Desmond van Heerden WE here in Namibia are not quite as familiar with the concept of a revolution as some ...
A New Revolution
A New Revolution
Desmond van Heerden WE here in Namibia are not quite as familiar with the concept of a revolution as some other African countries. When most of us hear the world revolution, we instinctively think of ...
Read more| by Desmond van HeerdenThe policy of honesty
The policy of honesty
Merja Iikela TRANSPARENCY can be the most powerful weapon in the government’s arsenal. So powerful, in fa ...
Merja Iikela TRANSPARENCY can be the most powerful weapon in the government’s arsenal. So powerful, in fact, that immediate answers to burning questions are often the difference between unrest and cal ...
Read more| by Staff ReporterFrom Tribe to Nation
From Tribe to Nation
Chris Jacobie THE close to 30-years since the 1989 United Nations Elections and Independence in 1990 is t ...
Chris Jacobie THE close to 30-years since the 1989 United Nations Elections and Independence in 1990 is the longest uninterrupted period of continuous peace in the past close to 120 years of Namibian ...
Read more| by Chris JacobieChanging the Course
Changing the Course
Two hundred thirteen years and four days ago, one man managed to change the course of history, and shape ...
Two hundred thirteen years and four days ago, one man managed to change the course of history, and shape the world that was to come. But first, let me set the stage – the year was 1805. The First Fren ...
Read more| by Desmond van HeerdenHouse Arrest
House Arrest
You know, this thing of not staying in jou baan...wanna move around places that’s completely out of your ...
You know, this thing of not staying in jou baan...wanna move around places that’s completely out of your moral or age “jurisdiction”...these things must stop! I always pride myself into adapting to wh ...
Read more| by Neville BassonDiscovery of Nationhood
Discovery of Nationhood
THE second Land Conference started as a search for sustainable solutions towards fair land re-distributio ...
THE second Land Conference started as a search for sustainable solutions towards fair land re-distribution and correcting historic injustices. After five days, a nation emerged that through delegates ...
Read more| by Chris JacobieNOT “Its Just Politics”!
NOT “Its Just Politics”!
NAMIBIA finds itself in an economic depression and a daily struggle that is hard enough to endure. It is ...
NAMIBIA finds itself in an economic depression and a daily struggle that is hard enough to endure. It is not a trivial matter and to brush issues off as “just politics” is an insult to everyday citize ...
Read more| by Chris JacobieLand for the Brave
Land for the Brave
THE nation waits with bated breath for Ombudsman John Walters to avail the full list of resettlement bene ...
THE nation waits with bated breath for Ombudsman John Walters to avail the full list of resettlement beneficiaries that was this week handed to him by the Ministry of Land Reform, following threats to ...
Read more| by Staff ReporterBetween a Rock and a Hard Place
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Desmond P Van Heerden In 1958, economist William Phillips, a New Zealander, published a paper titled ‘The ...
Desmond P Van Heerden In 1958, economist William Phillips, a New Zealander, published a paper titled ‘The Relation between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom ...
Read more| by Desmond van HeerdenROCKING THE CRADLE
ROCKING THE CRADLE
This week, Namibia saw the start of the second Land Conference, an ambitious initiative aiming to lay som ...
This week, Namibia saw the start of the second Land Conference, an ambitious initiative aiming to lay some groundwork to redistribute some of Namibia’s most productive assets. Various solutions have b ...
Read more| by Desmond van Heerden