Firstly, allow me to say that, I always prefer to begin with the following whenever I am writing on education; Craft (1984) noted that the word “education” comes from two different Latin roots.
Opinions
Opinion – Why Govt struggles to deliver on various mandates
The head of state and government declared the current year as the year of introspection.
Opinion – An aspiring farmer’s wishes
Allow me to share my elongated views on agricultural practice in my country Namibia.
Opinion – A call to end the undignified, traumatic Covid-19 burials
As the death toll has risen around the world, it has created an unprecedented challenge for the healthcare workers, forensic experts, governments, communities and most importantly families.
Opinion – Economic life: Experiencing a metamorphosis scenario
Picking up from where we left off is a painful situation and it’s best to look ahead to implement strategies that affected the prior V-shape epidemics of the models.
Opinion – Amnesty for perpetrators of rape as an option towards progress
The #slutshameWalk and # MeToo Namibia movements have over the past two years championed women’s rights within the context of sexual autonomy; broadly defined as a woman’s/man’s “prerogative to determine when, with whom, and under what circumstances they engage in sexual activity”.
Opinion – Citizens have a role in limiting social cost of Covid-19
Beyond question, Covid-19 has negative ramifications on our society.
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
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.
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.