Columns
Who should get the job?
RUDDERLESS. our national game is at the moment... but so they’ve been for a while. Bernard Kaanjuka decided that his cushy government job is more than enough for him. [more]
Speak Truth To Friends
NAMIBIA is a product of international solidarity. It’s easy to imagine that the much-vaunted liberation struggle that delivered the sovereignty of South West Africa to its citizens was the triumph of a small group of people or an...[more]
The RDP And The Politics Of Opposition
LET me start from a basic premise. In order to have an opposition party there must be opposition/alternative (not confrontational) politics. The Rally for Democracy and Progress has, in my view, stood out on some of the major...[more]
The Youth Ministry: Namibia’s Undervalued Institution
DEVOTION to youth matters is the sole purpose of the Namibian ministry which now goes by the name of the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture.[more]
Informal Traders Are Invaluable For The Economy
NAMIBIA is a dual-economy country with formal and informal sectors. The formal sector is characterised by large capital outlay, formal structure, and documentation of the business entities. [more]
Notable Quotes
I WANT this matter to be investigated thoroughly before I accept any apology from anyone. – Adelheid Jacob who says that her newborn baby boy died on Sunday due to negligent behaviour by the nurses at Oshakati State Hospital.[more]
Notable Quotes
WE thank God and those who had prayed for the rain. – Daniel Motinga, a commercial farmer in the Koes area, on the widespread rain in the country over Easter weekend.[more]
Chasing the dots ... Thick as a BRIC (+S)?
I AM slowly getting the idea at last! Events rule the world along with having a suitable acronym. Or, more to the point, the ubiquitous event organisers who have sprung into underground power over the past years who have...[more]
Notable Quotes
WE live in a two-faced society. We turn a blind eye on boys wearing sagging trousers where underwear is seen, yet girls wearing miniskirts are mentioned. – Swapo member of parliament, Alexia Manombe-Ncube questioning in...[more]
China, BRICS And Africa: Who Really Benefits?
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 14 March released its Human Development Report 2013 under the heading ‘The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World’. It pointed to the impact of the so-called...[more]
Do We Need A Foreign Policy?
ARTICLES 96 and 144 of the Namibian Constitution establish the framework within which our country’s external relations are to be practised. [more]
More up than down in Warrior land
Funny how the fortunes of a man’s favourite sports team could impact his mood and even his long term behaviour.[more]
Notable Quotes
AS a daughter of the soil [Kunene Region] I don’t want these things. – Angelika Muharukua, the deputy minister of gender equality and child welfare lashed out at Rebecca Sommer who she accused of instigating the Zemba and Himba...[more]
Political Perspective
THE issue is not so much the dilemma of the so-called ‘children of the liberation struggle’ but the fact that Namibia seems currently unable to effectively address any of the socio-economic challenges it faces right now, and this...[more]
‘Empty Your Bank Account’
THE ‘sell your livestock’ appeal to farmers (in case our government leaders who are issuing that advice have not taken it to the logical conclusion) means in farmer language ‘empty your bank account/s’. [more]
Choice, Chance And Consternation
THE land issue still enjoys widespread publicity and coverage. In its February edition, the New African magazine ran a four-page article on the land issue in Namibia: ‘Landless in the Land of the Brave’, written by Mabasa Sasa. I...[more]
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]
Notable Quotes
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]