Thought Leaders

Alternate scenes of shock and surprise played out this week as world societies, businesses and communities opened up further.

The passing of the national security law on Hong Kong by China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress this week goes in the annals of the histories of both China and Hong Kong.

In a tiny village, somewhere in Omusati region, school learner Alweendo was told to go home because there is a new virus that has become a global threat.

The Namibian Constitution is heralded worldwide to be a very good constitution. Our management of the Covid-19 situation in Namibia has been acknowledged to be outstanding.

In the preceding article by this writer, “The ‘Perquisite’ of a Science-literate Society”, the concept and benefits of science/scientific literacy, or public science literacy (PSL), were briefly explored.

In my last article on abortion, we examined some preliminary issues that need to be included in any consideration of the abortion issue, particularly in the Namibian context.

As I read  the short stories submitted for the Namibia-Wales short fiction for children competition that was launched at the University of Namibia at the beginning of this year – before the Covid 19 pandemic caused alarm and despondency in this part of the world – I  realized that there is amazing talent in this literary genre in Namibia.

The rule of politics is that, “if you think don’t speak and if you speak, don’t write and if you write, deny everything.”

The digitalisation of services as a cost-saving measure or predominantly as a responsive strategy to natural disasters and pandemics that may inhibit the physical contact of staff members and their clientele led to an escalation of online communities of learning and e-meeting attendance.

A Unesco report has reiterated that the global Covid-19 outbreak does not only affect health, lives and economies. It also has an impact on the labour market and the education sector.