Letters
A Missed Opportunity
LOOKING back at 2012, I visualised the Namibian president’s cabinet repair, usually called a ‘reshuffle’, as a very important event. However, taking the president’s original priorities seriously, I cannot but regret the missed...[more]
Miniskirts And Rundu Arrests
SHOCKING to say the least that it is happening in an independent Namibia – outrageous. [more]
NFA Can Do It
I WOULD like to start by thanking the NBC [Namibian Broadcasting Corporation] for preserving old sport footage and broadcasting it through the programme Classic Sport. [more]
Change Tax Laws
THE Ministry of Finance through its Directorate Of Inland Revenue [IRD] may think they have done a lot but the best is yet to be seen. What is most needed today in Namibia is the restructuring of IRD whereby tax avoidance and tax...[more]
Tardy Public Service Commission
I WOULD like to share my opinion regarding the Public Service Commission of Namibia (PSC).[more]
Marching For Action
I ALWAYS wonder why we as community must first demonstrate or go on strike before programmes that are already in place are implemented by those we vote into power or positions. [more]
Human Rights Or Mass Action?
THE article ‘A need to innovate human rights activism’ (The Namibian, January 11, 2013) by Andreas Peltzer is a welcome contribution to a necessary debate in the public domain. [more]
Namcol And Fly- by-Night Colleges
THE Namibia College for Open Learning [Namcol] has shaped many people’s ambitions towards becoming strategic citizens (such as Silas Shakumu, a successful lawyer).[more]
Newspaper Must Take A Stand
JUST when we thought victim-blaming could not get any worse, aspiring young writer Natasha Domingo went and did the unspeakable![more]
A Stop-Gap Measure
WE, the School board of Nau-Aib Primary School in Okahandja, would like to respond on the SMS printed in The Namibian of January 15 2013.[more]
N$120 000 Medical Costs In 24 Hours
I WRITE this open letter to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Richard Kamwi, to share my most pressing concerns regarding medical care in Namibia and to, hopefully, stimulate some debate and subsequent action on this...[more]
Havoc and Mayhem For Government?
I WOULD like to support the letter send by a Namibian citizen in last Friday’s The Namibian newspaper dated January 11 2013 regarding the ‘Struggle Kids’.[more]
No Bailouts For Telecom
THE usual appetite I have to read my favourite Friday edition of The Namibian was spoiled when I stumbled across an opinion piece titled, ‘State-Owned Enterprises: The Frankensteins We Have Created’ on Friday, 14 December 2012.[more]
Ridiculous Speeding Fine
I RECENTLY spent my December holiday in Namibia, as I have been doing for the past 14 years or so. I love the country and still consider it home even though I moved away many years ago.[more]
The ‘Struggle Kids’ Notion
WE ARE so fed up with these ‘struggle kids’ being given jobs so easily while not even qualified.[more]
‘Mbwitis’ As New Namibians
I AGREE with the SMS that said the only people who are not tribalists are the so-called ‘mbwitis’ and those who learned to treat others with dignity, irrespective of their clan or tribe.[more]
End The Denial
I FAIL to understand Minister of Education Abraham Iyambo, stating the obvious that Namibia is facing a shortage of teachers up to 2015.[more]
Improve School This Year
I WRITE this letter to Epoko combined school management, staff and school board. [more]
Welfare Of Namibians Abroad
A NAMIBIAN student who went missing in Algeria last year (2012) developed more unanswered questions in me about the safety and security of Namibians abroad.[more]
Police On A Rampage
ON FRIDAY the 21st of December 2012, the police invaded Tiger Reef in Swakopmund and arrested a couple of minors. The minors were searched for drugs but none were found but still they were loaded into the police car.[more]