The long-awaited Namibia Population and Housing Census will take place in August this year, and will for the first time be a spatially-enabled and digital census.
Year: 2023
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Opinion – Sancity of human life – euthanasia
This is the second instalment of articles on ‘sanctity of human life’. This week’s article focuses on euthanasia.
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Opinion – Servicing the N$150 billion debt curse
The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises tabled the 2023/2024 national budget on 22 February 2023 which is anchored on three pillars: pro-sustainability, pro-poor and pro-growth.
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Opinion – Written in the Sand (1904 -1964)
The year 1964 marked 60 years after the wiping-out order of all the Hereros. A pocket of breathing skeletons cheated death by supping poisoned water.
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Opinion – Should Namibia embrace the green revolution?
The green revolution is the misleading name given to a chemical-based agricultural model that was introduced to India in 1965.
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Opinion – Should universities allow AI?
The advent of Artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022 was celebrated by students, academics and researchers in higher education institutions, especially in the developed world.
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Opinion – Is homophobia a resident in the Namibian house?
In a recent submission to the High Court of Namibia, the attorney-general argued that the crime of sodomy is justified as most Namibians still reject homosexuality. The AG primarily relied on “parliament’s activities” that do not suggest a “legislative trend” towards decriminalising sodomy.
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Letter – Social media and moral degradation
Social media has become a dormant medium for information access, communication, and content sharing.
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Letter – Improving sanitation in Katima Mulilo’s informal settlements
Namibia has a large population of people residing in informal settlements.
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Editorial – Workers deserve dignity, protection
It is quite early in the year but instances of mistreatment of workers who have taken it upon themselves to protest against dwindling pay and less-than-ideal working conditions, have dominated the headlines.