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Dr. BD Platt Medical history has taught us that vaccination has remained one of the most successful stories of the 21st century. It is safe to say that no other medical intervention has revolutionised healthcare and global quality of life as much as safe vaccination. Perhaps only the dawn of antibiotic usage remains a close second. Dreaded viral diseases once rampant and incurable, have many been relegated to the aisles of medical history books through active effective vaccination. If I could rewind perhaps our memories back to the 1980s, Small pox; a dreaded disease that once debilitated human for centuries…

PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) Windhoek recently witnessed a familiar ritual: the honoring of a giant. The launch of a lavish coffee table and Pictorial book celebrating Founding Father Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma served as a potent reminder of the liberation generation – those figures across our continent who stared into the abyss of colonial power and dared it to blink. Attended by Namibia’s political and business elite, the event pulsed with reverence for the man synonymous with the nation’s birth. Yet, beneath the veneer of celebratory unity, deeper, more unsettling questions stirred about legacy, leadership, and…

Isak Tuyoleni Haimbodi Omuthiya, the capital of the Oshikoto region, stands as a symbol of both promise and neglect. Despite its administrative status, the town suffers from poor infrastructure, limited economic activity, and a glaring absence of higher education institutions. Across the region, residents face crumbling roads, inadequate healthcare, and high unemployment, all worsened by political inaction. Oshikoto’s youth face major obstacles to accessing tertiary education. While most regions host institutions such as UNAM, NUST, or IUM, Omuthiya has none. A long-promised vocational training centre remains unrealised, despite land having been allocated. Only a few under-resourced private colleges operate in…