Given this week’s Covid-19 updates, it is more evident the rapid spread of the virus that causes Covid-19 has reached the Namibian air. Beyond reasonable doubt, the Namibian citizens now believe the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that coronavirus outbreak is truly a pandemic and the current world daily news broadcasts tell the...
It is salutary to acknowledge the trendsetting work of the drafters of the Namibian Constitution in the administrative justice enterprise. Namibia is hailed for having pioneered the constitutionalising of the right to administrative justice in common law Africa. This pioneering example inspired countries such as South Africa, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe to follow suit. ...
The negative impact of the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic has been felt in every sector of the economy and every sphere of life in Namibia. Families have been emotionally drained because either they have lost their loved ones, or their breadwinners have lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Local authorities are struggling to contain the...
Namibia emerging from a traumatic past, and the process of rebuilding the nation is not going to be an easy one. The church in my opinion has a very important role to play in the whole process of reconstruction and development. The programme of the church as I see it will have as its main...
I came to know the late Jason Angula in 1970 when he joined us at Martin Luther High (MLH) school from St. Mary’s Odibo to complete his matric (Grade 12). I also had the pleasure of making his acquaintance when we played rugby for the first team at MLH. In retrospect, I have come to...
Dictionary.com defines education as “an investment in human capital that pays of in terms of higher productivity” (2017). Chapter two of The Graduate – Thinking About Thinking by Mavin Mootseng, states that the importance of education should not only be placed on quantity, the number of graduates produced, but also on the quality of education...
While trying to navigate the unfamiliar waters of the Covid-19 pandemic, most employers are trying to find innovative ways to keep the organisation afloat and retain all (or at least as many as possible) of their employees. This unprecedented time calls for unprecedented measures, such as requesting employees to work during the weekend or work...
Have you ever wondered why many of our organisations do not function at the level that they should? The answer lies partly in our present understanding of organisations, as it determines what happens in them. Many of us do not understand the relationship between workers, work and organisations. So many of our organisations deteriorate into...
The emergency of digital platforms, tools and highly specialised gadgets made the process of acquiring knowledge, skills and experiences in schools to be presumably less affected by natural catastrophic elements such as floods, outbreaks and pandemics. This is because it does not necessarily require both teachers and learners to meet in a traditional face-to-face...
This article is in response to one that was co-authored by Shaun Whittaker, Harry Boesak and Mitchell van Wyk, titled ‘Statues and Nation Building’ (The Namibian, 10 July 2020). History should be a neutral account of historic facts but is often not so. It is rather a collection of events influenced by frequent biases, prejudices...