Columns
Kavango and Caprivi – Sources of Inter-Regional Tension
THE increased tension between the Kavango and Caprivi regions has its roots in the retention of the names of the two regions. The solution is, thus, not outside the two names. Kavango and Caprivi are the only regions in Namibia...[more]
Chinua Achebe – The Novelist As A Teacher
“Art is, and always was, at the service of man. Our ancestors created their myths and told their stories for a human purpose”. – Chinua Achebe [more]
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I DON’T see how they will get the money in order to bounce back. – A source in the know on the N$100 million debt Etale Fishing Company is currently facing. [more]
Chasing the dots ... Political Will or Political Won’t
I LOVE the times when our leaders talk directly to a mass of people as opposed to the formal boredom of the official speeches. They can get carried away in the emotion of the moment. [more]
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WE just want to tell other youths to stay away from shebeens and bars. Every week someone dies. – Rochelle Brandt whose cousin Zenovar Snyders was stabbed to death, cautioned young people from frequenting night spots which have...[more]
Land Of My Skull (and Tribe)
A THREE-MAN delimitation commission appointed last year by President Pohamba is touring the country to gather vox populi on the present and future regional and constituency borders. From what we gather, the commission might as...[more]
Youth And Sport Ministry Deserves A Bigger Budget
OUR government should take note that underfunding youth investment in terms of arts, sport and culture is tantamount to destroying the wishes and aspirations of an entire generation. [more]
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PARENTS, in collaboration with teachers, must discipline their children and prevent them from becoming involved in gang activities. – Keetmanshoop Police Commissioner Armas Shivute after the Keetmanshoop police staved off a...[more]
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THE RDP believes it is simply not enough to constantly condemn the failing policies of the Swapo-led government without us presenting alternatives. Those citizens who have been yearning to know our policies on key economic and...[more]
Politcal Perspective
Just when I though our head of state had been pleasingly ‘presidential’ in the Swapo Central Committee last weekend with regard to his decisive stand on the subject of the ‘struggle kids’, he goes and loses his head over the King...[more]
Beyond Statistics: See For Yourself
NAMIBIA has done extremely well since independence was achieved 23 years ago, according to many research statistics, including this week’s release by the Namibia Statistics Agency.[more]
Is Namibia Still a Struggling Kid?
IT WAS a time of joy and excitement on that 21 March in the year of our Lord 1990 when Namibians and our friends were witnessing the ‘birth of a new nation’. That was the transformation from what was colonial South West Africa to...[more]
President Pohamba Must Act On The Health Probe
FINALLY, the commission set up to investigate the nation’s ailing public health services handed their four-month health probe report to President Hifikepunye Pohamba on 31 January 2013. Since then no one seems to be talking about...[more]
Namibian And Proud Of It?
TWENTY-three years ago we celebrated Namibian Independence Day. Looking back, I remember how tremendously proud and victorious we felt. Part of the manifold celebrations and the display of our patriotic feelings was a sticker,...[more]
What do you want?
We all want something. Often that which we crave is not what we can do for ourselves but rather what ‘government’ can shower upon our arses. Of course, Namibians like things...[more]
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TO attribute the most negative possible meaning to something that was said is simply not correct. – George Coleman, who is representing The Namibian and Tangeni Amupadhi in a case in which Asser Ntinda is suing the newspaper as...[more]
Chasing the dots ... The Shoes of the Fisherman
I LOOK at the surprise departure of Benedict, the arrival of, at last, a non-European as Pope Francis along with a new boss of Vatican finances from Germany. [more]
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HE is my leader, he has wisdom. Even if I disagreed, I won’t be discussing it in public. – Katrina Hanse-Himarwa refused to differ on President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s alleged statement that the so called ‘struggle kids’ are not...[more]
Not Only Are They Unconstitutional...
THE taxpayer forks out no less than N$30 million annually in salaries and benefits alone to sustain the 13 regional governors (and office personnel) as per the Special Advisors and Regional Governors Appointment Amendment Act of...[more]
Focus More On Poverty Reduction Instead of Economic Growth
ACCESS to finance has been recognised as one of the priority areas to be addressed in the five-year national development plans (NDPs) and the Financial Sector Charter. The background statistics to the Financial Sector Charter...[more]