WINDHOEK – While the Zambian government has already issued a travel advisory in anticipation of a national truck drivers’ strike in South Africa on Monday, September 2, the Namibian government, through
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Interrogating the purposes of collegiality and academic freedom in varsity setup
The two concepts – ‘collegiality’ and ‘academic freedom’ - as they are applied in higher education, often confuse academics as they appear to have opposite connotations. Yet, on further consideration, there
The land as the tortured, under-siege guardian
I suggested last week that optimal land use requires a singleness of purpose, the proverbial “pulling in the same direction.” When stakeholders do not sing from the same hymnbook, they place the land under unremitting hardship.
The Yeyi ancestral land claims – A response to Prof. Makala Lilemba (Part 2.)
We wish to inform the reader that where Prof. Makala Lilemba mentioned that Caprivi was known as German Barotseland, Zambezi Region, German Bechuanaland or just Caprivi Zipfel and citing Kruger 1984 is information misleading the reader.
The language debate in Namibia and the case for Namlish
The 2nd August 2019 edition of the New Era newspaper carried two very interesting opinion pieces. One piece was written by Lawrence Kamwi and the other was written by Professor Jairos Kangira. Kamwi’s
Promoting digital literacy for social and economic development
Recent years have seen an increasing acquisition and usage of various Information and Communication Technologies being utilized to achieve different objectives in different sectors of the economy. Most of
Cites has placed Namibian wildlife into more danger
Namibia is among Sadc countries reviewing their position as members to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), after they were denied permission this week for a once-off sale of their ivory stockpiles.
Is Namdeb really closing down in the next three years?
Namdeb CEO Riaan Burger walks New Era Managing Editor Toivo Ndjebela through the company’s journey, its importance to the country and how, sadly, it may close down in three years time if no new
Redefining social media strategy
WINDHOEK - Dr Mohammed Shehu, an academic and expert on social media addressed communication professionals and students on “Agile Social” at a networking event organised by the Namibian chapter of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA) on August 21 in Windhoek.
Collaborative initiative to control alien cactus species
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Chamber of Environment (NCE) and the Botanical Society of Namibia (BotSoc) in collaboration with the Centre for Biological Control from Rhodes University, South Africa, have teamed up in a project to control and combat some species of the invasive cactus plant.