Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

As if the Covid-19 pandemic is already not enough to deal with, local musicians have found themselves having to fight for payment from event organisers and music promoters.

Economist Omu Kakujaha-Matundu has warned that an increase in rates and taxes will place a heavy burden on Windhoek residents. 

Napoleon Hill, in his book Think and Grow Rich, talks about “mastermind alliances”. He describes it as “A friendly alliance with one or more persons who will encourage one to follow through with both plan and purpose.” 

Vice President Nangolo Mbumba launched the second phase of the Buy Local, Grow Namibia campaign in Rundu on Tuesday. 

The construction sector contracted by 11.8% during 2020 as activity in this sector declined severely owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

In a world rocked by wars, poverty and HIV/AIDS, it seems absurd that so much intensity of feelings is generated with regard to homosexuality. Yet, for those who are homosexual, it is not absurd. It is a deeply hurtful and sensitive issue.

Burger (1993) defines indigenous knowledge as the local knowledge that is unique to a particular culture or society, also termed folk knowledge, people’s knowledge, traditional wisdom or traditional science. 

Leo Kuper once wrote in his seminal text of genocide studies (1981). “The roots of genocide are lost in distant millennia and will remain so unless an ‘archaeology’ of genocide can be developed.” 

Ngarikutuke Tjiriange published a piece in the 14th May 2021 edition of New Era under the above heading. On 2nd October 1980, former boxing heavyweight world champion, Muhammed Ali came out of retirement to challenge the then reigning champion, Lorry Holmes.

In my culture, when a person encounters some difficulties in solving a problem, there is always the question, “But who started this?” Although this question is not answered in many cases, it comes with all the frustration and anguish that people experience when it becomes impossible to solve a problem.