On 4 March 2023, I was part of a group of about 200 mourners who laid Preskilla Dantago Ngairo to rest at Okahandja. I also had the honour to preach at the funeral.
Author: Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna (Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna )
Jaturua Katjitundu: The bull in a china shop
The phrase “the bull in a china shop” refers to a giant of a man who is, seemingly, slow but who can cause a lot of damage, just like a bull in a china shop. That was how Jaturua Katjitundu was; but much about that later.
Opinion – A gleam of Light
The African-American Civil Rights activist, WEB Du Bois, once remarked: “I believe in pride of race and lineage and self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.”
Opinion – Brazil and the World Cup: More than a soccer team
When we buried a dear brother and fellow Pan Afrikanist, Bankie Foster Bankie, on 1 August 2017, a certain Glenory Whatson from the UK said something that has stuck with me forever, namely: “I don’t remember a day in my life when I was not a Pan Akrikanist.” I can as well say, I do not remember a day in my life when I was not a supporter of Brazil’s national soccer team, aka the Samba Boys.
Opinion – A response to a former schoolmate (Part 2)
This is part two of the debate with my dear friend Kae, and it is assumed that the reader will have read part one and is thus able to connect the dots.
Opinion – A rejoinder to a former schoolmate (Part 1)
My former schoolmate at my beloved alma mater, the Augustineum High School, Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro penned a very rich opinion piece in the Windhoek Observer of 13 October 2022.
Opinion – The metropole-satellite relations and under-development: A rejoinder
Reverend Jan Scholtz published a “mouth-watering” and highly-reflective musing in the 2 September 2022 edition of the New Era newspaper under the above heading. His piece reminds me of our youth activism in the seventies and eighties when we used to call imperialism by name.
Opinion – Johnny Akwenye: A social product of the Old Location culture
On 22nd May 2022, death robbed us of a popular community activist and prominent businessman, who was greatly loved by many. That man happened to be Johnny Akwenye.
Similarities between Bosnian civil war and Russia-Ukraine conflict
The 6 of April 2022, marked the 30th anniversary of the Bosnian civil war. The Bosnian war was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. After a number of earlier sporadic violent incidents, the war started on 6 April 1992 and ended on 14 December 1995.
Opinion – Covid survivor testimony: Appraisal of Namibia’s response
I contracted Covid-19 sometime in mid-December 2021, and started getting sick around Christmas time.