Category: Letters

Dear editor , Allow me to express myself on the upcoming local and regional elections. Voting is the cornerstone of democracy, a powerful tool that gives every citizen a voice in shaping the future. Throughout history, leaders, thinkers and activists have emphasized the importance of casting a ballot, not as a right but as a […]

As people gathered to celebrate the Lusata Cultural Festival of the Mafwe under Litunga George Simasiku Mamili VII, the last Sunday of September each year remains a big day on the Mafwe calendar. Thousands of people gathered not only to celebrate their rich traditions and diverse cultures but also to appreciate and express their deepest […]

Two years have passed since October 7, 2023, the day this horrible war began, which continues unabated to this day. And of course, the sunlight has disappeared in this tragic region of the planet, and everything has been covered in darkness. There are no more smiles on people’s faces, there is no more optimism and […]

Cultural festivals have long served as beacons of identity, continuity, and unity for many communities in Africa and beyond. They provide a platform where tradition, spirituality, and collective memory intersect. In African ancient kingdoms, festivals played central roles in governance, religion, and the preservation of cultural heritage in ensuring that people remained connected to their […]

As African tradition would have it, the passing of a baobab-scaled storyteller ink still damp in the tongue of his people shakes the ancestral soil and, like a quake beneath the planet’s library, tilts every shelf from village hut to distant tower of world letters. When Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o stepped through the final page of […]

By Josephat lnambao Sinvula  So before we blame Slavery,Apartheid,Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism,let us look at what we have achieved the last 35 years since independence.The outcry has been the same and consistent the last 35 years.What and Who is to blame for lack of jobs in Namibia? Namibia is regarded as a lower middle income economy […]

 By Josephat lnambao Sinvula Mahatma Gandhi once remarked that”the World has enough for everyone’s  needs,but not enough for everyone’s  greed.” Indeed,it was like he was talking about Namibia as Her Excellecy President Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah prophetically once remarked at a campaign rally at Walvis Bay in 2024,”we are too few to be hungry.” Namibia has a […]