Opinions

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...

There is an African saying that when a male elephant dies, every villager can claim his/her “pound of flesh” without depriving the others because the male elephant is big enough. A lot of tributes have been pouring in on the legacy of Jason Angula since his passing last Monday (13th July 2020). I too want...

Robin Tyson In both Namibia and South Africa, the print media is under strain. In South Africa, the publishers of Bona, Rooi Rose and Your Family have closed, and media giants such as Naspers have announced the closure of magazines such as Men’s Health and Runner’s World, affecting over 1 000 jobs. Other venerable magazines...

The university-government-industry relationship in the provision of quality higher education has been explained in terms of what has been called the triple helix model. For starters, the triple helix model simply describes the interactions that exist or should exist among three entities – university, government and industry or private sector. In normal situations, this tripartite...

The global Covid-19 pandemic has made us live in unprecedented times. The new realities of compulsory wearing of face masks in public places and keeping a physical distance from other human beings are new norms which we are slowly getting used to but scary at the same time. The current rapid increase of the spread...