National

My cousin’s memorial service in December brought me back to my childhood church in Lüderitz, the church he had joined in 1978.

Namibia again celebrated its Constitution Day on 9 February, as it does every year since 1990, clocking 32 years of nationhood.

​​​​​​​A lot of us do not understand intersecting oppressions and therefore reason as if structural oppression occurs in isolation; as long as we experience some form of privilege, we disregard the oppression of individuals who may be facing multiple forms of layered violence.

After the 1884 Berlin Conference that self-awarded territory of present-day Namibia to Germany, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck’s approach was that German companies with private capital must take up the bountiful opportunities in the colonies.

Anyone who has a habit of dismissing, and I have met quite a few, the negative impacts of Africa’s colonisation by on-shore and off-shore European settlers, needs a rethink.

As the world becomes increasingly digitised, the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform’s Information Technology Specialist, Jaenena Muatjetjeja, has urged students to pursue careers in information technology.

The Namibia Industrial Development Agency is wholly owned by government and operates according to the hybrid governance model applicable in Namibia and, therefore, reports to both the trade ministry as well as the public enterprises ministry. 

In pursuit of access to education for all, government has reiterated that no learner may be denied progress to the next grade or placement at a school for non-payment of voluntary contributions. 

It is anticipated that insurers will have some part to play in terms of a shift of risk. This will give an immediate need for policy coverage reviews, including insuring clauses, type of insurance coverage, and exclusions.

After struggling through multiple years of drought that forced them to reduce herd sizes resulting in diminished income and operations, farmers in the //Kharas region greeted the recent persistent rains with jubilation.