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I appeal to all those with reason to put this matter to rest so that we can move forward as a united nation to successfully address our real enemy, which is poverty, and underdevelopment. – Prime Minister Nahas Angula told the...
Political Perspective
THE hypocrisy and double standards around the issue of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), with the University of Namibia now wading in to join the political fray, is almost too much to bear. Because of a fairly controversial...
Pornography and Freedom of Speech
CURRENTLY a debate is raging, both in Namibia and South Africa, regarding the plans of DStv to implement a channel showing pornographic movies. Indeed, reports had it that the debate within DStv itself was not so much whether to...
Air Safety Can’t Be Compromised
AIR Namibia has been surrounded by controversy for some time now, but much of the attention has been on the airline’s inability to make a financial go of things. The concern we wish to express today has more to do with the safety...
At 20: We Need To Restore The Emotive Heart Of The Republic
BURUNDI is a country were almost every person you meet has lost brothers, sisters, parents, friends and relatives as a result of the brutal ethnic war that spanned over ten years.
Quotes of the day
Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically we are still on the outside. – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, said in an interview with the London Evening Standard published...
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I thought I bought the house, but I’m puzzled now, as it seems that I have just entered a lease agreement with Council. – A Luderitz pensioner, Katrina Boois expressing her unhappiness with their sub-standard houses.
Chasing the dots ...
People, Politics, Policies and Power Play (2)
POLICY development is plotting direction and actions to provide guidance to all members of a grouping to achieve desired outcomes, in this case, Namibia; it is an Executive function...
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This time we will not stop until we have achieved true justice. – The nine opposition parties that lost their court challenge of the results of the November 2009 elections in the Windhoek High Court on Thursday have vowed to...
Advice To The President On His New Cabinet
JUST when we thought that political campaigns were over, they started afresh. The only difference is that this time around it is in Swapo and has to do with appointments to the new Cabinet.
My Hero Is On The Street
WHEN we farmers come to town all must happen in one day because we must be back on the farm by nightfall. If someone invites you for a birthday party you almost ask the question ‘is it today?’ Normally we get into town by 07h30,...
Notable Quotes
Rules exist to promote predictability and certainty. – Judge President Petrus Damaseb and Judge Collins Parker agreed that nine opposition parties’ election applications against the presidential and the National Assembly...
Opportunity Lost
THE chucking out of the ECN election case was perfectly correct; an administrative error was quite correctly reversed by the Court. The case struck from the roll, fine. There seem no grounds to appeal.
Political Perspective
THE Swapo supporters may be ululating and celebrating the outcome of the court case by nine opposition parties challenging the recent elections, but they’ve rather missed the point! In some ways the dismissal of the case on a...
Notable Quotes
She knows that prosecution of my clients is set aside but opts for contempt of court. The court must take a robust approach to instill confidence (in court orders). – Sisa Namandje filed an urgent application against the...
Africa And The World
SIX African countries will make it to the 2010 World Cup. That is quite an achievement for the continent. But what else is there to show for the continent? What really is Africa’s place and role in the broader structure, process...
The Other, Brighter Africa
LONDON – The usual images of Africa are of a continent mired in conflict and squalor. But this picture, based on Africa’s most corrupt regimes, is unfair and misleading – like claiming that all Europeans are guilty of “ethnic...
Namibia Looks Like Switzerland From This Side
I HAVE been for the past few days out of my small 30-square-metre apartment in Montparnasse on the left bank of Paris visiting a country whose recent past is a tale of human tragedy. My final destination is Bujumbura, the capital...
It’s Time To Deal With The ECN
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) presided over parliamentary and presidential elections that were riddled with irregularities. This is a fact.
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The will of the people was expressed. The will of the people was counted. – Vincent Maleka, a South African senior counsel who is leading the ECN’s legal team in a court case where nine opposition parties is challenging the...