Do the Namibian constitution and the law legally protect a sitting President such as President Hage Geingob, when baseless suggestions of corruption without any shred of evidence are made by the freedom of expression abusers such as The Namibian newspaper’s cartoonist Dudley?
In my article in this very same journal on 25 September yesteryear titled, ‘Love toward women should be the next pandemic’, I powerfully quoted Patricia Noah (Trevor Noah’s mother), who once said: “A man is not determined by how much he earns.
On the one hand, it recognizes the right of the individual to be afforded protection against harm to his reputation. On the other hand, it also recognises that the public has a right to free speech and proper access to information.
No one seemingly took former health minister Bernard Haufiku seriously when he questioned the N$1 million budget of the Namibia University of Science and Technology earmarked for research.
KATIMA MULILO – Established by the United Nations to be celebrated worldwide on 8 March, the International Women’s Day was celebrated in the Zambezi region to honour the women in the region under the theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world”.
Uundenge Agri Farm is one of the few social development initiatives that aims to alleviate poverty and contribute to food security in the country.
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders in the Kunene region have started distributing 200 bales of hay as immediate aid to the drought-stricken farmers, party’s presidential spokesperson Inaa Hengari has said.
The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on life as we knew it, with mainstream schools scrambling to retain a semblance of normality for their learners.
Tomorrow will officially mark a year since Namibia recorded its first ever Covid-19 case. Ironically, yesterday also marked one year since the World Health Organisation officially declared the spread of the novel coronavirus a pandemic.
Despite the economic devastation and public health threat brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Namibian authorities have invested handsomely in new infrastructure with the hope of scaling up Covid-19 testing in the country.