A salted veteran of the liberation struggle against the oppressors, steadfast political activist, educator par excellence and noted footballer who cut his teeth in the domestic setup with boyhood team Tigers Football Club back in the day before skipping his native land. Onesmus Shikongo Akwenye gave up his then plum job as a schoolteacher at...
MADRID – Spain has unilaterally cancelled a multi-million-dollar contract to buy bullets from an Israeli company that infuriated the minority Socialist-led administration’s far-left coalition partner, government sources said yesterday. Spain halted weapons transactions with Israel after the outbreak of the war in Gaza, which followed by Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October, 2023, and...
KYIV – Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky cancelled part of his trip to South Africa yesterday after Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least eight people in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. Ukraine has been battered with aerial attacks throughout Russia’s three-year invasion but deadly strikes on...
ABIDJAN – Supporters of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party were called to protest outside courts yesterday after their candidate was barred from running in the presidential election. The government warned it would not permit any unrest and police blocked access to the courts in Abidjan, the economic capital, and Bouake, the second largest city. On...
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s main opposition party yesterday said at least two of its officials had been arrested on their way to a rally to support leading government opponent Tundu Lissu, who refused to appear at a virtual court hearing to face a charge of treason. Authorities in the east African country have increasingly...
Rudolf Gaiseb The electrifying /Ae //Gams Festival Poetry, Comedy, and Theatre Night, the prelude of the Windhoek /Ae //Gams Arts and Cultural Festival, premiering today and ending tomorrow, highlighted the significance of preserving Namibian culture. The event hosted by the City of Windhoek at its headquarters on Wednesday night, brought together poets, theatrical artists, and...
I recently attended a show with an international artist as the headliner. I haven’t been out like that in light years. Can you imagine my absolute shock and disbelief when I witnessed your classic case of disrespect towards a Namibian entertainer from the organisers of the show. Allow me to contextualise this for you. I’ve...
The US and China faced a significant trade deficit (over US$375 billion in 2017), with State subsidies in China’s export industries, technological transfers and intellectual property theft being the primary causes of the US-China trade war. In response, China imposed duties on US$185 billion worth of US imports, while the US enacted tariffs on more...
The recently-concluded MTC Branding and Marketing Indaba left me feeling both inspired and deeply reflective. One powerful takeaway from the event was a statement by Nyasha Karadzandima of Bank Windhoek: “Brand love starts in the building.” This struck me profoundly, reinforcing an often-overlooked truth: successful branding begins within the organisation itself before it can be...
The story of Naboth’s vineyard (1 Kings 21: 1-21a) is, among other things, a classic case of injustice. People who have wealth and power use these to get what they want, even if it means taking the life of an innocent person. This is something that was certainly not unique to the 10th Century B.C.;...