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26 Sep

The Masquerade

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Hugh Ellis Former George Washington University Associate Professor Jessica Krug has been the focus of controversy for the last couple of weeks, after she disclosed in an essay she had, for years, pretended to be black. The Professor, with research interests including, ahem, the effects of colonialism and imperialism, faked various racial identities, including being Algerian-American and Bronx-bred Afro-Puerto Rican. As an activist, she went by the name of ‘La Bombalera’, from Bomba, an Afro-Puerto Rican style of music and dance. In a September 3 blog post, Krug confessed that: ‘I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish…
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26 Sep

Mental Illness in the workplace

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KHANYISWA MOGOTSI As a society, we love screaming about how mental health matters but do we really care or is this all just performance activism? I was diagnosed with severe anxiety disorder and depression in 2016 and since then, navigating in the work industry has been so eye-opening. My first internship gave me a lot of room to grow and build myself in a safe space without me ever having to put my mental health on the line just to come off as a great employee and I believe that was because people in the office were extremely progressive. The…
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26 Sep

Trump has committed treason

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Jackie Wilson Asheeke The American president has constantly been the source of buffoonery, unseemly Tweets, school yard temper tantrums, hypocrisy, sexist remarks, racist innuendo and point blank lies. He has embarrassed himself around the world with his jaw-dropping ignorance. No other American politician would ever have been given the free pass to say and do the outrageous things that Donald Trump has. And now, he uttered words I thought I would never hear from an American president in my lifetime. In effect, he said that he will not turnover power as required by the constitution unless elections are ‘free and…
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26 Sep

Couch Cat: Don’t let life get you down!

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Jackie Wilson Asheeke Economic numbers in the newspapers say how poorly Namibia is doing economically. The bad news should be no surprise. Covid-19 stuff knocked us flat. We all knew that. But, we must not get depressed and hide our heads in the sand! If we curl up and let the bad news take over, we can never rise. Let us find ways to laugh, sing, enjoy family and friends, be smart about saving and buying and re-charge our batteries to fight the good fight. We cannot let the bad days drown us. We have to keep thinking and hoping…
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Check out the music of Fasie Kay!
26 Sep

Check out the music of Fasie Kay!

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Staff Writer Big Ben, one of the best Namibian musicians and performers has announced a new musical brotha’ on the scene. His name is Fasie Kay. According to the news release: “We hereby wish to announce the release of an exciting brand new song by a new Namibian artist FASIE KAY called Mutima. The song was written by the artist himself being a songwriter and performer and was co-produced by Big Ben. In the song ”Mutima” Fasie Kay expresses how he felt a lot of pain and hurt in the world, seeing so many people but no humanity and the…
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Meatco engages ‘weekend’ farmers
26 Sep

Meatco engages ‘weekend’ farmers

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Staff Writer The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) recently hosted a Stakeholder Engagement Meeting mainly with boardroom farmers or weekend farmers, as they are otherwise known, and members from the Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers Union (NECFU) with the aiming of engaging on their contribution to the agricultural sector value chain. Meatco’s Chief Executive Officer, Mwilima Mushokabanji, in his introductory remarks, highlighted how the agricultural sector has evolved from the way it operated 20-30 years ago. Mushokabanji pointed out that the contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product of Namibia has gradually declined from 1990 because of declining production. “More…
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Take care of your hair!
25 Sep

Take care of your hair!

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Staff Writer ZZI Family Hair Studio will be hosting its first ZZI Hair Empower event on 1 October 2020.. It will be hosted online to adhere to COVID-19 regulations. The Hair Empower event forms part of the Studios’ educative and corporate social responsibility arm. Some of the proceeds from the tickets will go towards an initiative that promotes the well-being of the community in which, ZZI Family Studio operates in. The aim of the event is to create brand awareness of the ZZI Family Hair Studio, as a family Studio and to educate both males and females about hair health…
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MultiChoice Namibia partners DPO
24 Sep

MultiChoice Namibia partners DPO

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Staff Writer MultiChoice Namibia has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DPO Group, to enable payments for DStv and GOtv customers in Namibia via their integrated solutions. DPO has developed an integrated payments technology which supports payments securely and swiftly with all currencies and payment methods including via mobile money. “The integration will improve the accessibility and convenience for MultiChoice’s customers throughout Namibia, allowing them to pay for subscriptions quickly, easily and securely using DPO technology via the MultiChoice website, the MyDStv and MyGOtv self-service apps, as well as through the DStv WhatsApp service.” “Partnering with…
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DBN settles first bond
24 Sep

DBN settles first bond

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Staff Writer The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has announced that it has settled DBN20, the first bond that it issued under its N$2.5 billion Medium-Term Note Programme listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange. The bond according to the DBN matured on 4 September 2020. “Settlement of the bond went smoothly and successfully. At maturity it had 38 bondholders (37 Namibian entities and 1 foreign entity).” The issuance of DBN20 in September 2017 marked the first time that the Bank formally approached Namibian capital markets to raise funding and deepen the capital market. Since issuing DBN20, the Bank has issued…
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23 Sep

Policing during and beyond the state of emergency

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Tuhafeni Helao Following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent devastating effect around the globe, the President declared the ‘state of emergency’ on 17 March 2020 and introduced 4 phased stages to mitigate the pandemic. On 27 March 2020, a lockdown was ordered for Khomas and Erongo regions. However, the state of emergency regulations were applied across all regions in the country. The declaration was in line with Article 26 (1) of the Namibian Constitution that provides for declaration of a state of emergency ‘in a time of national disaster or during a state of national defence or…
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