Letters
‘Sex For Marks’ Heading is Misleading
RECENTLY, an article by your reporter, Nico Smit, appeared in The Namibian under the heading “Poly launches ‘sex for marks’ probe” (The Namibian, 19 October 2011). [more]
Honour What You Signed
I AM writing to comment on the reaction of the Prime Minister, Nahas Angula, upon being given a petition by our Secretary General of Nantu, Basilius Haingura, (31 October 2011). [more]
Listen To The People
MY HEART was so full of joy when I witnessed President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa praise our home-made products in Okavango and Caprivi region. [more]
End The Golden Handshake Culture
THE decision by the Road Fund Administration’s (RFA) board to part ways with the company’s CEO, Penda Kiiyala, (The Namibian, 27 October ), without giving him a golden handshake is highly commendable.[more]
Blame The Spanish, Not Seals
IN RESPONSE to your article ‘Spain’s hake appetite threatens Namibia’s most valuable fish’ (7 October 2011) we would like to comment as follows: [more]
Chase The Hyenas Away
DEAR Comrade President, I am writing this to you on the basis of a deep respect for you as a person and with an unwavering conviction in your personal integrity and honour. [more]
Change Social Leadership
I HAVE been reflecting on traditional and religious leadership and its effectiveness and/or lack of it in Namibia.[more]
Discipline Air Namibia Management
THE story or storm over Air Namibia’s mismanagement is just the tip of the iceberg. [more]
Protect The Girls
A RECENT media revelation of high teenage pregnancy in Ohangwena region is very shocking and embarrassing to say the least. [more]
Oxygen For Angula?
WHY is The Namibian newspaper offering intellectual refuge to Prime Minster Angula and rewarding incompetence?[more]
‘We Came, We Saw, He Died’
WHEN the Apartheid South African government brutally murdered Steve Biko, the civilised world expressed their horror, not only at the murder, but equally so at the savage inhumanity of the relevant minister, Jimmy Kruger, when he...[more]
Paying The Price For Free Speech
THE article that was published in your paper [14 October 2011] after the receipt of an e-mail about the ‘Horrible Honourable’ two weeks ago, caused the e-mail sender to be expelled verbally from Khai //Ganaxab Vocational Training...[more]
Is It Because We Live in Katutura?
DEAR City of Windhoek, After calling the customer care number for the umpteenth time and not getting assistance I have no choice but to write this letter.[more]
Baynes Hydropower Has To Succeed
IT WAS reported on radio that the people of the North-West of our country again object to a hydropower project, this time not Epupa but Baynes.[more]
My Home Town Still Undeveloped
PEOPLE of Caprivi have being raising concerns about poor development of the region and of our town, Katima Mulilo, in particular. When it is dry season, dust rises from our gravel roads. Even if you want to take food from...[more]
Reparations Aren’t Greed
THE letter ‘Where would reparations start?’ (The Namibian, 21 October) by P Rudolf continues the crucial debate about reparations for the people of Namibia. It is noteworthy that Rudolf wrote, in a stridently dismissive tone,...[more]
‘Tear Down The Walls’
I HAVE been disturbed lately by the repeated use of a mystery measure of inequality in Namibia. [more]
Unlike The Namibian
IT IS rather unfortunate that a newspaper, which prides itself on its integrity and reasonableness would stoop to the levels of a weekly tabloid. The Namibian ran a story on Anna Shiluwa Povanhu on October 20, 2011. [more]
Namibia’s Problems Are Easy To Solve
WHEN it comes to poverty, education and health, we have thousands of Namibian citizens walking from dumpsite to dumpsite, eating any rotten food that comes their way.[more]