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Author: Prof Makala Lilemba (Prof Makala Lilemba )
Opinion – The generational curse of political migration in Namibia
The culture of migrating from one political party to another has been with this country for some time now. Whereas it is the right of every Namibian to hop from one political party to another as per Article 17, it is equally worrying when political heavy-weights in a party leave and join other parties, especially...
Opinion – Historical distortions for political expediency
Historical distortions for political expediency have unfortunately been a recurrent tactic throughout history.
Opinion – Paradox of nationalism in an ethnicity-engrained nation
For more than three decades now, the nationalists, liberators and founders of the Namibian nation have been grappling with the untangling of Namibians from the claws of apartheid and oppression mentality.
Opinion – Detribalising demarcation of regions, constituencies
Article 104 of the Constitution empowers the President of the Republic of Namibia, with the approval of the National Assembly, to appoint the Boundaries Delimitation and Demarcation Commission to delimit and demarcate the boundaries of Namibia, subject to Article 1(4).
Opinion – Surviving under the looming starvation
FOUR years to this year in 1970, the Zambezi region (Caprivi Strip then) experienced a dry climatic weather spell coupled with a very low crop harvest.
Opinion – Celebrating Independence Namibian style
Namibia’s 34th Independence celebration on 21 March 2024 was held in Katima Mulilo, the regional capital of the Zambezi region.
Opinion – 34 years under shadow of house repossession
After 34 years of nationhood, Namibians are still subjected to house repossession, despite having struggled to have a house called their own home.
Opinion – Senior citizens living in the city
A fairytale is narrated in which young men in one village got rid of their elders save for one who hid his own. When snake entangles their new chief, it is the hidden old man who dangles a mouse in front of the snake, releasing its grip over the young man.
Opinion – Communities, nations share a common destiny
South African author Charles Bosman, renowned for his heartbreaking portrayals of life in the rural areas of South Africa, relates a tale of “Unto Dust”, in which an African and an Afrikaner man are killed in a skirmish during the peak of wars between the Afrikaners and Africans.