I’ve been thinking about the government’s decision to require state employees to use designated public hospitals. Last year, president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced that from April 2026, senior officials and all staff under the Public Service Employees Medical Aid Scheme would…

Déjà Vu. Every year, Namibia waits for the senior secondary examination results, bracing for a ritual of public outrage, media debates and finger-pointing. Teachers, pupils, parents, and overcrowded classrooms are blamed. Inevitably, the education ministry explains itself all over again.…

The Namibian government’s proposal to subsidise tertiary education across both public and private institutions has generated excitement in some circles. After all, any effort to expand access to higher education sounds positive on the surface. But beneath this progressive language…