Johanna curled in a corner, while her plate-sized eyes counted visitors coming in and out like red ants. She was diagnosed with an itching heart and suffered from daylight nightmares. The mirroring tiles revealed her wrinkling nose as she rubbed her swollen cheeks. The nylon stopwatch around her wrists showed the rate of her skipping...
Everet Herman Pieters Urban inequality in Namibia is not merely the result of technical oversight or policy failures; it is a manifestation of structural violence that continues to marginalise grassroots urban governance. It reflects an ideological blind spot: a refusal by formal institutions to acknowledge the political agency embedded in the everyday practices of the...
Monika Amunyela The Lidar Community Foundation in Katutura has officially joined the Southern Africa Women and Children’s Network (SAWAC), expanding support for young mothers. Serley Eises, the founder of Lidar Community Foundation, hailed the endorsement as a profound moment for the foundation, for the Katutura Central constituency and for Namibia as a whole. Highlighting more...
Student leadership should be holistic, courageous, and rooted in institutional pride and broader societal impact. This is according to Felix Siyunda, the president of the University of Namibia’s Student Representative Council (SRC). “Student leaders must not limit their focus to campus issues but also expand their influence to address national matters. This is a lesson...
Student leaders from the National African Students Association (NASA) will assist learners in preparing for upcoming examinations. As part of their campaign, the team will be donating school supplies, clothes and shoes to learners in need this October. The team is led by Lukas Ndeshipanda Haipinge, an academic officer for the Khomas region and chairperson...
Monika Amunyela Creatives from the College of the Arts (COTA) reimagined heritage for the future in a European Union-supported innovation competition. Over 30 students from the COTA showcased their artwork at the Namibian Design Innovation Competition Workshop, which took place recently at the Katutura Community Art Centre. The two-week programme challenged participants to reinterpret Namibia’s...
Muroi was blessed with 200-l drum-width legs. One day, her husband refused to eat until she began to walk again. Every time Muhonge shuts his eyes, a satanic wind bounces his tongue-twisting prayers against the feathery clouds. Sometimes, Muroi played with demons by sucking babies’ blood. Later, Muhonge sprinkled holy water over her legs. The...
Long ago, along the wind-dancing grass, there lived the king of black water. “I have the magic to hold the water for hours,” said the 80-year-old crocodile One day, the king of muddy waters swallowed the boy whom the river people had anointed as the king in waiting. On his birthday, a crocodileodile fell from...
Namibia’s young people have been urged to take the lead in shaping the country’s green hydrogen ambitions, as the first cohort of Green Hydrogen Youth Ambassadors received their certificates in Windhoek on Friday. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Hyphen Hydrogen Energy chief executive officer, Marco Raffinetti, said Namibia’s green hydrogen strategy is bold and unprecedented,...
Namibia’s Kenzia Henckert is one of the young African talents from six countries representing the continent in exploring Russia’s nuclear facilities. The group won the 8th Atoms Empowering Africa video competition, organised by Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation in August. Winners from Namibia, South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burundi were...