Using results of a mini survey in August this year, Ofer Berenstein of the University of Calgary spent time looking at how people should be encouraged to vote.
Year: 2019
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2019-11-292024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion: A sensitive promotion system fosters loyalty and trust among academics
Systems that higher education institutions use to promote and reward their deserving academics can make or break the institutions’ reputations.
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2019-11-292024-05-07Letters
Opinion: Churches – Take responsibility for Gender Based Violence
“Men who are much more religious than their partners are especially likely to perpetrate domestic violence (Simister & Kowalewska)”
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2019-11-292024-05-07Editorial
Editorial: Democracy has become our integral part
The campaigns leading to Wednesday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections and the polling itself are a clear indication the democratic culture has fully entrenched itself in Namibia. Multi-party elections where political parties freely engage in the contestation of competing ideas, trying to woo voters on what they will do once voted into power, has become an integral part of our way of life.
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2019-11-292024-05-07Focus
NCS must promote HIV treatment as important prevention tool
WINDHOEK - The Country Director for the joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) in Namibia has encouraged nurses working in Namibian Correctional Services (NCS) facilities all over the country to encourage inmates to voluntarily undergo HIV testing and to initiate those who need treatment early.
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2019-11-292024-05-07National
Hompa to be interred on Saturday
KADEDERE - The traditional leader of the VaGciriku traditional community Hompa Kassian Shiyambi, who died on 17 November will be laid to rest on Saturday at Mamono village in Ndonga Linena constituency after requiem mass in the Catholic Church at Nyangana.
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2019-11-292024-05-07National
Mother seeks help for daughter with rare condition
OSHIKULUFITU - A 35-year-old mother from Oshikulufitu in the Omusati region has appealed for assistance from Good Samaritans to come to the aid of her ailing daughter who is suffering from a condition called hydrocephalus.
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2019-11-292024-05-07National
Namibian diplomats to learn in India
WINDHOEK - The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of India in collaboration with the ministry of international relations is embarking on a project to send 20 Namibian diplomats within the ministry on a two-week special course beginning 1 December 2019, to Delhi.
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2019-11-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Four arrested with elephant tusks
RUNDU - Four Namibian men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with protected game.
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2019-11-292024-05-07Focus
Star of the Week: all Namibian political parties, the electorate at large
Our Star of the Week goes to all Namibian political parties, the electorate at large for participating peacefully in the National Assembly and Presidential elections on Wednesday.