Opinions

As a Namibian entrepreneur, I welcome the 2026 National Fisheries Indaba and, particularly, the strategic direction articulated by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. There is value in bringing government, industry, workers, communities, financiers and other stakeholders into one room to confront the future of one of Namibia’s most important economic sectors. But there is another question we should ask, without fear of sounding cynical: what happens after the Indaba? Namibia has become remarkably good at convening conferences, summits, dialogues and indabas. We produce declarations, make commitments, identify challenges and agree that something must be done. The harder part has always been converting…

Dino Ballotti As a bona fide member of the mighty Swapo Party, elected on the ticket of the majority of Namibians who entrusted us to lead this country, the same movement that Honourable Job Amupanda once embraced and emerged from, one cannot help but wonder whether, in departing from the movement, you also departed from some of the political consciousness and values it instilled in you. For years, we have been lectured by the Professor; the most learned, the most righteous among us all. The very same mayor who, in an extraordinary display of municipal experimentation, chose to litter Windhoek’s…