Author: Prof Makala Lilemba (Prof Makala Lilemba )

For many years, there have been claims and counterclaims as to who is entitled to possess knowledge. 

Namibia clocked 33 years of independence on 21 March 2023. As it is always sung, Namibian independence was not ushered on a platter, but it came by shedding the blood of many Namibians. 

Shortly after Independence, the Mozambican radical political leader, Samora Machel in trying to make education and literacy available to all, hatched the approach of, “We are Building a School.” 

In his book ‘The Accusing Finger’, Nyambe Wina (1992), a Zambian novelist, narrates an incident in which an officially engaged lady points an accusing finger at her fiancé for having put her in a woman way, despite his denial. 

 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.

In the world of academia and pedagogics, the didactic situation is made of the learner, the subject matter and the teacher. For many centuries, the teacher had been at the centre of this triangle.

In some countries, days like these are always celebrated with passion and patriotism as they remind the citizens of the days on which their countries were born and became nations. 

Namibia is entering its 33rd year of nationhood, yet the process of the fair positioning of all Namibians in terms of jobs remains an illusion. The process has become so solidarised that it becomes almost impossible to penetrate it.