Columns
Political Perspective
CORRUPTION comes in many guises, and starts out as lesser manifestations of this evil.[more]
Namibia Falls Into Corrupt Status
DESPITE the coming into being of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Namibia, the country's ranking on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index has dropped quite considerably since last year.[more]
The Perils Of Striking Iran
IN the winter of 2002-03, supporters of regime change in Iraq were upbeat in their vision of the post-invasion phase of the war.[more]
Suicide and Unemployment
RECENTLY, suicides in Namibia received a great deal of attention in the mass media.[more]
Darfur: Dangling And Dying
THE African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan will end less than two months from now.[more]
Political Perspective
Botha cannot be exonerated THE MAN who presided over the worst era of apartheid, PW Botha, died unrepentant this week.[more]
We Need To Curb Our Suicide Rate
THIS newspaper, as well as other media in Namibia, has reported on what generally appears to be a high prevalence of suicide in this country.[more]
Corrupting The Fight Against Corruption
AT its recent annual meeting, World Bank officials spoke extensively about corruption.[more]
San Communal Lands Contested: The battle over N#a Jaqna Conservancy
THE Namibian San are living lives of poverty and dislocation.[more]
Political Perspective
SO now Swapo doesn't want to 'turn the clock back', especially when it comes to talking about the detainee issue, which a CoD Parliamentarian futilely tried to put forward in the National Assembly.[more]
Violence Continues To Take Its Toll
RECENT weeks have witnessed another upsurge in violent incidents in Namibia which have shocked and horrified peace-loving people in the country.[more]
North Korea: Confronting Hegemony
The near extermination of the indigenous Indian population by the settlers, the dehumanising slave trade, the so-called wars of independence and the civil war all have combined to define the American psyche and political conduct.[more]
Colonialism - Integral Part of European Modernity
THE arguments exchanged between the philosopher Gines de Sepulveda and the Dominican padre and bishop Bartholome de Las Casas at the Spanish court in Valladolid in 1550 over the annihilating effects of the Conquista on the South...[more]
Political Perspective
I AM certain that most Namibians won't weep tears of pity and compassion for former Agribank CEO Tjeripo Hijarunguru, who has resorted to the Labour Court to get himself a 'golden handshake' from the parastatal because he was...[more]
Just Do It!
BISHOP Zephaniah Kameeta hit the nail on the head this week when he said that as long as there is one child in Namibia dying of malnutrition, and as long as people still go hungry on a daily basis, "we are not a free society".[more]
Population Growth: Boon or Bane?
What would your reaction be? Would you dash out onto the streets excitedly, thanking God and start celebrating the arrival of an extra eighteen million people bringing with them long-awaited economic prosperity? Or would you go...[more]
China's Grand Africa Strategy
EVER since the Berlin conference of 1883, which Belgium's King Leopold II called "the sharing of Africa's cake," the West has assumed exclusive rights over sub-Saharan Africa.[more]
North Korea: A Cry for Help
IN psycho-babble, what North Korea has just done would be characterised as "a cry for help," like a teenage kid burning his parents' house down because he's misunderstood.[more]
Political Perspective
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for a debate on the Swapo detainee issue and this will probably result in some very heated exchanges.[more]
Enviro groups had a point
THE announcement this week that the City of Windhoek was to take over waste disposal management at Ramatex because of underground water pollution represents something of a victory to environmental groups who have long charged...[more]