Year: 2021

Government this week signed a financial cooperation agreement for loans following the 2019 governmental negotiations on development cooperation between Germany and Namibia.

Persons with disabilities are struggling to find and retain employment in Namibia. It is estimated that most of the disabled persons are excluded from the open market in
Namibia. Research has indicated that unemployment amongst disabled people stands at a record high of 39% compared to the national unemployment rate of 28%. 

In line with apartheid philosophy, the South African government imposed an oppressive Bantu education system in Namibia. Hotep (2003) maintains that Europeans perfected three types of colonialism over the years, namely territorial, intellectual and mental upon the indigenous peoples of Africa. Now China has moved in to continue exploiting the Africans economically and politically. 

It is a principle of law that judges should not intrude on the domain of other branches of government, and in the event where judges intrude in the domain of the executive or legislature, this intrusion is termed as judicial overreach.

There are many people, including our own countrymen and women, who believe that democracy, the equal treatment of all people and justice for all, only prevails under capitalist systems of government.

The 16 April article by Philips Ndunda by any moral and ethical standards and the subsequent comments it has generated from the anti-Diescho forces were intended to defame the good name of Professor Joseph Diescho, and can therefore not be left unchallenged, hence this article.

Innovative solutions are needed to address the ongoing loss of ecosystem services due to unsustainable land use. 

The recent complete standstill (off-air radio stations) for more than two weeks must not be taken lightly, if one considers the dissemination of information. 

I write this with a heavy heart. Maybe not such a heavy heart because I feel I gave this institution ample time to right their wrong.

Desmond Tutu once said, “don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” It’s a lesson the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and its leadership would do well to heed.