The first time I saw him vividly and closely, he came across as a well groomed, advanced in age, clenched fist in the air and, with rhythmical grace, responding to the beckoning of the spellbinding lyrics of Hage the Unifier by Ndilimani at a Swapo rally in Otjiwarongo, in 2014.
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2019-05-312024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Higher education institutions are people-processing organisations
When I was young, I was puzzled when people older than me told said that sugar came from a plant called sugar cane. Although I enjoyed eating sugar cane, I did not understand how sugar was processed from the cane and packaged in 2 kg, 5 kg or 10 kg bags.
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2019-05-312024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Rethinking approaches to recruitment – reality or flights of fancy?
Most literature on trends in human resources management seem to agree on the need to give better (and more humane) treatment to the employee in the recruitment process. I have been pleasantly surprised to see no less than the HR Trend Institute addressing this subject in its publication, the “10 inspiring HR Trends for 2019.”
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2019-05-312024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Namport’s mass dismisssals: Fair or not?
May month is usually a joyous labour month for workers internationally. However, during May this year, a dark cloud has recently been thrown over the labour market in Namibia.
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2019-05-292024-05-07Focus
Impalila residents feel left out
Cruising in a boat en-route to the Island of Impalila situated at the confluence of two mighty rivers, Zambezi and Chobe, is a utopian experience of unimaginable proportions, but not for locals who feel they have been pushed to the periphery for far too long.
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2019-05-272024-05-07Focus
From punishment to rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates
Correctional services all over the world are gradually moving from punitive incarceration to rehabilitation of offenders while upholding human rights to achieve reintegration into mainstream society.
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2019-05-242024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Implementing language policies in Southern Africa: A daunting task (Part 2)
The prestige that foreign languages have over indigenous African language has created social constructs in ways that
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2019-05-242024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Happy 90th birthday, Tatekulu Sam Nujoma
His Excellency, the Founding President of Swapo and Father of the Namibia Nation, Comrade Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, is 90 years of age and still strong.
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2019-05-242024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Letting Etosha degenerate is economic suicide
I use to be one of the Namibian citizens who always liked to go to our beautiful Etosha National Park and enjoy myself.
I took my family to these beautiful parks and my children were happy and comfortable. The variety of wildlife and
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2019-05-242024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Let us answer the question ‘are you alone, or lonely?’ Beware the monster of loneliness.
Nine years after I first received it, I do not only keep the following SMS as a souvenir. I use it as a reminder of one of the lowest points in my life, and my subsequent determination to overcome it.