I have followed the aggressive rise of Zoom meetings with great interest. Whether it is personal coaching, career advice, or preaching, I am especially fond of the speakers who thrive on engagement with their audiences, those who are hungry for loud acknowledgement at every turn.
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Opinion – Replace current exams with professional school-based assessments
Examinations in education have been around since time immemorial. The main question, however, is, whose interests do exams serve? Worldwide, exams serve multiple purposes.
APP fights on in electoral court
The All People’s Party (APP) has returned to the electoral court in which it is seeking an order that would compel the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to allow them access to 57 ballots cast but reportedly rejected during the regional council election for Ndonga Linena constituency last year.
Slow start to red line removal efforts
Government is experiencing challenges in implementing short-term resolutions taken at the second land conference in 2018, which is to precede the gradual removal of the controversial veterinary cordon fence, known as the red line.
Walvis makes U-turn on evictions
Walvis Bay councillors have made a U-turn on the eviction of illegal occupants that are currently living on eight municipal erven in Kuisebmond.
Hardap shack dwellers start building homes
Twenty-four members of the Shack Dwellers Federation (SDF) in the Hardap region have commenced with the construction of houses in different towns and villages.
Swapo boots Esau, Shanghala from top structures
The Swapo politburo has resolved to remove trial-awaiting former Cabinet ministers Bernhard Esau and Sacky Shanghala from its top decision-making structures.
FMD ban to be lifted soon
Namibia will move to lift the ban on the movement of cattle if no further cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) are detected until 20 April this year.
‘Let LPM rule, we are not needed’… Swapo no-show at //Kharas meeting
Despite being invited in writing for a second time to attend a meeting to nominate and elect members of the //Kharas Regional Council management committee, three Swapo councillors opted to remain absent, in the process waving their democratic right for nomination.
Govt to look into Alan pay proposal
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development said it will look this month into a proposal by an umbrella body representing local authority councillors, which is seeking a pay, increase for the part-time politicians.
