Okalkpana- Kombunda yo zo mbura o 30 nÿeri ozo mbura ehi ndira kutuka nai ngunda otjiwa¿a tjina onyota ka tji yakowa.
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2020-03-062024-05-07National
Ohepero oku zemburuka ongwatero yo ngutukiro oku teza oma kuruhungi
Okalkpana-Omazemburukiro wo ngutukiro otji¿a otjina hepero mena ro kutja rutenga o ku riyaruka mo ma kuruhungi o ku tara kuwaza moru veze ro huurire ko zo ngondjero nÿu mwari nazo amu tara ko kutja twa ka kondja nai nganda atu kutura ehi nambano twa tjiti ozo mbura omirongo vitatu.
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2020-03-062024-05-06Business
Namibia joins the world to celebrate World Engineering Day
Namibia joined the rest of the world to mark the first World Engineering Day at an event organised by the Engineering Council of Namibia (ECN).
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2020-03-062024-05-06Business
EPZ Policy: Rise and fall in the diamond industry
The Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Act (Namibia) was implemented to meet the country’s industrialization goals. The policy is currently in the process to be phased out and replaced by the Special Economic Zone Act (SEZ) which might take another year before being fully implemented.
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2020-03-062024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Are Namibian workers a class for itself?
We are grateful for the constructive response from Gerson Tjihenuna (‘A rejoinder to a joint piece by Whitaker, Boesak and Van Wyk’, New Era, 13 January 2020) to our article that appeared in the people’s paper (‘Namibia Post-Swapo’, The Namibian, 20 December 2019.
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2020-03-062024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Are Namibian indigenous languages important?
Namibia is a democratic country and each member of the civil society needs to feel valued for being a meaningful member of society. For people to feel they are valued and their rights are recognised, their indigenous languages must be recognised and valued in society.
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2020-03-062024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Kabbe: A patriarchy where brothers are more equal than sisters
Namibia has seen the level of violence against women rise to unimaginable levels. Knives pierce through the hearts of women as they pierce through the hearts of goats and sheep at slaughterhouses. Women have had their heads chopped off as the chickens have had theirs chopped off for the festivities of humanity.
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2020-03-062024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
When mercy tempers justice, there is peace in our societies
At one point in our lives, we all experience trials and tribulations. These trials and tribulations might be because of our own shortcomings, some oversight on some legal technicalities, or simply trumped-up charges that will leave us at the mercy of justice. In some cases, sheer miscarriage of justice lends many people in trouble.
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2020-03-062024-05-07Letters
Remediation works wonders
In all my 10 years of international education experience I have never seen results so immediately visible and compelling. Last week, I travelled to Botswana to visit a youth organization called Young love which is implementing a remediation program called “Teaching at the Right Level” that is spreading like wildfire across India and Africa. Ricella Mburuu, originally from Khorixas, is an education student at the University of Namibia and went with me.
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2020-03-062024-05-07Letters
Men and women should be equal
No person may be discriminated against on the basis of sex. This is affirmed by Article 23 (3) of the Namibian Constitution that states, “It shall be permissible to have regard to the fact that women in Namibia have traditionally suffered special discrimination, and that they need to be encouraged and enabled to play a full, equal and effective role in the political, social and economic and cultural life of the nation.”