Electing service-driven candidates for the forthcoming regional council and local authority polls is essential because these elections are far-reaching as they broaden the level of our well-grounded democratic norms and ideals.
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2020-07-102024-05-07Letters
Letter – Open letter to the National Arts Council
I am writing to you from my position as an independent artist-writer/poet, and a member of the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN).
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2020-07-102024-05-07Letters
Letter – Pandemic compromises the four basic goals of education
Namibia’s education system hangs on four fundamental goals, namely, equity, quality, access and democracy. Coronavirus has surprisingly sent a devastating shockwave across the globe.
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2020-07-102024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – How absent dads affect the life and future of the girl child
We define fatherless as the lack of emotional bond between a daughter and her father due to, but not limited to: death, divorce, abuse, addiction, incarceration or abandonment.
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2020-07-102024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Africa is no longer home
June 16 marked the Day of the African Child Day. Dating back to 1976, this date serves as a reminder of the many South African school-going children that lost their lives in the Soweto uprising against their education system.
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2020-07-102024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – The USA anti-racist movement … arising complementary issues and introspection for Namibia
The idea of a global village was recently manifested in the practical sense in the spirit of ‘injury to one is injury to all’ after an African-American man, George Floyd, died in police custody, becoming yet another victim of police brutality in the United States.
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2020-07-102024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Social media: A political haven for e-campaigning
The abilities of political parties and political actors to sell and market their political programs online to the masses through digital media platforms are now becoming a norm in the political field.
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2020-07-102024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Namibia Business School spreads its wings
Namibia Business School of the University of Namibia has scored a first in the country by becoming the leader in extending its degree programmes to its international branch in eSwatini, a southern African country formerly known as Swaziland.
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2020-07-102024-05-07National
Weekly takeaway – Pandemic calls for a constant search for motivation
The subtext or unstated mission of last week’s quick comments on quarantine or caution fatigue was to find out how people can be encouraged to keep their focus on doing the right thing.
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2020-07-102024-05-06Business
Pro-business policies critical for domestic economy revival – Team Namibia
An extremely disappointing speculative BB Fitch rating and an economy on the edge of an abyss have prompted Team Namibia to call for a drastic improvement on Namibia’s appeal to domestic and foreign investors.