a leading position and has an advantage to reach a large crowd to do some kind of psychological talk to everyone and to advice people not to kill. This way a great number of people will be reached and maybe then the number of passion killing will narrow down. Also creating TV and Radio talk shows to reach out to a larger audience to give advice as to how to deal with relationship problems that might lead to passion killing and advice on ways that one could deal with pain, resentment or hurt concerning breakups or infidelities.

Conclusion
If one has cheated or broken up with you should be able to take it in and deal with it emotionally, life is not fair and God gave everyone self control and dealing with a hurtful situation with violence does not solve anything but just brings out a lot of consequences but men tend not understand this, furthermore people are not bought, though some have given themselves to be seen as property, this is not justifiable according to the law. Yes we are all different and have different ways of dealing with pain but passion killing is unacceptable to the law and our community.