Today, the 18th October marks the first birth day of Dr Kavazeua Festus Ngaruka in heaven. I was hoping
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2019-10-182024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Everyday challenges – extroversion and introversion
I have been closed up in my world working on experimental essays I call “Retiring to Solitude.” They are eclectic because they reflect on a variety of encounters. However, in the end, solitude wins; I make
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2019-10-182024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Hullabaloo, joys and sorrows of industrial revolutions: whither Africa?
We are informed that soon, robots will be making tea and coffee for us in our offices. That robots will build our houses and construct our roads while we just instruct them to do so. Also, there will be cars that will
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2019-10-182024-05-07Letters
Gender-based violence is everyone’s business
As the country tries to find ways to address the alarming rate of gender-based violence (GBV) one needs to ask certain questions, as to what really triggers one to act so barbaric towards another human beings.
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2019-10-182024-05-07Editorial
Ignorance of the law is no excuse
It has been a whirlwind couple of days. Some commentators have thrown around the word constitutional crisis as the misinterpretation of a section of the Electoral Act by political parties took centre stage. Everyone
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2019-10-182024-06-18Crime and Courts
Shooter did not act in self-defence – judge
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute this week said that Sakarias (Sacky) Mathias, 59, did not act in self-defence when he fired a shot that fatally wounded a 21-year-old girl at a bar in
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2019-10-182024-05-07National
Namcol aid scholarships to 378 financially challenged students
WINDHOEK - Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) Head of Strategy, Research, Quality Assurance and Stakeholders, Mberipura Hifitikeko has said the institution awarded scholarships to 378
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2019-10-182024-05-07National
Calls grow for national minimum wage…key to poverty elimination
WINDHOEK – The Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia, Hopolang Phororo, has said national minimum wages can be the key to the reduction of
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2019-10-182024-05-07Focus
Star of the week: Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)
Our star of the week goes to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) for not bowing down to political
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2019-10-182024-05-07National
Cabinet approves hydroponic fodder production
WINDHOEK – Cabinet has approved some modalities for non-mechanised small-scale hydroponic fodder production systems at farmer’s level.