Columns
Polygamy - To Share Or Not Is The Question
A heated debate was sparked recently in the National Assembly when the Congress of Democrats' Nora Shimming Chase, on the issue of the President's Pension and other Benefits Fund Bill, asked if the president had more than one...
Political Perspective
IF the former President can get a hefty severance package, why shouldn't the former Prime Minister and-or Deputy Prime Minister for that matter get something similar? This, at least, is how the argument goes - not that I'm...[more]
A Huge Toll In Lives
NAMIBIA has had more than its fair share of road fatalities in the past, but the most recent, and one of the most horrific, is the accident on Tuesday night on the Grootfontein-Rundu road, which claimed the lives of at least 27...[more]
Political Perspective
THINGS have improved in Namibia on the human rights front, according to, among others, Amnesty International, but that doesn't mean that we should be complacent.[more]
Political Perspective
LOOKS like some Swapo Members of Parliament just haven't got it! Simply because the opposition Congress of Democrats and DTA decided to challenge the legitimacy of the 2004 elections in court, they're not supposed continue to sit...[more]
The Budget: Whither Namibia?
THE presentation of the annual budget and periodic development plan respectively, in any given country, presents an opportunity for the people of a particular country to pause and reflect on their achievements, lack of progress...[more]
The 'Rotating Pot' Himba Livestock Ownership Rights and Inheritance
NORTHERN Kaokoland, one of the most isolated areas in Namibia, is home to the Himba who have impressed with their strong retention of 'traditional values' and their love of cattle.[more]
Political Perspective
IF Swapo doesn't get its act together and sort out problems in its membership and leadership ranks, as manifested at Okahandja, Otjiwarongo and other centres of infighting, it is going to cost the country a lot of money, and...[more]
Budget Doesn't Reflect Pohamba's Priorities
THE National Budget motivated in Parliament last week by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila does not necessarily reflect the priorities outlined by President Hifikepunye Pohamba since he came into office two months ago.[more]
Inheritance: Take it or leave it Why San people favour pre-mortal inheritance
WHEN someone dies, people routinely ask who inherits the items that were owned by the deceased.For instance, when old !Ubeb died, I asked his widow and his children about the inheritance.[more]
Is Inheritance Inherent?
ALL over the world stories of inheritance abound.It is no accident that perhaps the consistently most widely read pages of a certain Windhoek newspaper are those dealing with wills filed in the Master's Office.[more]
Political Perspective
WE will never succeed in eradicating our colonial past by simply changing names.[more]
A Timely Intervention
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is to personally travel to Otjiwarongo at the weekend in an attempt to intervene in the infighting that is plaguing the towns of Okahandja and Otjiwarongo.[more]
A Birthday Toast To Nujoma
YOU may be a little bewildered by my deciding this morning to wear only a hat.[more]
Don't Mention the War In The British Elections
AS sharks respond to blood in the water, so do journalists to panic among politicians - and there is the scent of panic in the air as the British election campaign enters the home stretch.[more]
The Namibian - is it biased, subjective, anti-government?
RECENT statements by prominent political leaders in Namibia have called into question the role of the media in this country.[more]
Need To Revise Our Public Holidays
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba raised the crucially important question of productivity when he addressed a Workers' Day rally at Walvis Bay last weekend.[more]
Political Perspective
IN principle the formation of institutions such as the envisaged anti-corruption commission and the State-owned enterprises council is a positive move, but these must be closely monitored, particularly in the early stages, to...[more]
Swapo May Have To Intervene
THE worsening situation in two Namibian towns, Otjiwarongo and Okahandja, with power struggles and residents pitted against each other, has to be brought under control before threatened violence erupts.[more]
Political Perspective
I AM relieved that the tired litany of complaints about the media was delivered by Dr Albert Kawana, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and not President Hikikepunye Pohamba, at the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May...[more]