Our Star of the Week is Trevor Brockerhoff for having taken the risk of leaving the Department of Legal Aid to recently open up his own law firm - Brockerhoff Legal Practitioners. Growing up with a strong and fiercely independent single mother is one
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The politics of us and them
It is unquestionable that we live in a time where we have unprecedented access to information. This reality brings with it the fact that we as citizens are caught up in a web of information and disinformation. Unfortunately, not all of us are always good at distinguishing between facts and “political spin”.
Urban migrants can change rural-urban migration matrix
With relative freedom to choose where to live or work in the world, many people leave their places of origins for better opportunities, mostly leaving their relatives behind.
Trevor Brockerhoff: From Usakos to… everywhere
WINDHOEK - Growing up with a strong and fiercely independent single mother is one of the things that shaped him into the man and professional that he is today.
The significance of William Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets in education: Part 2
The late former President of the Republic of Tanzania Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was not only an astute statesman and a Pan-Africanist par excellence, but also a literary giant who popularised the works of William Shakespeare in his country.
Back to basics: Our humanness, our weaknesses, our wellness
I am detecting an engaging aspect in my eclectic reading, namely, the growing focus on employee wellness programmes.
Public relations in the public sector in a year of accountability
Public Relations (PR) is an essential function of any institution and government institutions are no exception.
Tasked with, inter alia, the monitoring and evaluation of media coverage, managing media relations, disseminating
Female technocrats: Rise or extinction?
This week’s suspension of Namibia Wildlife Resorts NWR)’ managing director Zelna Hengari has once more resuscitated the intense debate on whether women within SOEs and the public sector at large are punished harsher than their male counterparts - even if the offences are of the same nature.
Star of the week: Jeremiah “Lowkey” Nakathila
Namibia’s boxing sensation Jeremiah “Lowkey” Nakathila last Easter Weekend moved a step closer to his ultimate dream of fighting for a world title when he defeated Hungarian opponent Zoltan Kovacs via an 8th round stoppage to claim the WBO
“Rights not about numbers” … as UNODC supports screening Malawi prisoners for cervical cancer
LILONGWE - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) this week partnered with the Ministry of Health in Malawi to support the Malawi Prison Service (MPS) conduct cervical cancer screening for all female prisoners throughout the country.