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WE did not receive any communication from Foreign Affairs advising that the National Council should not attend the event after having requested their accreditation and visa application. – Panduleni Shimutwikeni, the Secretary of...[more]
Redemption and Revenge
Redemption is a dish best eaten on the front page of a big daily, especially if that dish is served with a dash of revenge and a sprinkling of middle finger sauce.[more]
Political Perspective
I’VE made a point of reading through some of the budget speeches delivered in our Parliament, and I am once again astounded by the lack of direction that comes from our legislature. [more]
Namibia: The Wish To Be Poor
THIS is now our country’s ‘anthem’: “wishing to be poor”. It’s an anthem often sung by government leaders from the president through his Cabinet and top bureaucrats; all complaining about the World Bank and the IMF classification...[more]
On Cutting Your Losses
DO NAMIBIAN government leaders ever bother to ponder the phrase “cut your losses and move on” in order to apply it to the everyday life of the citizens who put them in power?[more]
Think TB: My Experience With The Bacteria
HINDSIGHT is 20/20. In October last year my health was failing. A slew of tests turned out nothing but a pericarditis diagnosis.[more]
Good Benefits, But What’s The Cost?
THE 2013/14 national budget brought us a lot of relief: N$50 extra for pensioners, salary increases for the civil servants, tax cuts for low-income earners and non-mining companies. The finance minister tried not to divulge...[more]
Notable Quotes
DOGS taste like chicken. – Albertina Shihepo, a 47-year-old woman who has been surviving off dog meat for the past 10 years due to poverty.[more]
Chasing the dots ... Round And Round Goes The ... Wheel
THE incomplete title above is unavoidable as it is extremely rude but I was recalling how, in my senior school and later minor club rugby days, after an inevitably muddy game in which, as a loosehead prop, I was lucky not to have...[more]
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THE time to act is now. Let our responses be in time to prevent violence against women from occurring. – Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Rosalia Nghidinwa called on government and non-government organisations to...[more]
The Causes of The ‘Struggle Kids’
LAST week, our country witnessed a type of scene alien to this republic. [more]
Expanding Contraceptive Options For Namibia’s Women
I RECENTLY met a young woman named Mercy who had five children and was struggling to make ends meet. She had tried oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but admitted that she often forgot to take the pill every day. She then...[more]
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The three central area dams are 37 percent lower than last year. – The manager of corporate communications at the City of Windhoek, Joshua Amukugo, cautions Windhoek residents to start using water sparingly as the wells supplying...[more]
Keep calm and stop being an animal
I’M as angry as a white dude whose parking has been stolen. No, I’m angrier. [more]
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I generate sufficient income from my dancing which enables me to care for myself and two other people with whom I stay in a shack in the Ongulumbashe informal settlement. I pay for everything in our house because the other two...[more]
Political Perspective
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs is struggling for identity and a raison d’être. It’s not the only one. [more]
Remembering Maurus Nekaro: The True Original
MAU, or Tjange as we in the Kavango affectionately called him, passed away in his sleep in Eenhana. This I learned through a status update from a Namibian newspaper’s Facebook page. To say that I was shocked and saddened is an...[more]
There Are Revolutionaries, Pretenders And False Prophets
NAMIBIAN leaders (of no less stature than President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Prime Minister Hage Geingob) hailed Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela who died this week aged 58, as the greatest leader in the Third World.[more]
Namibian Men View Women As Commodities
THE celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) has been gaining ground all over the world, and Namibian women are surely not left behind in doing their part. This day has been celebrated since the 1900s, when women in America...[more]
Education As A Journey, Not Simply A Means To An End
IT IS 07h10 and there are already many students on the Polytechnic of Namibia’s campus. [more]