Columns
Boldly Branding Namibia
ONE is baffled by the fact that so many of our countrymen and women are objecting to the presence of Chinese nationals in our midst, almost to the point of xenophobia.[more]
Political Perspective: The Pursuit of Truth
WHATEVER lies behind his decision to do so, I was nevertheless glad to hear Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Kazenambo Kazenambo, taking issue in Parliament with certain Swapo...[more]
Time To Take On Police And Prisons
IT WOULD appear as if reports some weeks back by the Office of the Ombudsman and a special committee of the National Council, highlighting dreadful conditions in Namibian prisons and cells, were figments of the imagination, if...[more]
From the Sidelines: Harry Simon is back
HARRY Simon returns to the ring after five years, a move that he believes will revive his boxing career which was brought to an end after injuries in a car accident.[more]
Juvenile Justice in Limbo: Quo Vadis Namibia?
WHERE does Namibia stand in respect of the ways in which young people in conflict with the law are being handled? Namibia appears to go nowhere.[more]
Whither Franco-African Relations After The Cannes Summit?
TWO weeks ago, Jacques Chirac "L'Africain" said au-revoir in Cannes to over 30 African heads of state at what was arguably his last Franco-African summit.[more]
Political Perspective: Swapo Youth Hit Another Low
THE Swapo Youth League (SPYL) has been something of an embarrassment for some years now, under its former Secretary General Paulus Kapia and current leadership.[more]
NamPower-Zim Power Deal Needs Thorough Analysis
MANY unanswered questions surround the announcement this week that Namibia's power utility, NamPower, will pump between US$30 million and US$40 million into the renovation and expansion of the Hwange power station in Zimbabwe.[more]
From the Sidelines: Refs have a responsibility
THE MTC NFA Cup will be played at two towns over the weekend and the men with the biggest responsibilities are the referees.[more]
Ready For Another Bumpy Ride?
THE road from the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun to Windhoek is long.[more]
Call for participatory democracy premature
IT was the outstanding English journalist Walter Bagehot who in 1867 opined that "a parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people".[more]
Political Perspective: Respect the people
TO borrow a phrase from a poem by William Butler Yeats, later used as the title for the acclaimed and classic novel by Chinua Achebe, "things fall apart" in our country while Namibia's political leadership obsess about the amount...[more]
The Climate Change Revolution
THE world is in the midst of a great political transformation, in which climate change has moved to the centre of national and global politics.[more]
Time To Do Something About Repeated Reports
Revelations this week of the hellish state of Namibian Police holding cells are nothing new.[more]
From the Sidelines: NPL need to draw line on teams
THE Namibia Premier League has scheduled the derby match between Black Africa and Orlando Pirates and other matches in that league on the same day that the national team is in action.[more]
Changing Face Of France in Africa
THIS week, many African heads of state will attend the 24th France-Africa summit in Cannes.[more]
Employment Creation: A Non-Economist View
"I DO not know what must be done but something really needs to be done."[more]
Society Must Also Care For Itself
CICERO, Machiavelli and the American founders held that society must reproduce itself by producing good citizens.[more]
Political Perspective: Criticism And Patriotism
SOMETIMES I think Namibia became democratic by default rather than design.[more]
When Justice Becomes Unjust
THERE has been a good amount of negative public reaction to the nine-year prison term meted out to Benny Krohne for the abuse and death of a three-year-old toddler, Renaldo Daan, in May 2003.[more]