Thought Leaders

The Namibian experience of Covid-19 has been unique, with a slow climb towards the current surge in confirmed cases and deaths.

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 use of treated effluent water for agricultural and mariculture purposes, although controversial, is a practice commonly utilised all over the world.

In 1995, the funding of ex-combatant reintegration became the responsibility of the National Planning Commission (NPC), which established the Socioeconomic Integration Programme for Ex-Combatants (SIPE).

We define fatherless as the lack of emotional bond between a daughter and her father due to, but not limited to: death, divorce, abuse, addiction, incarceration or abandonment. 

June 16 marked the Day of the African Child Day. Dating back to 1976, this date serves as a reminder of the many South African school-going children that lost their lives in the Soweto uprising against their education system.

The idea of a global village was recently manifested in the practical sense in the spirit of ‘injury to one is injury to all’ after an African-American man, George Floyd, died in police custody, becoming yet another victim of police brutality in the United States.

The abilities of political parties and political actors to sell and market their political programs online to the masses through digital media platforms are now becoming a norm in the political field.

Namibia Business School of the University of Namibia has scored a first in the country by becoming the leader in extending its degree programmes to its international branch in eSwatini, a southern African country formerly known as Swaziland.