In 2006, I enrolled for my first degree at the University of Namibia. The Dean of Students was current higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi. Because of my high school student leadership background, I took keen interest in student politics. In that year, there was a thorny issue of compulsory breakfast, where the university charged students even when they did not eat breakfast.
Andrew Heywood (2007) defined politics as the game of power and exercise of authority to make collective decisions.
The Republic of Namibia gained its political independence on 21 March 1990 with its Constitution being adopted on the 9th of February 1989. In terms of legislation, Namibia is a democratic State in which democratic elections are held every after five years whereby political parties and leaders are to be elected to political power at all three levels of government namely, local, regional, and natio
Education is the process of learning or acquiring knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs and habits.
It was on Monday, 22 August 2022 that I read an interesting article in The Namibian newspaper titled “Colonialism messed up.” The article had mixed emotions from the ruling and opposition party. I found a statement by President Hage Geingob worth exploring.
A clearer picture will emerge in the coming days insofar as the much-anticipated Swapo elective congress and the leadership battle is concerned.
A career in public service is for anyone who wants to make a difference even if it means putting public interests ahead of personal interests.
Water minister Calle Schlettwein has urged participants at the Stockholm World Water Week, which came to an end yesterday, to fast-track the development of the water and sanitation agenda as any delay will hinder socio-economic development.
For the ruling party to reclaim its glory days, its next secretary general must be energetic, upright, intimately understand Swapo and be able to transcend beyond petty party politics in the interest of the country.