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Our hunger games

23 hours ago | Columns

A global report that tracks the state of hunger worldwide has found that Namibia’s ‘score’ is worse than war-torn countries such as Iraq and Iran.We are facing a crisis of immense proportions, as unemployment and...

Was article 47 violated all along?

1 day - 17 October 2019 | Columns

All major political parties were jumping around yesterday after hearing that this time around the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will enforce provisions of article 47 of the Namibian Constitution, as it relates to contesting...

In the shadow of securocrats

2 days ago - 16 October 2019 | Columns

Not many among us would have woken up to the reality that we will be going into Election 2019 in a pseudo police/military state.The insistence by the powers that be to continue with a joint...

Humility is royalty without a crown

3 days ago - 15 October 2019 | Columns

Justicia Shipena Give yourself a pat on the back; you have worked hard to get to where you are in life. In high school you were probably near the top of your class, president...

Death of a genre

1 week ago - 11 October 2019 | Columns

I am so disappointed and irked by the way R&B is being let down in Namibia. At the moment I have no favourite Namibian R&B song or album. The work rate by many of our...

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The danger of comfort zones

1 week ago - 08 October 2019 | Columns

Ester KamatiMany find it difficult to move from the place that has always given them shelter - the place where they grew up and call...

Kora hearing stinks of suspicion

1 week ago - 08 October 2019 | Columns

The decision to have the hearing dealing with the lost Kora music award millions held “in-camera” - to the extent that the public, including the...

Accountability, for its own sake!

1 week ago - 07 October 2019 | Columns

During the Swapo election manifesto launch at Outapi on Saturday, the ruling party attempted to distance itself from the economic ruin the country is currently...

NPL a victim of its own success

2 weeks ago - 04 October 2019 | Columns

The suspension this week of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) by the Fifa normalisation committee currently in charge of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) cannot...

We all can't be stars

2 weeks ago - 04 October 2019 | Columns

You know the name Donlu Africa. You likely do not know the name Llewellyn Adams. That's because Adams is the invisible supporting the visible; he...

Is this election year for real?

2 weeks ago - 02 October 2019 | Columns

The presidential and National Assembly elections are slated for next month - yes, next month. Yet as things stand, it's nearly impossible to tell what...

The importance of arts training

2 weeks ago - 01 October 2019 | Columns

Octavia Tsibes Arts education is an integral part of any learning process, especially in times such as these. Many have studied arts over many decades....

Respect time

3 weeks ago - 27 September 2019 | Columns

I am a very impatient person and at almost every event I attend my patience gets tested. It is almost like they do it on...

Our World Cup hoodoo

3 weeks ago - 25 September 2019 | Columns

Japan Rugby World Cup fever is very high at the moment, with many Namibians focusing on Pool B, where the Welwitschias are grouped alongside reigning...

The art in-between

3 weeks ago - 24 September 2019 | Columns

Justicia Shipena Would we need leadership or management in utopia? Isn’t utopia finally the place and the moment where we can get rid of all...

Creating beautiful smiles

3 weeks ago - 24 September 2019 | Columns

Delight NP Growing up, I always loved smiling and having perfect teeth; it became a beautiful obsession. I am currently a second-year dentistry student...

Femicide a national crisis

3 weeks ago - 23 September 2019 | Columns

The recent of spate of killings and the brutal violence being meted out to women and children in our country cannot be allowed to continue....

What govt gives it first...

3 weeks ago - 23 September 2019 | Columns

Citizens need government to deliver public services. Government needs revenue to pay for the said services, and although citizens’ income taxes are not the only...