As the current election campaigning is getting into a high and hot gear to garner votes for the unprecedented number of political parties in Namibia, every potential electorate is surely imagining the best outcome for him or her, depending on the basis of their respective parties and presidential candidate choice.
Year: 2019
Opinion: The Church: Are we walking the walk or only talking the talk?
A famous dean of ST Paul’s Cathedral in London once said that the gospel is a way of walking, not talking.
Opinion: The revised curriculum is a pitfall for learners
As a curriculum study student, I had a chance to analyze the revised broad curriculum of Namibia that was implemented as from 2015. With my understanding and acquaintance to one aspect of promotional requirements, I could not help but wonder.
Opinion: Notes on finding optimism in a pessimistic milieu
KJ Dell’Antonia reassuringly writes that it is still possible to “raise optimistic kids in pessimistic times”.
“There are excellent reasons for anyone – nations, businesses, schools – to seek out the optimistic.
Opinion: Soft governance in higher education
Good governance is high on the agendas of some higher education institutions. Although this is the case, good governance seems difficult to practise all the time.
Opinion: If NSFAF can’t, GIPF please?
On Monday 11th November 2019, The Namibian newspaper carried a news article under the heading “GIPF to pay out N$5.2 billion in benefit”.
Authorities must deal decisively with corruption
The international fishing kickback scandal implicating two former ministers has set tongues wagging this week, and rightly so.
Govt improved the lives of many – Katjavivi
WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi says despite Namibia experiencing economic challenges attributed to the global economic meltdown, the country has managed to uplift the lives of many of its inhabitants.
Call for probe into fishing rights allocation
SWAKOPMUND - Some fishing rights applicants and industry players are concerned the process of evaluating over 5 000 applications may be compromised by the FishRot scandal, which has implicated two former cabinet ministers and their close associates.
Assets of former ministers ‘safe’ for now
WINDHOEK – The head of the Namibian Police Public Relations Division, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the police would for now not seize any fixed or liquid assets belonging to the former fisheries and justice ministers.