2021-06-04Staff Reporter Last month, the government, through a decision of President Hage G. Geingob, started the construction of a shrine in honour of Chief Hosea Katjikururume Kutako at his homestead of Toasis, Aminius, in order to accord dignity for the achievements of Chief Kutako as a consequential Namibian. View more
2021-05-28Staff Reporter In addition to teaching and conducting research, universities also have the corporate social responsibility function that comes in different forms of community engagement or service. In other words, the functions of universities would not be complete without serving the communities in which they operate. View more
2021-05-28Prof Makala Lilemba For many years, debates and renunciations among Western and African philosophers trained in Western schools of philosophy rejected the notion of an African being able to be critical and innovative under any circumstances. View more
2021-05-28Staff Reporter Africa Day, commemorated every year on 25 May, marks the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa in 1963, which later transformed into African Union (AU) in 2002. View more
2021-05-28Staff Reporter Politicians will do whatever it takes to ensure government policies are lucidly written; however, nothing is seemingly done to ensure the implementation of those policies is equally done effectively and efficiently. View more
2021-05-21Reverend Jan Scholtz In a world rocked by wars, poverty and HIV/AIDS, it seems absurd that so much intensity of feelings is generated with regard to homosexuality. Yet, for those who are homosexual, it is not absurd. It is a deeply hurtful and sensitive issue. View more
2021-05-21Prof Makala Lilemba Burger (1993) defines indigenous knowledge as the local knowledge that is unique to a particular culture or society, also termed folk knowledge, people’s knowledge, traditional wisdom or traditional science. View more
2021-05-21Staff Reporter Leo Kuper once wrote in his seminal text of genocide studies (1981). “The roots of genocide are lost in distant millennia and will remain so unless an ‘archaeology’ of genocide can be developed.” View more
2021-05-21Gerson Uaripi Tjihenuna Ngarikutuke Tjiriange published a piece in the 14th May 2021 edition of New Era under the above heading. On 2nd October 1980, former boxing heavyweight world champion, Muhammed Ali came out of retirement to challenge the then reigning champion, Lorry Holmes. View more
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