Thought Leaders

A lack of forward planning and an inability to implement the new high school curriculum by the ministry of education are the factors underlining the chaos that engulfed schools and learners at the start of the 2020 school year.

One of the most difficult tasks first year students encounter in higher education institutions is how to present their academic work in terms of writing assignments and research projects.

On the 28 November 2019, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) carried a news report titled: “Concern about verbal attacks on journalists during Namibian election campaign”. 

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher once said that man is a rational animal and what sets him apart and raises him above the animals is his ability to reason .In this case language is necessary for man to be a rational creature and was only given to him (Lewis 2002).

Today, I am tackling a matter geared towards primarily Christians, especially as 90% of the population profess Christianity.

I saw hordes of people reading books – novels, novellas, poems and plays, and other literature.

I recently attended a graduation ceremony, and as I sat in that jovial moment, observing and admiring the graduates, an important question dawned on me.

It is well known that conflicts in communal areas could have more than one root cause. Issues such as water or water points, grazing pastures, forests, fields for subsistence crops or just land in general may prove fertile ground for intercommunal conflicts.

On 17 August 2019, at the 39th SADC Summit in Dar Es Salaam, after the familiar United Republic of Tanzania and SADC anthem had been played, President Hage G.

The other day a fellow professor and I were philosophising on a number of issues; some very important, and others, not so significant.