Letters
Rabid Dogs Are Shot Dead, But Rapists...
THIS writer has come to the unhappy conclusion that our government is failing to supply the nation with and preserve the most important of its rights: [more]
Kill the Quota System
MARGARETH Mensah-Williams made it abundantly clear that she will press for a quota system to get women in decision-making, especially political positions in Namibia.[more]
Not Impressed With Media
I AM not very impressed by our local media reporting about the situation in Gibeon.[more]
Is Brewery Fooling People?
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to point out the following. [more]
A Tribute To Independence
I AM a stern but surely disappointed believer in unity and peace, which has prevailed in our beautiful country ever since independence. South African black activist, the late Steve Biko once said that he would rather die for an...[more]
Unam, Not Everything Is On Track
As students we are tired of the University of Namibia (Unam) delaying our programme. Do they want to repeat the same errors as they did last year? We have been waiting for our refunds so long now while other institutions are done...[more]
Development Namibian Style?
“I BELIEVE Namibians will embrace the notion of development as freedom. [more]
No Foreign Doctors in Private Practice
I WOULD like to air my concern in your wonderful newspaper on the increase of private practices in Namibia by foreign doctors. [more]
Africans Traded In Slavery Too
DEAR Editor, during recent discussions, especially on the reparations question, it became obvious that some vital facts regarding the history of Africa are unknown to many. Some facts we would like to bring to the attention of...[more]
Prostitution Is Not A ‘Societal Ill’
I AM glad to have tweaked the interest of Victor Kuligin (The Namibian, Readers’ Letters, 2 December 2011) into openly discussing the merits and demerits of legalising commercial sex as a means of ‘regulating and managing an...[more]
Nujoma-Spanish Relationship Is Untenable
REGARDING Gwen Lister’s Political Perspective on the state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: When the report on Spanish over-fishing was published in The Namibian in October, it described a close relationship between fishing...[more]
What About Born-frees?
CAN any Good Samaritan in Cabinet please help the poor born-free kids? If we talk about Vision 2030 we are talking about building the nation, but it cannot be the war veterans only. [more]
Is The Math Professor Top Class?
I WAS surprised to read a letter that appeared (in The Namibian) of 2nd December 2011 by Dr Alfred H Kamupingene about the ‘Namibian Einstein’, Professor Gunter Heimbeck, and his plight at the University of Namibia.[more]
Ignore The World Bank
EDITOR, please allow me space in your beloved newspaper to respond to the World Bank’s report about the Namibian property market. [more]
Rukoro Is Now A Liability
BARRY Rukoro (administrator of the Namibia Football Association) must stop his nonsense immediately. The man is losing direction with each day that goes by. What war or battle is he fighting against CAF (Confederation of African...[more]
Sex Is Not A Commodity
OVER the past two weeks two articles in The Namibian concerning the sex industry have tweaked my interest: 18 November’s ‘Double Talk on the Big Happy’ and a reader’s letter the following week agreeing with it. [more]
War Veterans Waste Money
I STILL fail to understand why the veterans have to get paid for fighting for the independence of this country.[more]
Youth Must Not Be Used
AS A Namibian youth, I would like to thank the forefathers/mothers for paving the way to ‘independence’ as so referred to, literally to imply the ‘end of war’.[more]
Heimbeck Shouldn’t Beg To Teach
ON THE 28th October 2011, former students, colleagues and friends of Professor Gunter Heimbeck held a seminar in his honour at the University of Namibia on the occasion of his 65th birthday. [more]