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Opinion – Power to the common people
The Landless People’s Movement as a political party has been at the forefront of giving the downtrodden people of Namibia the voice to be heard in the face of being ignored for 30 years
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Opinion – Namibia’s push for reparations could have lessons for other nations
Providing monetary restitution for egregious crimes against humanity is one telling way that ex-colonial powers and even domestic overlords can conceivably apologise for, and attempt to repair, violations of Indigenous rights in times past.
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Opinion – The Windhoek Institute for Municipal Research
That the cabinet and parliament are the most important governance sites is post-colonial orientation that has had tragic developmental consequences.
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Opinion – Remembering the late Colonel (Rtd) Lazarus Hamutele
“Man’s dearest possession is life. It is given to him but once, and he must live it so as to feel no torturing regrets for wasted years, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past; so live that, dying, he might say: all my life, all my strength were given to the finest cause in all the world - the fight for the Liberation of Mankind”.
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Opinion – Lack of Affirmative Action Policy in the heritage sector
Reality in the leadership and management of the cultural and heritage sector in Namibia is the absence of oversight when it comes to compliance with the application of the Affirmative Action Policy of which the office of the Employment Equity Commission is a custodian.
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Opinion – Protect and support healthcare workers in the frontline
The world has been battling the novel coronavirus since the announcement of a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organisation.
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Opinion – Retirement planning at every career stage
Thembi Kandanga Life has many important milestones; graduation, marriage, children, buying a house and soon enough retirement. There’s no getting around it, retirement is a big deal and despite the life-changing magnitude of this event, it’s something that many of us leave to the last minute. Think of how you would like to spend...
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Opinion – Fall down seven times, stand up eight
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight, is the title of a book by Japanese writer Naoki Higashida. It tells the story of a young man who fights the challenges of autism with tenacity. The book gives the reader enduring and poignant lessons about life. Fall down seven times, stand up eight, is also a...
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Opinion – Effluent water: From burden to valuable resource
The use of treated effluent water for agricultural and mariculture purposes, although controversial, is a practice commonly utilised all over the world. Furthermore, the recycling and reuse of effluent water have increased significantly over the last four decades with transnational organisations like the United Nations and the World Health Organisation encouraging the reuse of treated...