This is a response to an article by professor Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer published in the Namibian Sun newspaper on 20 December 2023 under the same heading. That rich opinion piece needs to be highly appreciated by all who care about social…

For the sake of clarity, it is perhaps important to first break down the key concepts flagged in this headline. Citizenship, from which the word citizen is derived, refers to a legal status and relation between an individual and a…