Recently, social media has been abuzz with disquieting extracts of articles, blogs and video clips portraying the Ovahimba/Ovaherero people as perverts who offer free sex to cousins and best friends – so much so that one blogger jokingly mocked: “if you want free sex, go to Namibia.”
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Glorifying English and forsaking African languages
The preference and glorification of English language usage in homes and schools keep rising in Namibia at the expense of local indigenous languages such as Oshiwambo, Thimbukushu, Otjiherero, Lozi and Damara/Nama.
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Weekly takeway – Answering some of life’s timeless questions
Former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain this week encouraged players to retrain their minds as they adopt and adapt to Covid-19 measures.
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Why your company should have a journalist on board
The noble profession of journalism is under threat, as reporters continue to lose their jobs en masse. Many people who carved out professional careers in journalism have lost their means of survival and many more will follow.
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Animal Farm is here!
George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, satirises the behaviour of pigs after chasing Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm.
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Technological inclusion: Exciting driver of the post-Covid-19 phase
When my mother insisted on buying a cellphone from my niece in 2014, I was silently wondering why she would need it.
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2020-06-052024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – The place of the funeral in the life of the church
Churches are and have always been the beacon of hope in all communities; they are the “salt of the earth” the vital role player within the fellowship of faith and most often in the larger societal wellbeing.
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2020-06-052024-05-06Business
Trustco Finance secures N$345 million loan
Trustco has informed shareholders that DEG, a development finance institution based in the Federal Republic of Germany, in association with the German Development agency, KfW Group, approved a United States Dollar denominated term loan facility to Trustco Finance.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
Otjoro tjo 74 tja roporora okuwoko ko tjiwana mo u zeu wo Covid-19
Otjomuise- Otjoro tjo 74, ndiri epango rovandu mbakwatwa mo mbura indji o 1974, ndjiri ombura wina osikore indji o Chief Hosea KuÞako mOmongua, tji ya paturuka, Oroviungura tje ri kwambere kozo ngondjero mo Namibia okuvatere ovahepauke mo ru veze ro u zeu mena ro mu tjise wo Corona.
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2020-06-052024-05-07National
Ovakazendu o 40 va yandjwa mo zonda zOndangere Kandjii
Ehungiro- Omandaha tjiyari 25 ku Kambundu yari eyuva ra Africa ekoverwa arihe ra Africa, nawina ozondekurona za Africa momahi wo zonganda, tjirizemburuka eyuva ro ma sembamisieo yoruwano rwa Africa mo mbura indji o 1963 mo tjihuro ohongora tja Ethopia, o Addis Ababa.