In his documentary, ‘The Africans: A Triple Heritage, Programme 6: in Search of Stability’, Ali Mazrui (1986), the late renowned Kenyan academician and political analyst, likens Nigeria to an enormous political laboratory.
Month: February 2023
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Opinion – The meaning of independence and freedom
In a contemporary political environment, only ordinary citizens may provide a rational and applied meaning and interpretation of independence and freedom and its implications, because they are experiencing it daily.
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Opinion – Perfect Sense Accreditation Paradox 2
In this piece, I will discuss the overlapping functions, contradictions and duplication of accreditation and registration of Namibian institutions, universities and vocational centres by the three governing agencies, namely the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA), Namibia Training Authority (NTA), and National Council of Higher Education (NCHE), which produce conflicting results in many accredi
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Opinion – Role of informal sector in developing countries
What defines the informal sector is a matter to be debated, and it appears to have no comprehensive and universally accepted definition. Attempts to come up with a generally accepted concept resulted even in more diversity than harmony. Attempts to measure the contribution of the informal sector faces a challenge of first defining what it entails.
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Opinion – Wildlife conservation vs land
Who would’ve ever thought that Namibia, the 34th-largest country and the third least-densely populated country in the world, would today be faced with the issue of land?
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Letter – Cut me some slack, please
Exactly how precise must a human being be, how precise with their achievements, with their humanness and with their everyday dealings as a people not created to absolute perfection?
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Letter – Paying to be frustrated by Telecom
I, as many Namibian individuals and organisations, depend heavily on telecommunication connection, which has for years been made possible by Telecom.
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Editorial – Squeezed middle needs relief
It is time for the finance minister to cut the goose that lays the golden egg some slack.
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Know your civil servant – I signed up for it
When he took the Hippocratic Oath, Dr Theo-Ben Raumana Kandetu knew he would carry with him the lifelong responsibility of caring for patients.