I recently bumped into mzee Justin Ellis, one of the few Namibian educators who challenged the apartheid and oppressive education system in his book, ‘Education, Repression and Liberation, Namibia’, written in 1984, during those dark days of the liberation struggle.
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Talent management policies in African security institutions
In the annals of history, talent retention within security institutions may not have been the primary focus.
Rough inflationary pathway ahead
Namibia still finds itself far from achieving the goal of maintaining annual inflation at 3.6% or below. Although there has been a downward trend in inflation since the beginning of the second quarter, it remains unacceptably high at the onset of the third quarter.
Parliamentary structure and quality debates
It appears that not much has been done over the past 33 years to enhance, influence, direct and heighten the quality of debates and deliberations in parliament. Parliamentary structure seems to defeat the very purpose of equity and balanced governance.
Open letter to President Hage Geingob
Firstly, we want to wish you good health and everything else beautiful in your life. To start with, we want to thank you for initiating Namibia’s Second National Land Conference, which took place in October 2018.
Know your civil servant – Building capacity of young people
Annelien van Wyk is one of the civil servants who are dedicated to advocating for youth and community development.
LEX SCRIPTA with FASZ Legal Consultancy – Taxation of attorney and client bill
axation of an attorney and client bill is not a prerequisite for legal proceedings to recover fees – Unless the fees have been agreed upon, the client may by way of a special plea require taxation of the bill – at that stage – the court cannot adjudicate upon the bill of costs before taxation.
Artificial ivory opens ivory trade ban debate
A United States-based NGO welcomed a BBC report this month that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, called Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing.
Erongo Red hikes electricity by 9%
Erongo residents will have to dig deeper into their overstretched pockets after regional electricity distributor hiked electricity by 8.97%.
African peer review reaches //Kharas
An African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) delegation was in Keetmanshoop this week, holding a consultative meeting with the regional leadership.









