In April this year, I wrote an article bemoaning the speed at which we seem to be lowering standards and embracing mediocrity in public institutions. That article, titled ‘Developmental State, Meritocracy and Minimum Requirements’ had these important lines: “Our country has subordinated meritocracy in preference of irrational and irrelevant considerations. Ordinary Namibians are aware that...
Imagine, a week after the 27 November elections, and Namibians have elected their president. When the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced the results, the president-elect is chilled at Omaalala. Will the State rush to the village to guard the president-in-waiting? If so, will this be done for four months until 21 March 2025? Through...
It will all become clear in the fullness of time, as they say.
The concept of ‘original sin’ became more pronounced in the Christian doctrine in the 16th century, where it was argued that human beings are born with some urge to commit evil or disobey God.
How does Jamaica, a small island 70 times smaller than Namibia and without major minerals, manage to get things right?
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.