Thought Leaders

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.

Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system.

Lately, there has been a mayhem of citizens ill-using social media platforms by attacking the persona or humanities of their fellow human beings.

From time to time, one sits and pause to reflect on the type of world we live in. Watching the senseless killing of the African-American, (a black man) George Floyd at the hands of four white police officers while pleading for his life, gets you wondering how the collective mind can become so cold and inhumane?