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Namandje takes on Nust over VC appointment
17 Nov

Namandje takes on Nust over VC appointment

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Clifton Movirongo Lawyer Sisa Namandje has confirmed to the Windhoek Observer on Monday 16 November that an urgent application to High Court is being prepared. This is over Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) Council’s decision to overlook Professor Frednard Gideon for the post of Vice-Chancellor (VC) even though he outperformed Dr Erold Naomab. This comes after the Nust Council announced last Friday that Naomab is the new Nust VC for the next five years, effective January 2021. Namandje who will represent Gideon under his law firm, Sisa Namandje & Company, says the decision by Nust Council was invalid,…
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Higher Education Minister is above the fray
16 Nov

Higher Education Minister is above the fray

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Brian Doeseb This is a response to the media flurry and online comments about Higher Education Minister Itah Kandji-Murangi and unconfirmed speculations and assumptions regarding NUST in relation to the Honourable Minister. Please note these clarifications and contextual comments. Namibians from all walks of life and from all the regions of this nation, pride themselves in having successfully emerged from the yoke of apartheid, injustice and social divisions, into a peaceful and stable nation. Ours is a country governed by the rule of law. Anything that goes against our constitution, established laws, institutional systems, processes and procedures, must be subjected…
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14 Nov

USA elections springboard for the people globally to march on

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro The just ended Presidential elections in the United States of America (USA) may have been either of particular and/or indifferent interest to Namibia, and Africa, for different reasons depending which country and her citizens. Be it government actors or/and the people, especially class actors, like working class and business sectors. It must have been of particular interest to Namibian state governors given the cordial relationship Namibia seems to have been enjoying since independence. Essentially, whether the Namibian state actors would wish to admit or not, a neo-colonial cordial through which the umbilical cord between especially Namibian state actors,…
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14 Nov

Shifting Africa from the back seat to the front seat …Unity and the pursuit of purpose

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Sarah Goroh It is not news that Africa has been at the back seat for far too long with minimal influence in our global society. There is a need to shift Africa from the back seat to the front seat. A change in our perception is one of the ways to achieve this dream. This article reveals the power in unity and the pursuit of purpose as major drivers of change. The key to unlock the doors to economic freedom and development, and to set Africa at a place of influence in our global society, can be achieved through education,…
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14 Nov

When budgets are cut, services die …pay attention to what is happening in Zambia right now!

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Jackie Wilson Asheeke It seems obvious to say, but when the budget for an office is cut, there is no way to expect that the services previously on offer, will still exist. Let us stop the “tighten our belts” and “do more with less” euphemisms and face the truth. If you cut the budget for any office, then what was being done before is dead. I like what NSFAF did. They have a lower number of loans available because they must match their cash with their expenditures. I believe building their ridiculous office space in the middle of an upper-class…
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14 Nov

Things the US Presidential Election showed me

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The Time Traveler: Hugh Ellis Joe Biden has squeezed through to become US President, and Kamala Harris will be the first-ever US Vice-President of Asian and African descent. This should be good news, but much of the TV and internet feed out of the world’s most economically and militarily powerful country in the past week does not leave me optimistic about the nature of humankind. For one thing, there have been the Donald Trump ‘sore loser’ press conferences, where he whined about this and that, claimed that an election his government organized was somehow rigged, against him, while providing no…
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14 Nov

Confessions of a couch kitten: Diets are nothing but lies

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KHANYISWA MOGOTSI If there is anything that my 22-years on this earth has taught me, it is that dieting is the biggest scam ever. This year alone, I have been on four different diets and yes, not staying consistent might have added to my demise but when was somebody going to tell me that the lost weight would return as soon as the first cheat day comes around? My first diet took place at the start of lockdown when we were told to work from home, and I was so ready to return to work a brand new woman. A…
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October inflation slows to 2.3%
14 Nov

October inflation slows to 2.3%

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Staff Writer The Namibia statistics Agency (NSA) has announced that the October 2020 annual inflation rate slowed to 2.3 percent from 3.0 percent recorded in October 2019. “The slow growth in the annual inflation rate for October 2020 was mainly as a result of declines in the price levels of Clothing and footwear (from 0.9 percent to -6.1 percent); Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (from 1.9 percent to -1.3 percent) and Transport (from 1.5 percent to -1.2 percent), ” NSA Statistician-General & CEO, Alex Shimuafeni said. “Further, prices of the Health category reflected a slowdown in October 2020…
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Practical ways to teach your kids how to manage money
13 Nov

Practical ways to teach your kids how to manage money

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Staff Writer In the digital age, parents cannot afford to neglect the crucial responsibility of teaching their kids about managing money. Alna Booysen, Head of FNB Premium says whether it's a billboard on the way to school, lifestyle images in a magazine or social media images of their favourite celebrity or idol - children can access information which may give them a misguided view of how money is 'easily' earned and how it should be used. "Once a child has pre-conceived ideas of how money management supposedly works, it may be difficult for parents to entrench their preferred principles. Hence,…
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Air Namibia announces Ondangwa, Walvis Bay flights
13 Nov

Air Namibia announces Ondangwa, Walvis Bay flights

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Staff Writer Air Namibia has announced that it will operate flights between Ondangwa and Walvis Bay from the 4th of December 2020 to the 10th of January 2021. The flights according to the airline will be operated on Fridays and Sundays and serviced by Air Namibia’s Embraer Jet (ERJ) aircraft with 37 seating capacity, with travel time between the north and the coast expected to be 60 minutes. “This development opens new travel possibilities and opportunities, as the national airline continues to respond positively to the increasing demand of flying by air. This much-needed service will give our passengers a…
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