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Last will and testament of great importance in these times
28 Jul

Last will and testament of great importance in these times

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“In the wake of the Covid-19 third wave we have seen numerous instances where couples have died, leaving children behind and families reeling with the aftermath,” says Anielle von Finckenstein, Head of FNB Fiduciary. FNB Fiduciary has been part of the challenging and emotional journey of numerous family members who have been left dealing with the administrative duties that need to be sorted if a loved one has passed away. “We have borne witness to families being left in a legal bind as there was either no will to work with or an extremely outdated one. We thus offer some…
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26 Jul

The redline menace, yet again

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Once again, resistance to the existence of the infamous redline or so-called veterinary cordon fence that divides the North from the South of Namibia has flared. In May of this year, Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement activist Job Amupanda filed a lawsuit in the High Court to eliminate the controversial barrier. We support Job’s intentions just as we have supported previous calls to remove the need for a redline. However, to remove the redline precipitously without planning and foolproof solutions for the need for a veterinary cordon barrier is irresponsible. The redline has been used as a hammer of repression against…
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26 Jul

Genocide, a human rights issue not a simple matter between two State actors

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The article a fortnight ago in the Namibian newspapers by members of the Marxist Study Group of Namibia, Shaun Whittaker and Harry Boesak, headlined “Reparations and Nation building” is interesting as it is mentally enriching, thought-provoking, ideological and intellectual. In fact many a times Yours Truly Ideologically have been challenging the Namibian intelligentsia to make its voice heard and its intellect present in the ongoing debate on Genocide, Apology and Reparations. Because for some unknown reasons this important sector of the Namibian society has been ominously conspicuously absent in this debate. Which has been predominantly a playing if not trampling…
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A recommitment towards the youth: an insight into the third national youth policy
23 Jul

A recommitment towards the youth: an insight into the third national youth policy

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The youth are the building blocks of a nation and increasingly the backbone of economies, especially in Africa. An investment into youth development is in turn an investment into the future of Namibia. It is therefore critical to mainstream youth development into the fabric of the national agenda. The First National Youth Policy was developed against this background and was first adopted in 1993. This version was then revised in 2006, which led to the Second National Youth Policy. These two documents were important for laying the foundation of the Third National Youth Policy (NYPIII) which is by far the…
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The Rise of eCommerce – is Namibia ready?
23 Jul

The Rise of eCommerce – is Namibia ready?

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Reginald Obaking and Frans Uusiku eCommerce has become a buzz word as one of the key revelations of the 21st century economic realities. We have all witnessed the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic further reinforcing the importance of being able to buy and sell goods and services or transmitting funds or data over electronic networks. According to the United Nations’ report on eCommerce global view, global eCommerce as a share of global GDP was estimated at 30% in 2020, while its share of global retail sales has increased from 14% in 2019 to 17% in 2020. This highlights the ever-changing…
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22 Jul

Ending inequality and inequity key to ending AIDS as a public health threat

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Felicita Hikuam The 2021 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update, launched last week, has rightly pointed out that addressing inequality and inequity are key amongst the issues that need to be urgently addressed over the next decade, which could arguably be the last frontier of the global response to HIV and AIDS. In many parts of the world including east and southern Africa, despite remarkable progress, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, inequality and inequity within and between countries, continue to deter progress in ending AIDS as a public health threat, as committed in the Sustainable Development Goals. In the recently adopted United Nations…
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21 Jul

Choices and bodily autonomy are key to development

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Felicita Hikuam On 11 July, the world marked World Population Day, with the light shining brightly on the rights to bodily autonomy and integrity, which are prerequisites not only for realization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), but also for overall socio-economic development in our countries and the entire world. The day is observed annually to raise awareness about global population issues such as family planning, sexual and reproductive health and rights, poverty, gender equality and human rights. This year’s theme was: “Rights and Choices are the Answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting fertility…
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17 Jul

Crippling poverty knows no patriotism as ordinary South Africans seem to be showing!

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Since last weekend with the incarceration of former South African President, Jacob Zuma (JZ), to begin a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court, South Africa has literally been under siege. The state of siege in some provinces, notably Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal, has been linked by default or by deliberate ideological malice and twist to the incarceration of JZ. Conspiracy theories have been coming fast and thick, some gaining traction in implicating some South African citizens as agent provocateurs, among them the son of JZ, Duduzane Zuma, for instigating the unrests for own political agenda. A regime change…
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13 Jul

Vaccines are essential

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Namibia must wage another liberation struggle to fight COVID-19. The enemy destroying lives in the Land of the Brave is no longer the apartheid army, Koevoets, or Imperial Schutztruppen, but COVID-19 and its variants. Vaccines will win the war; the government must arm the Namibian people with immediate effect. Namibia’s nearly 4,800 coronavirus cases last week is the highest rate in the world for that period. In the pandemic’s first wave last year, our country suffered less than 1,000 deaths, placing us on a list of one of the least affected countries in the world at that time. Those days…
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03 Jul

Long live Republic of Cuba!

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Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Global news has it that Cuba has developed her own Covid-19 vaccine with an efficacy of 92%. For any internationalist this is surely good news and one cannot but wish the Cuban people all the best in this great feat. Which, ultimately, knowing the international solidarity that Cuba has been renowned for years in not only believing and espousing it, but practically manifesting it, she is bound to benefit not only the Cuban people, but at one point or another she is bound to practically extend her achievements on the medicinal sphere, relating to the Pandemic on this…
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