Columns
We are all ‘struggle kids’
This week, everyone and his illiterate cousin (including yours truly) had a full go on social media at the children of veterans who decided to fasten the laces on their well-worn shoes and set off on an epic journey from Outapi...[more]
Notable Quotes
AS artists, we forget where we come from, we come from the struggle, with this album I did not shy away from my struggle but I wrote about it. – Kwaito artist Gazza, says his latest album titled ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ is a tale...[more]
Political Perspective
IF WE wish to level the playing field in Namibia, then there should be no such thing as ‘struggle credentials’ anymore. Most of those who claim to have ‘struggled’ more than others have already been rewarded in one way or...[more]
Private Men, Public Lives
WHEN I read the article titled ‘I am in good shape, now leave me alone’ in The Namibian of last Friday, the immediate question that came to mind was: why do our leaders, especially presidents, go abroad for medical treatment? The...[more]
So, What About Home Affairs?
EVERYONE seems to have something awful to say about the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). It is almost like a predictable running gag in a bad novel. The public must soberly engage government on the issues surrounding this very...[more]
Bring An End To Tender Exemptions
JUST what has our military accomplished to deserve a toast and merry-making when the Ministry of Defence claimed just before Christmas that it urgently needed champagne and whiskey glasses? And, perhaps to spruce up the party...[more]
The Public Side of Minister Abraham Iyambo’s Health
MINISTER Abraham Iyambo says his health is nobody’s business. I agree. But it is (if it is true) the public’s business when an ailing minister (or any other citizen for that matter) travels abroad to seek medical attention. What...[more]
Notable Quotes
I DON’T think I will give birth now. It will be in Windhoek and as I have already walked about 30 kilometres from Outapi to Ogongo, I am determined to walk the rest of the kilometres... just watch me. – A determined ‘struggle...[more]
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I DRAW from very deep and personal, sometimes evocative moods and emotions when I write and compose. – Singer/songwriter Steffen List describes his music as his solace for peace and as a way to express himself.[more]
Chasing the dots ... Institutionalised Religious Apartheid!
ADD to the title apartheid based upon the Anglophone, Francophone division, lighter skins in the north, the Nilotic nose (!) and, of course the interests of the IRBs (Incredibly Rich Buggers) versus the majority of Africa living...[more]
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SHE is happy with the performance. She knows that she is coming from a long break after the Paralympic Games, and she feels this was a good experience for her first indoor competition. – Mike Hamukwaya, Johanna Benson’s coach...[more]
The Power And Riches Of Sport
THE virtues of (physical) exercise are so self-evident that it needs neither embellishment from the powerful nor sermons from the high priests of our mushrooming churches to highlight them. The only surprise is that physical...[more]
Where Are Computers In Namibian Classrooms?
I WRITE this hoping it reaches the most relevant people whose attention it needs most, and these are the Ministry of Education’s top two, namely minister Abraham Iyambo and deputy minister David Namwandi.[more]
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THE government violated the constitution of Namibia by letting parents pay for primary school education for so many years. – A reader of The Namibian sent this readers’ contribution regarding the Government’s decision to abolish...[more]
Planning to fail
The stars are aligned for another epic stinker. The year is starting off on a false note (free education you said?), it will deteriorate towards the middle and end in complete and utter disaster. And there's not even an end of...[more]
Notable Quotes
Each human being thinks of themselves first, but the responsibility of the government is to take care of everyone on an equal basis... – Nangolo Mbumba told a group of marching ‘children of the liberation struggle’ that they had...[more]
Political Perspective
I CAN’T help feeling vindicated about my frequently expressed concerns about our skewed educational priorities when I read that the National Planning Commission (NPC) along with other prestigious institutions worldwide name the...[more]
Tipeeg And Its Promises: Are We Meeting The Target?
“TO plan is to choose, choose to go forward” - Julius Mwalimu Nyerere[more]
Tear Down Those Fences
FENCING of huge tracts of land in Namibia’s communal area has once again highlighted that the country’s elite and their admirers in the upper-middle class care little for their fellow citizens in the low-income category and even...[more]
Frank Fredericks And Sport Diplomacy
SPORT diplomacy is the renewed and re-energised catchphrase in international politics these days, especially since the athletic prowess exhibited by Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, during the Beijing and London Olympic games....[more]