Letters
A Leader Needed
COLLECTIVE leadership has failed this country since those in power cannot think independently.[more]
Unions cost too much
NAMIBIA’S union leaders are swimming in an ocean when their capacity is only for swimming in a waterhole. [more]
Sign Of The Workers Failure
EVILASTUS Kaaronda [the expelled Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers] has now become, let us state this clearly, the symbol of the failure of the Namibian worker.[more]
What’s Going On?
I WAS totally surprised by the Namibian Cabinet’s decision to build a ‘multibillion’ dollar complex in Lubumbashi (in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC) to market Namibian products and foster economic integration in the...[more]
Meet Teachers Halfway
ON THE front page news of ‘Teachers arrested’, The Namibian, 1 November 2012: It is actually with great sadness that one has to read such an article but it is a reality and we should start facing it.[more]
Vandalism Saved Lives
I FIND the recent unruly conduct of some Mweshipandeka male students interesting.[more]
Let Our Voices Be Heard
IT HAS been 22 years since independence when we were promised houses and affordable lifestyles, but to date what have we got to show for it? Nothing.[more]
Unions Fuel Strikes Unnecessarily
THE following is a letter about trade union behaviour in Namibia.[more]
Stop The Bullying
WE ARE are sick and tired of all this bullying and manipulative tactics against the CEO [Maria Nangolo-Rukoro] of NTA [Namibia Training Authority]. [more]
Civil Serfs
DURING feudal Russia, there were mainly two classes – The lords of the manor and the peasants. [more]
Content With Mediocrity?
THE recent demands of the ‘Exile Kids’ and the interventions they evoked, particularly from Prime Minister Nahas Angula, were really disappointing.[more]
Trade Unions Are Hijacked
IT WAS shocking and disappointing to observe how the so-called workers’ union leaders betrayed the workers for own gain, by suspending the NUNW [National Union of Namibian Workers] Secretary General Kaaronda and the President...[more]
Forget False Promises
NAMIBIA’S liberation movement promised political freedom to the masses. In addition to that, they assured the masses that they would own the means of production and the natural resources of their country. [more]
Point Of No Return
I AM not in favour of the actions that teachers have taken to go on an illegal strike.[more]
Not Much Can Be Done
I REFER to an SMS in today’s (October 22) paper, in which the author alleges that the advertisement of resettlement farms is slow. [more]
Folly Of Caprivi Politics
I WANT to advise our politicians that they should not promise people lots of things that will lead to them not being re-elected. Several people were promised jobs, some were promised houses and others were promised new cars....[more]
Students Rise Up!
EVERY time I read about politics in our country I feel like this country will never change, even beyond 2030, as long as our mindset remains the same.[more]
Abuse Of The Original Citizens
PLEASE allow me to express myself in your press on the disturbing issue of abuse of the San youth Piet Isak. [more]