It would sound untrue and mythical to say that everything we see as life is far more than a feeble mind can imagine. It may be relieving and pleasing, and there may be various sensible reasons to justify its necessity, but there are more exclusive benefits to the emperor’s grand plan.
Year: 2022
Touch fm goes round the clock
Starting work at 3h00 in the morning could be a tall order for many, but not for Katrina Andreas who presents the three-hour AM Club show on Touch FM.
Vivo Energy Namibia focusses on a safer workplace
Vivo Energy Namibia, the retailer and marketer of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, recently held its annual Safety Day across company operations countrywide, reinforcing the importance of Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Quality (HSSEQ).
High sugar prices leave a bitter taste
Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has accused South Africa of over pricing sugar sold locally and of taking advantage of an agreement that prohibits Namibia from buying sugar from other countries.
Construction minimum wage to increase
The second year of the collective agreement negotiated between the Construction Industries Federation of Namibia (CIF), Metal, and Allied Workers Union (MANWU), in May 2021 and then published on 2 November 2021 in Government Gazette No. 7675, will commence on 2 November 2022. This means that the minimum wage payable will increase by 2.6%.
Opinion – More time for teaching practice needed to produce
One of the recommendations of the recently held national education conference was that student teachers must have more teaching practice time in schools before they graduate.
Opinion – The battlefield called the mind
As Namibia joins the rest of the world this month in recognising the impact of mental health on the human race, the question remains, ‘who is the enemy on the battlefield, called ‘the mind’? The mind is like a war battlefield (the war front), where only the lucky ones with strong moral support survive.
Opinion – Systemic instability and inflation
The inflation-rate prevailing determines income distribution between sectors and the attractiveness of foreign investments in the country. Inflation is a product of a number of interacting forces and cannot be blamed on an individual factor.
Opinion – Let leaders be respected not feared
There is always a debate on what is the best type of leadership style to be used, and the answer I often get is, ‘It depends on the type of surbonates and working environment in which one finds themselves as a leader’.
Opinion – Hope for Brazil and a new culture of internationalism
From the Atlantic south west coast of Africa, we take lessons in Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in the first round of Brazil’s elections, which were held on 2 October 2022, and hold it as a sign of hope not only for Brazil but also for Latin America and globally.









