Category: Letters

  • Politics Make Strange Bedfellows ln Zambezi Region

    Politics Make Strange Bedfellows ln Zambezi Region

    Opinion   What baffles me is that since the announcement and launching of the Report by Hon Alfeus Sampofu ,Governor of Zambezi Region and Ms Clarina Diaz  ,Proprietor of Zita Dias Diamond Resources of the announcement of the Breaking News of the discovery of 15 critical minerals in the region on 13 August 2024,the line…

  • Hate Speech Has No Place In Namibia Under Constitution 

    Hate Speech Has No Place In Namibia Under Constitution 

    By Phil ya Nangoloh, Omuthiya 1. My fellow Namibians. At least 4 people were mowed down yesterday with an AR-15 style assault rifle. This incident occurred at Apalachee High School, in the town of Winder, in the State of Georgia, in a Babylon (i.e., USA). The shooter was identified as 14 year old Colt Gray,…

  • Modernising Namibian Mining

    Modernising Namibian Mining

    Opinion Mark Twain famously said: During the gold rush it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business”. The mining, minerals and metals sector has certainly on moved on from just picks and shovels, and with that, countries like Namibia which is quickly becoming the next destination for the proverbial gold rush.  According to…

  • Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

    Botswana should be praised for its conservation efforts, not chastised by Germany

    By Bertie Jacobs – North-West University (NWU) • Africa must take ownership of its own wildlife. • Botswana has proven how effective it is at sustainable wildlife conservation. • Hunting is an effective tool to manage wildlife sustainably. Germany’s proposed ban on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns has drawn the ire of…

  • Independence should address plight of the youth

    Independence should address plight of the youth

    Dear editor , Allow me a space to share my views on the 34th Independence Anniversary of Namibia , its with heartfelt that we remember the freedom fighters who liberated Namibia from the colonial regime. Yes indeed , their fight for freedom to independence was really the big battle that they won with amicable help through the barrel of guns,…

  • Navigating healthcare uncertainty across Africa

    Navigating healthcare uncertainty across Africa

    While Africa continues to face challenges around healthcare accessibility and cost, there are glimmers of hope on the digital horizon, explains Rodney Taylor, MD at Guardian Eye   Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to become home to one in three people by the end of the century with a rapidly growing population and some impressive economic growth…

  • How Crypto Can Unleash Economic Growth In Namibia

    How Crypto Can Unleash Economic Growth In Namibia

    Namibia has been edging towards embracing cryptocurrencies for a while now, but more work is required if the country is to unleash the full potential this radical new technology offers. In July last year, Parliament passed the Virtual Assets Act into law. This regulation mandated the establishment of a regulator to oversee the crypto sector…

  • BRICS + , an impressive enlargement

    BRICS + , an impressive enlargement

    At the dawn of 2024, from January 1, five more countries became full members of the BRICS, a transnational association, which until then consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and thus became BRICS+ (BRICS Plus), totaling ten countries. Egypt which is located in northeast Africa and partly on the Sinai Peninsula, which…

  • For Palestine and the World

    For Palestine and the World

    The region of Palestine since October 7 has entered into a terrible war. And, of course, there the flowers have withered, and the sun has disappeared because darkness has come, and the youths cannot sing, and the children cannot play carelessly in the streets, and the white doves of peace do not fly in the…

  • Unexpected Insights for Modern Parents: Children Can Be Far More Helpful and Capable than We Allow Them to Be

    Brooklyn, NY, — Cornelius N. Grove, an authority on children’s learning across cultures, recently studied child-raising practices in five traditional (pre-modern) societies. What he learned transformed his ideas about both children and parenting. “What astonished me about parents in traditional societies is how uninvolved they are with their children,” he said, adding, “The paraphernalia, experiences…

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