Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

History was made last week in the field of education when the international Kairos Movement opened its Africa sub-region Chapter which is in the interim housed at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. 

According to the English dictionary, factionalism means the splitting of a group into factions, or conflict between factions. This splitting could be of a group of ordinary people or political parties.

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, talent management is gradually gaining traction on corporate boards internationally, prompting boards to reconsider talent management and its impact on corporate strategy.

The teaching of geology is that hydrocarbons are the result of deep burial of organic matter that got subjected to high temperature and pressure before they turn into hydrocarbons, including petroleum, during the carboniferous period more than 350 million years ago.

I start this article by cautioning against the dangers of false promises that no amount of explanation can justify. This warning is directed at our political leaders to be cautious when making public promises on land delivery because one day, the chickens will come home to roost.

Allow me to share my views on this platform. The anatomy of this piece is anchored on our replenished natural resources here in Namibia and elsewhere in the world. Our forests have been cut down, by us and by foreigners, to make the world we live in a better place. 

The new normal refers to the current lifestyle of minimised human interactions. The new normal fad has been effected as a means of preventing the spread of the novel Covid-19.

In the last week, New Era reported on two sets of professionals who have shown a worrying level of vaccine hesitancy. Both teachers and journalists stand at the forefront of the fight to regain some semblance of a normal life, but last week it was revealed that only 40 out of 440 teachers in the Oshikoto region were vaccinated.

Volunteers from National Youth Sports Development Platform in Stampriet hosted the “Sportjab” campaign to encourage residents, especially the youth of the small village east of Mariental to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Historian Kletus Likuwa has donated 18 of his scholarly publications relating to the history of the two Kavango regions to the Kavango East Regional Council to make publications on the region’s history available and accessible to the community.