Letters

Copying positive actions from another people or entities is the best thing to do. Many nations, including Namibia, have been struggling to have sound and integrated waste management systems in place, successful wellness services, and community engagement activities. 

During her closing remarks, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Anna Nghipondoka sternly told teachers to stop defending themselves and start defending learners.

One thing I’ve picked up recently is that there’s not much difference between the school and a workplace setting. Maturity cannot even draw a line between the two in terms of behavioural development among most individuals in the two settings. 

 To glow, you must grow. Growth is an important aspect in life, for it is through growth that one sees the impact they project out, either positive or negative, which alters their glow. 

This a very powerful statement our forefathers, uncles, brothers and all father figures that we have and had in our lives use as a metaphor to encourage us, men, to be strong and more rational than emotional. 

Violence against women and girls (VAWGs), also known as gender-based violence (GBV), is any harmful act that is perpetrated primarily against women.

It is often stated that honesty is the best policy, and recently Nico Sibolile exercised that as he returned a customer’s N$8 000 that was forgotten in his taxi. 

With the just-ended Swapo elective congress, we learned that politics is not about glorifying personalities at the expense of principles. Personalities may serve their interest, and are not more important than the principles and the unifying values which bring people together. 

As a user of public transport, I often have the chance to engage with taxi drivers on the way to my destination. On one of my recent trips, I had the rare chance to hear a taxi driver speak candidly about his life as a driver in the public transport sector.