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I cannot count to save my skin!

4 days ago - 15 June 2018 | Columns

If I had my way at school, I would have bypassed subjects that involve a lot of counting and adding up of letters altogether.Misery loves company, or so they say, but I am sure I...

Miss Namibia 2018 fever!

4 days ago - 15 June 2018 | Columns

Am I the only one who thinks that the hype for Miss Namibia 2018 is anything but out there? I mean this time last year we knew most of the finalists. We know they have...

shot of the day

6 days ago - 13 June 2018 | Columns

BEAUTIFUL LANDING: A Russian Soyuz MS-07 space capsule lands about 150 km south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, on 3 June 2018. A Soyuz space capsule with Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, US astronaut Scott...

Focus on your Future

1 week ago - 12 June 2018 | Columns

Vanessa SipapelaStaying focused on your goals is hard. In the beginning, we’re certainly motivated. But we all know how that motivation wanes over time. We get caught up, stuck, frustrated, overworked, distracted, and we simply...

Love yourself

1 week ago - 12 June 2018 | Columns

Merapelo MosarwaLife is a journey of self-discovery. To me, to be enlightened is to go within and know who and what we really are, and to know that we have the ability to change for...

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Less talk, a little more action

1 week ago - 11 June 2018 | Columns

News that nine-year-old-girls are accessing birth control while ten-year-olds are giving birth, left us in awe and utterly speechless. To further compound this shocking news,...

shot of the day

1 week ago - 11 June 2018 | Columns

LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS: Visitors look down from a set of stairs as they visit Victoria Prison, a former colonial prison and police station colloquially...

Managing in a contracting economy

1 week ago - 08 June 2018 | Columns

Grafton Whyte - After 26 years of growth Namibia is facing its first extended period of economic contraction.This trend of low or zero growth looks...

I am an African, and proud of it

1 week ago - 08 June 2018 | Columns

Dear friends, there are only a few things in life a person can't fake, and your true identity tops such a list. When it comes...

Little things matter

1 week ago - 08 June 2018 | Columns

I had a very good interview this week which brought to the fore the many creative ways we can all help the entertainment industry to...

Lengthy suspensions set bad precedent

1 week ago - 07 June 2018 | Columns

The regular suspensions of top executives at parastatals, government agencies and offices continue to rear its ugly head. Many a time officials are suspended with...

Shot of the day

1 week ago - 07 June 2018 | Columns

KICKING UP DUST: An Israeli army tank patrols along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. Israel's military struck more...

shot of the day

1 week ago - 06 June 2018 | Columns

COLOURFUL: People cover themselves with umbrellas as they take part in a peace march under the rain in Myitkyina, Kachin state, Myanmar on May 28,...

Living in the 70’s

2 weeks ago - 05 June 2018 | Columns

holidays my fascination with learning slang from past decades began. I was at home and jobless, so I had nothing to do for an awkward...

Shot of the day

2 weeks ago - 05 June 2018 | Columns

UP, UP AND AWAY: A Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft is mounted on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday. The launch...

No plasters, no antiseptic

2 weeks ago - 05 June 2018 | Columns

It is that time of the year again when the winter chill settles firmly over our country, and so it should be in terms of...

I am a modern-day 'plastic'...

2 weeks ago - 01 June 2018 | Columns

Its official! Modern-day parents have it tough raising children. Back in the day, children would play outside, never knew where babies come from and only...

Same old, same old

3 weeks ago - 28 May 2018 | Columns

As a developing country and a young democracy, we understand that there are a myriad of challenges we face. However, there is simply too much...