Letters
Jealous of Iyambo’s Rights
PLEASE allow me to express my views too regarding the complaints by the public about the late Education Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo! I refer to the letter of Robertiene Sara Kleinhans on page 15 in your newspaper dated February 1...[more]
Dorob Mess Part Of A Bigger Problem
THE Rainbow Salt project being contemplated in the Dorob National Park near Wlotzkasbaken (north of Swakopmund) and the horrific destruction of a part of that park in the process of filming ‘Mad Max (4): Fury Road’ has prompted...[more]
Undeserving Praise
JACQUELINE Asheeke fails to address a number of critical points in her article on the Ministry of Home Affairs [The Namibian, 1 February 2013]. First, why do they continue to act in defiance of at least two high court judgements?...[more]
Putting Unam Record Straight
ON FRIDAY, 01 February 2013, a letter appeared in this paper, entitled: ‘Bravo Unam’. [more]
Some Hope For ‘Essential Services’
ON December 31 2012, the minister of labour and social welfare, Doreen Sioka, in a historic decision, gazetted certain services in hospitals and local authorities as ‘essential’.[more]
Release Unused Sport Equipment
IN A country where the top echelons of society supervise and safeguard elements of division and polarisation, the power and ability of sports to unite Namibians, despite hunger and poverty, cannot be underestimated. Sport...[more]
Air Namibia Is On Course
YOUR paper and almost all print media recently carried extensive reports on Air Namibia’s operational and managerial processes, blaming management without exception. Some papers failed the thin line of journalistic...[more]
Someone Who Can Do The Sums
THE most important asset of a company, in particular an airline, is its reputation. It must have a reputation of reliability and punctuality. Unfortunately, it appears to me that the present management has driven the reputation...[more]
Economic Freedom
IT IS a fact that Namibia has abundant resources able to provide an economic surplus but our spending causes a deficit. [more]
Unam Blocks Access To Education
I AM humbly requesting you to accord me a space to cry out for the rescue of our tertiary education. [more]
‘My Health Is My Private Affair’
DEAR Dr Abraham Iyambo, When you uttered those words you forgot you are a cabinet minister, a person in the limelight. In fact, you are probably the most important minister in the Namibian cabinet. This is so because you bear the...[more]
Namibian Towns Stifle Economic Prosperity
CITIES and towns are major engines for economic growth. In Namibia, if you ask most municipalities, if not all, for land to do business the answer that greets you is “no land available or serviced”. This is extremely...[more]
Bravo Unam!
WHEN the University of Namibia (Unam) announced last year that it was going to provide wireless internet on all its campuses countrywide, the news was met with much excitement from students. We were made to believe that the...[more]
The Housing Burden
THANK you once more for allowing me space in our esteemed newspaper that tells it as it is! I would like to use this platform to embark upon an issue which is of national concern, and this is the insufficiency of land and the...[more]
Preserving Black Rhinoceros In Namibia
AFRICAN Black Rhinos were listed on Appendix I of CITES in 1977 as a mechanism to ban the worldwide trade in rhino horns. The reason for the massive decline in black rhino populations prior to 1977 was the fact that there was no...[more]
Govt Killing Secession Suspects?
ALLOW us to respond to a news article which was published in The Namibian newspaper of Friday 04 January 2013, titled “Treason trial death leaves family with questions”.[more]
Think About The Future
DEAR Editor, herein lies the dilemma for Namibia policy makers and the public at large. There is a disconnect between “what the people want” and “what the people need”. Other issues arise such as “low cost and affordable”, what...[more]
Refugees Want Back
WE ARE so shocked about the delay for the Namibian refugees in Botswana who have handed their names already to the Red Cross Society and UN offices in Botswana [Dukwe refugee camp] that they are willing to return home. They...[more]
The Struggle for Human Rights
THE 14th EU-NGO Forum on Human Rights, organised ahead of the annual Human Rights Day celebrated on 10 December, took place in Brussels on 6/7 December 2012. Many NGO representatives were among the more than 200 participants and...[more]
Pay Politicians Well
IT SOUNDS very awkward and unethical for one to support the 31 percent salary hike or notch adjustment proposed for the political office bearers.[more]