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).
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.
Namibia’s 34th Independence celebration on 21 March 2024 was held in Katima Mulilo, the regional capital of the Zambezi region.
After 34 years of nationhood, Namibians are still subjected to house repossession, despite having struggled to have a house called their own home.
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.
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.
Empires and kingdoms came and went in full view of their incumbents.
I was honoured to attend the launch of Charles Mubita’s book, titled, ‘Symbiotic Relationship Between National Interest and Foreign Policy: The Nexus of Decision Making’, on 20 January 2024, which drew people from different spectrum of academicians, diplomats, politicians and rank and file.
After more than two decades of incarceration, another batch of eight alleged secessionists were freed on Friday, 1 December 2023 to the joyous reunion with their families.
It will be appropriate to borrow the title of Tjingaete’s book, “Weeping Graves of our Ancestors,” to express the current situation in Namibia in terms of the high unemployment level.