Letters
The State Is A Swindler
THE state itself has become the biggest swindler. No wonder people are horrified. Just imagine, I marked 348 Grade 10 scripts in seven days, including Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 10pm.[more]
Open Letter To The Prime Minister DEAR Dr Hage Gottfried Geingob,
Further to my telephonic message to you on 3 December 2012, just the following.[more]
Malls Built On Greed
TOWN councillors and CEOs in emerging towns keep talking about shopping malls as salvation to the woes of their towns. They call them ‘development’ and ‘investment’ coming their way.[more]
Poor Education Planning
I FAIL to understand the statement by the minister of education, Abraham Iyambo, that Namibia will be facing a shortage of teachers up to 2015.[more]
Stop Lowering Standards
A PROSPECTIVE engineering student, in The Namibian of 7th December 2012, questioned why a C in English is required for entry into the University of Namibia’s engineering studies.[more]
Deal With Incompetence
HOME Affairs Ministry have just proven their incompetency very well ! The country ran out of passports a few months back and it takes the home affairs months to truthfully tell the public what the situation really is?[more]
It’s Not Peer Pressure
I WOULD like to acknowledge the ideas of the author with the name Happy Amadhila in the 23rd November copy of The Namibian newspaper titled ‘Peer Pressure Strike’. It is provoking my intellect to challenge it as well.[more]
Incompetent Air Namibia
I WOULD like to tell you about the absolutely horrendous experience with Air Namibia during the recent pilot strike.[more]
No Way To Empower Women
DEAR editor, allow me to respond to the letter written by Reverend Willem S Hanse titled ‘Christianity vs Tradition’ (30 November 2012). [more]
Happiness And Naivete
“I AM happy now!” These were words of Hage Geingob after the congress elected him as vice president of Swapo. By the way, we are happy too. We wish him the best for his own sake and our Namibian future.[more]
Reshuffle Should Be Meaningful
ALLOW me space in the people’s paper to comment on the recent reshuffling of ministers by President Hifikepunye Pohamba.[more]
Art Is Political
THE Swakopmund Arts Association is ‘intellectually dubious’. Art has been political since the beginning of last century.[more]
Where Is The Future?
“If I am dreaming, don’t wake me up! And if it is a lie don’t tell me the truth’’ So go the lyrics in one of the songs of the late South African reggae star Lucky Dube, may his soul rest in eternal peace. Maybe, I should add that...[more]
Love Under Pressure
WE LIVE in a society filled with pressure, a society that places pressure on women, expecting them to get married at a certain age. As a result some women end up falling in love for the wrong reasons.[more]
Wrong Text! Wrong Message!
I AM writing in response to Reverend Hanse’s letter ‘Christianity vs Tradition’ (The Namibian, 30 November 2012). In particular, I want to take issue with Rev Hanse’s use of the Bible. [more]
Pohamba’s Silent Revolution
SINCE taking office in 2005, Pohamba’s presidency has been characterised by numerous calls for more decisive, swift and radical leadership based-actions.[more]
Unam Should Relax Requirements
IT IS so exciting that the University of Namibia has an engineering school that offers a lot of modern courses but there are unfair procedures that are followed when students are admitted to this school.[more]
Swapo Does Not Give Oxygen
I WRITE this piece out of love for democracy and freedom of speech. With all due respect to all the opposition parties in Namibia, I have a little political message to share with them.[more]
Rural Girls’ Talent Challenge
A GLIMPSE at your Youth Paper supplement of the December 4: A photograph of a bevy of seven beauties lined up confronts me. All smiling, all identically dressed in black T-shirts inscribed in gold. ‘Miss Okapya 2012’ the...[more]
Christianity vs Tradition
DEAR editor, recent sensational comments by ELCIN, especially the letter by Reverend Dr Abisai Shejavali’s on Olufuko (The Namibian 23 November 2012), faith and cultural matters have reference.[more]