If 2025 was the year of “exploring” new technologies, 2026 must be the year of strategic maturity for Namibian companies, big and small. For too long, many Namibian organisations, from small and dynamic SMEs to our largest parastatals, have viewed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a cost centre. As we step into 2026, the...
2026 has arrived. Consequently, expectations are high, from the grassroots level to the highest authorities, and from rural areas to urban areas. People await tangible change and development. There are varying perceptions and approaches today regarding what development is as a concept. In a real-life situation, development entails an increase in the material wellbeing of...
Thirty-five years after Independence, one would have imagined that service delivery would encompass every corner of the country. However, the opposite is true, given the current situation in the Zambezi region, with a rising rate of stock theft. Imagine a situation in which one loses fifty-nine or more herds of cattle during a single raid. ...
As we kick off the new year, an intense energy fills the halls of the Ministry of Finance. We find ourselves in the heart of “budget season,” that critical window where the Minister of Finance, Ericah Shafudah, and her team are meticulously drafting the national budget for the 2026/27 financial year. While the spreadsheets are...
“The only thing that I know is that I know nothing’’-Socrates. Fellow Namibians, mental health is a complex phenomenon, and we as human beings cause ourselves and others harm when we judge. Yes, it is very easy to react and judge others, but what many of us fail to take into consideration is that mental...
For many Namibians, land is not merely an economic asset; it is memory, identity, and belonging. Yet more than three decades after independence, the wounds of colonial land dispossession remain largely unhealed. While land reform has been a central policy priority since 1990, Namibia still lacks a legal mechanism to directly address the restitution of...
As with everything else, it is only right that this year starts off with a greeting. A greeting that brings warmth, kindness, and love to all humankind. A greeting that comes as a reminder to rekindle and recalibrate our minds and hearts for a better world. The greeting that brings and resurfaces the compassion that...
Namibia stands at defining crossroads. For decades, our economy has been anchored by mining, tourism, agriculture, and related sectors that keep the country running. These industries matter, and they will continue to matter. Yet the world is shifting rapidly, and our thinking around where sustainable livelihoods come from also needs to evolve. One of the...
The reason is unclear, but Ukraine’s supporters entered last week’s Paris meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing in a state of near euphoria. Fresh from the spectacle in Venezuela, they convinced themselves that Donald Trump could be persuaded to do far more than merely endorse Western Europe’s line. Some seriously expected American troops...
I am deeply concerned by the continued increase in illegal sand and gravel mining activities across various parts of Namibia. These activities are being undertaken without the required Environmental Clearance Certificates issued by the Environmental Commissioner, as stipulated under the Environmental Management Act, 2007 (Act No. 7 of 2007). Additionally, I wish to remind all...