Letters
Smaller Is Effective
I CONCUR with the demarcation recommendations and submission made to Delimitation Commission by the Mashi Traditional Authority leaders and others. What we need to look at in this case are the intended objectives and benefits...[more]
Water In A Year Of Drought
NAMIBIA is in the grip of a drought again. People are already hungry and in all probability, the situation will worsen. Therefore, we have to remember what happened in June/July last year. [more]
An Indoctrination System
THE education system appears to be the primary contributor to the current state of ignorance that we live in and when looking deeper into the issue it is not at all surprising to me that our politicians have taken greater control...[more]
Police Must Do More
DEAR Prime Minister Hage Geingob, our hopes are pinned upon you to save this country from collapsing. [more]
Brave Warriors Could Be Better
IT’S so frustrating that the Brave Warriors have just moved three places in FIFA [the world football governing body] rankings. It’s all because when it is FIFA-sanctioned international friendlies day, Namibia is not playing,...[more]
Libraries Are Hearts Of The Schools
ALLOW me to review some of the hidden treasure of libraries which are ignored by many in society. [more]
Better An Alcohol-Free Namibia
WHO do we have as ministers in our Namibia? Utoni Nujoma’s remarks picture a man of ignorance or, if that is not the case, a man who uses the lie for political reasons; the reason this time obviously was to deceive the Namibian...[more]
‘Who Painted February Black?’
DEAR Severius Majiedt, I would like to tell you that I like your column very much. It is refreshing to read and I am one of your ‘regulars’. Your last one, the one that serves as my letter’s header, I found different. I read it...[more]
Life Is Worthless In Namibia
PLEASE allow me space in your publication to share my observations and views. I want to specifically focus on the countless murders being committed in this country. Such violent actions have clearly turned into disturbing trends.[more]
Nujoma’s Struggle Helper Turned Away
I WANT to express my views in this newspaper and they should be directed to the minister of veterans affairs and the ‘Father of the Nation’. This is about war veterans who were helping hands to Swapo’s liberation struggle within...[more]
The First Casualty Of War
ALLOW me a space to express my views by instigating a historical debate. Reading my souvenir copy of The Namibian dated 12-18 August 1988 published in the edition of 27 February 2013, I was once again reminded of the saying “the...[more]
Shameful Meatco Price Cuts
IT IS with great concern that I read in your paper the misleading remarks by Meatco’s communications and marketing manager, Mario Poolman. It is too easy to reduce Meatco’s problems to a few ID tags and its implications.[more]
Capitalism Not The Answer
THE nationalisation of strategic sectors within the Namibian context has been a debate negated by some academics as counterproductive and economically suicidal.[more]
SMSes for Tuesday 2013
SMS Of The Day *GOVERNMENT is losing its teachers because they are not valued. We are fed up. We beg children to hand in tasks and to keep quiet. GRN gave parents and learners freedom to do what they want but we are to blame...[more]
GMOs In Maize Products
I WAS shocked to hear about the latest findings of GMOs [genetically modified organisms] in our most common maize meal products, namely White Star, Ace and Top Score. [more]
State Employees Must Not Do Business With The State
THE practice whereby civil servants are allowed to apply to the Public Service Commission for permission to conduct business while employed by the state must be stopped forthwith and discouraged. This practice is clearly is...[more]
Rivalling The Power Distribution (REDS) Sector
COMPETITION is needed and important, not only to maintain the industry but mostly to aid in stabilising costs and hence the affordability and reliability of services and products of a particular sector, electricity included....[more]
Our Antiquated Government
I TRIED to look for the email address of a ministry in the 2013 telephone dictionary – I looked in vain. Can it be that our Namibian government is so antiquated that it does not use this most modern and most cost-efficient...[more]
Trade Unions Stay Away
I FOUND three interesting issues in the response of unionist Cuana Angula (The Namibian 15 February 2013) to Jackson Mwalundange’s article [‘Namibian Civil Society And The Economic Rationale’, 8 February 2013].[more]
State Employees Must Not Do Business With The State
THE practice whereby civil servants are allowed to apply to the Public Service Commission for permission to conduct business while employed by the state must be stopped forthwith and discouraged. This practice is clearly is...[more]