Opinions

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro That the security workers are working under unbearable conditions is absolutely an understatement. Because in modern-day free and independent Namibia, which is enormously wanting in social and economic justice, security guards are among the wretched of the workers, if not the wretched themselves.  Subjugated to the uncaring and indifferent disregard and don’t care attitude of the unions, having been unrepresented by any unions for sometime, as well as the government, that has been grossly negligent and derelict in its duties in terms of the necessary legislation to guarantee, protect, enhance and promote their rights. Indeed it has seemed…

In early June, the #EndGBVNamibia campaign was launched. I could not attend as I was helping my family prepare to bury my beloved murdered cousin. Slain at the hands of her drunk 'boyfriend and father of her child. Sadly, our family was not the only one making preparations to bury their loved one who had perished at the hands of GBV (Gender Based Violence). Despite the many campaigns, I believe GBV will continue unabated in Namibia.  I'm not suggesting the campaigns are useless, but I think all our lives in Namibia have been impacted in some way by now. We…

PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) Abstract                           This article interrogates the Eurocentric hegemony embedded in memorializing the Herero and Nama genocide (1904–1908) as Southern Africa’s singular genocidal event. Drawing on Frantz Fanon’s dialectics of colonial violence and liberation, it argues for a pan-African historical consciousness that centers the interconnected suffering of marginalized groups—including the Ovambandja, San, Ovakwanyama, Lozi, Mbundja, Ndebele, Shona, Kalanga, Xhosa, Zulu including 8 million Congolese who were massacred by the Belgians.   By exposing the colonial logic of hierarchizing suffering, we call for a unified ethics of remembrance that rejects Western-defined exclusivity in justice. Introduction:…

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Quo vadis Namibian Revolution? Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but pose this question. Prompted into it after listening to the memorial service of the recently departed Deputy Bishop of the Church of Afrika, Zacharia Zac Ngetujame Makari.  At the time of his departure on Saturday the 30th of  May, a man of cloth. Actually second in command of the Church of Afrika as Deputy Bishop but in charge in the interim following the death of Archbishop Paulus Kandjou early this year. How he  landed behind the pulpit defies logic. Given his radical political outlook nurtured during the South African…

Dr Rauna Shipena  When Immanuel “Imms” Mulunga won his Labour Court case against the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), many assumed this marked the end of a turbulent chapter. But the question still hangs heavily in the air: What now? Despite a clear ruling in his favour, Mulunga has received no word from his former employer. “They have not reached out to me yet,” he told The Namibian. “I don’t think I’m wanted, to be honest.” This is more than just a workplace dispute. It’s a complex story of broken governance systems, corporate retaliation, strained professional relationships and perhaps,…