Columns
Africa's Integration Imperative
KARL Marx predicted that states would wither away in anticipation of an idyllic communist society capable of auto-regulating economic imbalances and empowering the masses.[more]
Pohamba must redeploy strategic skills
DURING a UN-sponsored NEPAD briefing meeting that I attended this week in New York, the Executive Head of NEPAD, Prof Firmino Mucavele asked a valid, blunt but embarrassing question to an audience that included African and...[more]
Political Perspective
THAT encouraging spurt of democracy within Swapo ranks, signalled by the 2004 decision of the Central Committee to nominate three candidates for the position of Presidency, and widely heralded as the start of an internal...[more]
Namibians Are Not Up For Sale
THIS week the Namibian Government took swift action, deporting two US nationals, one of them a highly decorated former US army officer, also closing down the Namibian branch of Special Operations Consulting-Security Management...[more]
From the Sidelines: FNB, NFA disappoint
THE standoff between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and First National Bank (FNB) this week was so embarrassing that I simply did not understand who was right or wrong.[more]
Big Brother Africa 2: The 'Idiot's' Guide
WHERE'S Bertha, aka B, when you need her on a Friday? Have to confess that I'm suffering from post-departum blues! It has severely affected the birthing of this column.[more]
Presidential Term Limits
IF you have a high enough opinion of yourself to want to be president in the first place, you probably think that term limits are a stupid nuisance.[more]
Africa, Security Council Reform And The Ezulwini Consensus
NEW York was, over the past two weeks, the seat of frantic diplomatic grandstanding and oration during the general debate of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.[more]
Political Perspective
I'VE taken issue with both Prime Minister Nahas Angula and NUNW Secretary General Evilastus Kaaronda in the past, and now that they're doing battle against one another, I'm not taking sides quite as categorically as others are.[more]
Dealing Effectively With Our Power Problem
THE warning lights have been flickering for a long time now about a regional power crisis, and this week South Africa's power utility, Eskom, declared a 'state of emergency'.[more]
From the Sidelines: Supporters disappoint
SCENES of unruly behaviour by fans of Orlando Pirates and Black Africa at the Sam Nujoma Stadium last Friday, were a slap in the face of the ones who did not take part in the free-for-all can- and bottle-throwing affair.[more]
Africa, Security Council Reform And The Ezulwini Consensus
NEW York was, over the past two weeks, the seat of frantic diplomatic grandstanding and oration during the general debate of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.[more]
Nujoma's Latest Political Gimmick
THE announcement by Namibia's former President, Sam Nujoma, on October 1 that he will not stand for the position of party president at the forthcoming Swapo congress has generated a great deal of hyper-excitement and frantic...[more]
Political Perspective
NEARLY everyone's playing the guessing game about the Swapo Congress later in the year, and I'm no exception.[more]
Actions Speak Louder Than Words on Namibia's Enviro Commitments
SPEAKING at the United Nations General Assembly this week, Marco Hausiku, Namibia's Foreign Affairs Minister, spoke strongly on the need for the world to respond to one of the most urgent challenges facing the globe in the form...[more]
From the Sidelines: NPL gets rolling
THE premiership gets rolling once again tonight after a long drawn-out wait.[more]
Big Brother Africa: Dude, where's my entertainment?
WORTHY? Deserving?? Am I having a paranormal moment here, or what? Where the hell are Mulder and Scully when you need them? Are these really the type of housemates who make a reality show rock.[more]
Who's In Charge Of Windhoek?
WINDHOEK is the seat of the Presidency, bicameral parliament, and the Khomas Regional Council (KRC) is also headquartered in Africa's cleanest capital city.[more]
PM Angula Is Man Of The Month
RICHARD Rorty died on June 1: his most important work, which I read through a secondary source, published 30 years ago, was 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'; which debunked the notion that not all opinions were equally valid.[more]