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For generations before the present one, love unfolded within a rhythm that felt recognisable and reassuring, a quiet sequence through which education opened the door to employment, employment created the ground for stability, and stability offered space for marriage, family, and the slow, deliberate work of building a shared life. Within that movement, love lived not only as emotion but as arrival, a moment when the future appeared secure enough to welcome another person fully into it, allowing partnership to grow inside the shelter of expectation already fulfilled. In the lives of many young people today, that rhythm stretches into…

There is a quiet arithmetic woven through modern romance, seldom visible in poems or photographs yet present in nearly every decision young people make about love. It lives in transport fares counted before agreeing to meet, in restaurant menus studied with more caution than curiosity, and in the careful spacing of gifts across calendars already carrying rent, airtime, and family responsibility. Within this landscape, love travels alongside money with a sensitivity that feels both gentle and strained, moving in constant awareness of the fragile mathematics required for survival. For many young Namibians, affection unfolds within the same breath as budgeting,…

February often arrives dressed in a single story about love, oe shaped by roses, carefully chosen messages, and the quiet expectation that romance stands at the center of emotional life. Shop windows glow with promises meant for couples, and conversation turns easily toward relationships measured through partnership and longing. Yet beneath this familiar narrative lives another form of love, quieter and far more constant, carried not in grand gestures but in the steady presence of friendship. For many young women moving through uncertain seasons of study, work, healing, and becoming, it is friendship that listens first, stays longest, and understands…

There is a particular kind of silence that settles over many lives in the middle of one’s twenties, a silence filled not with rest but with comparison. It arrives gradually, often unnoticed at first, carried in the small questions that begin to follow ordinary conversations. Someone announces a new job, another shares news of postgraduate study, and someone else celebrates an engagement, a car, a move abroad, or a business finally taking shape. Each story is genuine and worthy of joy, and yet somewhere beneath the surface another feeling begins to stir, quiet but persistent, asking whether time is moving…

Love has always moved in conversation with the tools available to those searching for it. Letters once carried longing across distance, their slow arrival stretching anticipation into weeks and allowing emotion to mature in silence before being received. Telephone calls later folded that waiting into minutes, letting voices travel where bodies could not and reshaping intimacy through immediacy. Each technological shift quietly redrew the emotional map of connection, altering how people met, spoke, imagined, and remembered one another. In the present moment, the search for companionship unfolds increasingly inside illuminated screens, guided by algorithms that promise to narrow the distance…

Justicia Shipena Traffic fines worth N$562 250 were issued during a nationwide crime prevention operation conducted from 30 January to 2 February. Inspector general of the Namibian Police, Joseph Shikongo, released the results of the month-end operation, code-named “Walya Shakakodhi Tala Pombada”, which was carried out across all 14 regions. Khomas issued traffic summons worth N$114 750 and arrested 15 suspects. Otjozondjupa followed with N$124 750 in traffic fines and confiscated eight firearms, the highest number of firearms seized in a single region. The operation was launched in response to rising cases of robbery, drug dealing, stock theft, poaching, illegal…

Justicia Shipena  The Office of the Ombudsman has found irregularities and possible discrimination in the Namibia Revenue Agency’s (NamRA) recruitment process for assistant tax officers.  This finding follows an investigation by its investigation division into complaints of unfair treatment.  The findings are contained in a recently released investigation report by Ombudsman Basilius Dyakugha, dated 6 March 2024. The investigation began after a candidate lodged a complaint alleging discrimination based on ethnicity during NamRA’s recruitment of assistant tax officers.  The complainant said she applied, was shortlisted, wrote the test, passed the interview and was recommended for appointment, but did not receive…

Justicia Shipena Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa has urged investigators to speed up corruption cases and warned staff not to be distracted by social media activists. Addressing the ACC staff in Windhoek on Wednesday, Noa said delays in investigations weaken public trust and affect the institution’s credibility. “Speedy finalisation of corruption investigation is critical. The longer you take, the more the chance of relevant information and evidence disappearing,” he said. He acknowledged that corruption investigations can be complex, especially when complainants are unwilling to provide information. However, he said this should not lead to unnecessary delays. He told…

Justicia Shipena  Small embedded generation projects in Namibia could soon be capped at 2 MW or 5 MW under proposed simplified licence conditions presented during consultations in Windhoek. The Electricity Control Board (ECB) held a stakeholder workshop at the Avani Hotel on Tuesday to discuss new licence conditions and application forms for simplified generation projects. ECB chief executive officer Robert Kahimise said embedded generation is becoming more important in Namibia’s electricity supply industry and requires regulatory clarity and compliance to support sector growth.  He reminded stakeholders that under the Electricity Act of 2007, a licence or exemption is required for…