Education for all was coined at the 1990 World Bank Conference in Jomtien, Thailand, which calls for the promotion of Western-style primary education in Africa, in the process robbing the African child of his or her indigenous knowledge and language, promoting what Brock-Utne calls ‘the recolonization of the African mind (Brock-Utne, 2000).
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2020-10-162024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Ethnic stereotyping and the danger of a single story
One positive take away from Covid-19 is that it has “forced” us to stand together as Namibians.
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2020-10-162024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Return to face-to-face learning – fears, anxieties and prospects
The sounds of the siren indicating different times and periods at a boarding school near where I stay has become part and parcel of our daily lives.
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2020-10-162024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Standing in solidarity with women
In many Namibian cultures, reproduction is seen as a central aspect of women’s role and society expects that any women in their reproductive age should be able to give birth to a child.
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2020-10-162024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Namibia towards a knowledge-based society
The goal of basic education is to empower learners to actively participate in making Namibia society a knowledge-based society.
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2020-10-162024-05-07Letters
Letter – Drift away from the mentality of general writing
I have been reading the Namibian opinions through text and I have found that most writers don’t write from their hearts.
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2020-10-162024-05-07Letters
Letter – Prioritising the cry of the girl child
Imagine walking out of war without a parent and still surviving. Imagine being made a mother of your younger siblings and having the audacity to nail it.
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2020-10-162024-05-07Letters
Letter – Safe abortions save women’s lives
Women’s ability to access safe and legal abortion in Namibia is restricted by the law, with abortion only permitted to save the life of a woman or to preserve her physical and mental health.
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2020-10-162024-05-07Editorial
Editorial – We must stand together against SGBV
For a nation gripped in hurt, anger and frustration it was only a matter of time before citizens took to the streets and expressed their justified concerns around sexual and gender-based violence
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2020-10-162024-05-07National
On the spot – Protesters gripped by anger, frustration
Youth leader Bertha Tobias (BT) is one of the many young women who took part in the #ShutItAllDown protest to rally against sexual and gender-based violence in society.