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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Editorial – Young leaders must rise to the occasion
For far too long many have argued that the country has been faced with a deficit of leadership and that new blood was needed, among others, to address the huge generational gap in our society.
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Editorial – A crisis within a crisis
While the Covid-19 pandemic has brought untold fear and suffering, another “sickness”, particularly in the form of domestic violence against women and children, has intensified in our motherland over the last couple of weeks.
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Editorial – Local authority infighting stifling growth
There is no doubt that a number of citizens have been burdened with the far-reaching consequences of poor service delivery due to political and administrative infighting at local authorities.
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Editorial – Fighting dirty money and illicit flows
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) this week lifted the lid on Namibia’s link to dirty money after it red-flagged an astronomical N$17 billion as suspected proceeds of illegal activities. Of the N$17 billion, a massive N$10 billion is linked to the Fishrot scandal, which has led to the arrest of former Cabinet ministers Sacky Shanghala and Bernhard Esau as well as businessmen
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Editorial – Science must guide reopening of schools
The importance of accessing education can never be overemphasised.
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Pathetic contractors holding Govt hostage
A substantial 43 government projects are said to have been abandoned by contractors in the last three years.
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Editorial – Deliver serviced plots without delay
Despite Namibia having a population of less than three million people, the demand for farmland, residential and business land has increased exponentially. This year, being a year of regional and local authority elections, there will be promises by political parties to deliver affordable residential land. The provision of serviced residential land has eluded many local...
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Editorial – Parties must wield an iron fist against graft
It is quite interesting that political parties usually take a strong stance against corruption when presenting their manifestos to the electorate every five years when general elections come around. There is no doubt that corruption, in different forms and dimensions, has seriously infiltrated many spheres of our society. It has impacted mainly the poor, and...
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Editorial – Voters deserve better
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.