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13 Jun

Couch Cat – baking your own bread

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedCouch Cat, lockdown

Jackie Wilson Asheeke In pandemic lockdown, I began to rediscover my old skills for baking bread. It was like dusting the cobwebs off my inner mind. But, I enjoyed it every step of the way. My momma taught me about using yeast and baking bread when I was a little girl. But, I was the youngest so my job was to set and clear the table after all meals. My older sisters did the cooking and baking with momma. So, I put those lessons aside for an entire lifetime and resurrected them when I lived in Ethiopia for four years…

13 Jun

Culture must be a podium not a noose

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedNamibians

Jackie Wilson Asheeke Tradition and culture must be tools to celebrate history, language and the stories of the past. Tradition must be a podium for bringing people together, not a noose or whip to force them in line. In Namibia, there are too many infuriating cases, when tradition and culture are cherry picked and used as a sexist sledge hammer to oppress women who are marginalized within a community. When a ‘tradition’ favors someone, they are all for it; when it doesn’t, they are quiet. This weakens the entire concept of respecting tradition. The recent story of a criminal headman…

13 Jun

Are the youth any better?

info_e12wt4csNational Newsfishrot, NSFAF

When we see those involved in the Fishrot debacle, we see that male youth empowerment is well underway - in the wrong direction. The rhetorical anthem of anyone seeking political kudos always includes youth SME loans, youth bursaries, more NSFAF loan money, and the usual vague comments in speeches about helping youth advance. Given that the majority of the population in Namibia is below 39, this makes sense. But, have the youth prepared themselves to build a better Namibia? Or is it all about self-enrichment? The younger people in lucrative power positions are overwhelmingly young men. Are the shouts about…

12 Jun

When ‘deep regrets’ are not enough

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCorien Steenkamp, Hillside Christian College

The country is abuzz with comments on the Facebook rant of Corien Steenkamp, a second-grade assistant teacher from Hillside Christian College in Walvis Bay. The mere thought that someone with such guttural racist beliefs is anywhere near children, is extremely disturbing. She has made a statement that she deeply regrets her racist rant. Does she regret the fact that she is holds racist beliefs or that she was caught doing so? These are two very different things. We believe everyone is very sorry when they get caught. Very few are actually sorry that did the nasty deed in the first…

12 Jun

MTC ‘Paint Namibia Blue’ Project starts

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedMTC, Paint Namibia Blue’ Project, Tim Ekandjo

Staff Writer Following the launch of the MTC ‘Paint Namibia Blue’ Project in March 2020, Omaruru, Okakarara and Omuthiya towns were amongst the latest beneficiaries of the MTC Paint Namibia Blue” Project, with a new fresh coat of paint dotted on some of the town’s land marks. The project is aimed at increasing the company's visibility, by creating opportunities that would benefit the growing numbers of unemployed youth, whom are earmarked for the various paints jobs in major towns selected as part of the project. “The plan and intention remains to only partner with local skillful and capable painters (men…

12 Jun

The winter lambing and kidding season

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedAgribank

Erastus Ngaruka With the commencement of the winter season, small stock (goats and sheep) farmers have a big task at hand of ensuring that this lambing (sheep birth) and kidding (Goat birth) season progresses well in order to potentially achieve their production targets. Generally, animals’ breeding activities take place during seasons or times most favorable to their bodily functions and wellbeing. For example, mating commences during times of plentiful forage resources amongst others, and this is because the nutritional status of the animal has a direct influence on conception (the better the nutritional status the higher the chances of conception).…

12 Jun

Cabinet approves new boards

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyCabinet

Staff Writer Cabinet has approved the appointment of University of Namibia Director of Research, Innovation and Development, John Sifani as the Chairperson of the board of New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) for a period of 3 years. Sifani who replaces Esau Mbako, will be joined on the government owned publishing house board by Helena Amutenya, Selma Ambunda, Johannes Sheya and Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) General Manager for Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement, Edwin Tjiramba, a media and communication specialist. Similarly, Cabinet endorsed the appointment of Bank of Namibia official, Emma Haiyambo as Board Chairperson of Southern Times Newspaper. Other board…

12 Jun

Namibia faces drinking crisis

info_e12wt4csObserver MoneyMinistry of Health and Social Services

Andrew Kathindi According to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, 44 percent of Namibian children start drinking alcohol from as early as nine years old. This according to Deputy Program Manager for Substance Abuse Prevention, Drug Control and Rehabilition in the ministry, Geraldine Kanyinga, who raised the alarm on the state of alcohol addiction in Namibia. “We have done a research and the findings show that 44 percent of Namibian children are already drinking from as early as nine years. So for us it is scary that alcohol has become a norm in society. We have to take shebeens…

11 Jun

Localizing native languages …the key to economic upliftment

info_e12wt4csUncategorisedMonica Geingos, Namibia

Festus Commodore Tshirumbu "Some of our policies are great, but when it comes to translating them to the people who must interact with them, they must make sense." - Monica Geingos, the First Lady of Namibia. She explained that when she speaks of an afrocentric approach, it means policies must be able to accommodate those who utilize them without them having difficulties. Madam Geingos could have not said it any better. This remark triggered a spark of thought within me that our government spends millions of dollars printing and publishing tender documents and not one is printed in our local…

11 Jun

Grandstanding Geingob sinks Air Namibia

info_e12wt4csNational NewsAir Namibia, president Hage Geingob

President Hage Geingob stood up in the Parliament and dropped an attention-grabbing bomb. He stated that Air Namibia would be liquidated. Statesmanship and studied leadership was not his goal with that precipitous statement. Self-aggrandisement was. Our esteemed president holds an earned PhD and has 60 years of world experience and exposure to the way things work. He makes statements not from ignorance but with calculation. It is the self-serving side of his personality that is a fatal flaw in his otherwise reasonable leadership persona. When asked in that same parliamentary session about Fishrot, Geingob was demure and coquettish. He said…