Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

Among the signs that have caught my eye in the centre of Kuala Lumpur is one that boldly advertises Covid-secure offices.

This article seeks to give an overview of what causes the increase in teenage pregnancies in Namibia.

In many instances, government plans do not come to fruition and as a result, the country’s citizens are denied access to basic services, this is attributed to poor or lack of proper planning.

I wish to share my views on the debate on nation-building and what it means, especially 31 years after independence. 

The motive for the liberation war of independence among others was the abolition of Bantu Education as it was discriminatory and dehumanising to the indigenous people. 

Saima Nangolo passes her grade 12 examinations with excellent grades, accumulating a total of 42 points. Because her parents have no money for her to go to university, she stays in her rural home for a year until somehow she gets to know that she can get state funding to pursue her degree in medicine.

I met Alexander Jarimbovandu Kaputu in 1981, through my late mother, Justine Kamukuenjandje, who also worked as broadcasting journalist for the then South Africa Broadcasting Corporation, Otjiherero Service, the forerunner of the present Namibian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Namibian legal system dictates that where there is an issue of injustice, the law must be in consultation for the injustice to be redressed. 

This Sunday Namibians will celebrate 31 years of freedom and democracy.

On the eve of Namibia’s 31st independence anniversary, New Era’s Kuzeeko Tjitemisa caught up with information minister Peya Mushelenga to reflect on some achievements and challenges facing government after 31 years of freedom and democracy.