The Popular Democratic Movement Women’s League (PDMWL) feels the shortage of contraceptives in public health facilities across the country is life threatening.
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2020-06-122024-05-07Columns
Raising Naneni – The darker the flesh, the deeper the roots
Raising children is difficult but raising an African child is an even bigger challenge.
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2020-06-122024-05-07Editorial
Editorial – Racism sadly abounds in our midst
It is very sad, nauseating and abhorrent that a little-known teacher by the name Corien Steenkamp has the guts to insult fellow black Namibians on social media wherever this spoilt brat is.
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2020-06-122024-05-07Letters
President Geingob will marshal Namibia to safety
History repeats itself. President Hage G. Geingob commenced his second term in the same manner in which he commenced the first – with a crisis.
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2020-06-122024-05-07Letters
The return of the new Jim Crow
From this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) firmly denounces the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department and demand full and uncompromising justice for his family.
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2020-06-122024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Point of order Comrade Speaker
A State of the Nation Address is a momentous occasion in any democracy.
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2020-06-122024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
De-stigmatising alcohol treatment programmes
Addiction to alcohol is a disease of the mind. “A disease is a medical condition that negatively affects the particular structure of all or part of an organism” (in this case the brain).
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2020-06-122024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Open letter to the President … addressing the land question
For three decades after independence, native communities across Namibia have continued to demonstrate resilience and resistance in non-violent efforts to acquire land from the state.
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2020-06-122024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Thought leaders – Our honourable members of parliament in action
Confucius (551- 479 B.C.) an ancient Chinese philosopher in his ren philosophy which includes “benevolence”, “goodness”, “virtue”, “humanity”, “humanness”, and “being authoritative
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2020-06-122024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Thought leaders – Can you work within the desired or set time frames?
Google this year decided to forgo its annual tradition of elaborate pranks on April Fool’s Day. Instead, the company said it was taking the year off “out of respect for all those fighting the Covid-19 pandemic”.