Picture a future Namibia where multiple industries flourish outside mining and innovative approaches drive economic advancement, while trade creates lasting prosperity for future generations. The primary source of revenue for Namibia’s economy has been its mining sector, which produces diamonds and uranium. Namibia faces potential dangers when it relies heavily on mining resources because these commodities...
Letters
Letter – A letter of appreciation to the Father of the Nation
The emergence of Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma in politics gave hope to many hopeless Namibians who suffered colonial hardship. He was Godsent, and strongly took the fight by uniting women and men to push for freedom. Nujoma was first a leader of OPO, which was later renamed to Swapo. Under Swapo, he mobilised PLAN fighters to...
Letter – Paradoxical Effect of Trumponomics: Lesson for Africa
President Donald Trump’s executive orders serve as a wake-up call for African leaders, demanding that they put public service and economic development ahead of foreign aid and begging. The time has come for them to learn from these directives. To make sure that everyone feels appreciated and respected, every sovereign country should put in place...
Letter – Namdia, police and media paradox
The public has the general right to access information held by public institutions. Similarly, the public may access information held by private entities if will assist in the exercise or protection of a fundamental human right or freedom. This is the rationale behind the Access to Information Act. The brazen diamond robbery at the Namibia...
Letter – Business idea’s dilemma in the motherland
Having a business idea is an exciting moment and the excitement ends when one does not have the means to put the idea into practice. That is despite the knowledge at hand. It even becomes worse when the individual cannot sell the idea to anyone or to institutions with the means to implement it. It...
Letter – The untold influences of African colonialism
Efraim Shimbali When colonialism approached Africa, it was a generational mission that African leaders did not understand. The Berlin conference did not only plan physical wars against Africans, but the brutality of war was a tool to convince Africans to submit to the strategic implementation of African colonialism. What is this African colonialism that African...
letter – Year of Expectations: Reflection on economic state, future growth
As 2024 draws to a close, Namibia’s economic outlook demonstrates tenacity in the face of adversity. This year brought to light the challenges of restoring stability in a world that is changing quickly, from the Bank of Namibia navigating rate cuts, to an imbalanced economic recovery and a reassessment of oil discovery, green hydrogen and...
Letter – Nature, consequences of marriage regimes in Namibia
Civil marriages in Namibia take two forms, namely marriage in community of property and marriage out of community of property. When a couple marries, a rebuttable presumption arises that they are marrying in community of property. Commonly, it is quite certain that if it so happens that a couple marries without entering into an ante-nuptial...
Letter – Human capital the greatest asset
High quality human capital that create innovations is becoming key in the competitiveness of individual companies and the national economies as far as the Fourth Industrial Revolution is concerned. In the digital age, be it in the private or public sector, one can now work remotely (work from home with the use of a computer),...
Letter – Namibia: Quo vadis (whereto) with 1904-1908 genocide negotiations
An article in The Namibian newspaper of Thursday, 21 November, titled ‘Namibia-Germany genocide negotiations reached final stage’, has reference. In mid-2015, the German foreign ministry unequivocally admitted that the war his country waged against the Ovaherero and the Nama communities between 1904 and 1908 in German South West Africa, now Namibia, was a genocide. Since...