The name Hornkranz made headlines in December 2018 when President Hage Geingob launched a month-long “Operation Hornkranz” as an army/police anti-crime operation to fight the rising crime across the country.
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2020-04-092024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
We must guard against abuse of public loan schemes for higher education students
During colonial times in Africa, few Africans enrolled for qualifications in higher education institutions. The few who did so were either children of business people or those sponsored by philanthropic organisations such as churches of different denominations on humanitarian grounds.
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2020-04-082024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Celebrating the heroic work of nurses and midwives
As the world celebrates the World Health Week, the Independent Midwives Association of Namibia (Imana) takes this opportunity to send heart felt THANK YOU message to every nurse and midwife in Namibia.
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2020-04-072024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Required leadership style in turbulent and uncertain times
On 17 March 2020, President Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency followed by a lockdown that officially started on 28 March at 14h00 and ends on 17 April 2020.
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2020-04-072024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
The voice of religions in times of coronavirus
We are all aware that religion has been seen and used throughout human history as an instrument or weapon of breaking down (as a tool of colonialism, oppression or suppression) or of breaking through (as a tool of liberation, transformation, reconciliation and healing). Today, the voice of religions in times of Covid-19 is that of healing and maintenance of healthy life and living conditions
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2020-04-072024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
A second term and the hope for better
As our democracy ages and matures, it brings with it a lumpsum of political events and occurrences bound to influence our political climate for years to come.
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2020-04-062024-05-07Focus
Global virus deaths top 60 000 … Trump warns ‘tough week’ ahead
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to brace for a “very horrendous” number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days as the total number of global fatalities from the pandemic soared past 60 000.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
Remove all factors promoting inequity in vocational education
Policymakers acknowledge that TVET is crucial to Namibia’s socio-economic development. But, three indefensible inequities continue to exist in the TVET sector.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
Dingake’s book demystifies the work of judges
Like many people, I have been holed up in my residence in keeping with a recently-imposed lockdown as the world responds to Covid-19.
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2020-04-032024-05-07Focus
At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare
WASHINGTON – Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic is pressuring US food banks, just as the number of people in need increases.