Joseph Diescho

10 Sep

Political analysts questioned Tutyavi’s appointment

ObserverMainJoseph Diescho, Ndumba Kamwanyah

Ester Mbathera Political analysts have questioned whether the appointment of 22-year-old university student Fenny Tutjavi to Swapo's parliamentary list is a genuine attempt at youth empowerment or merely political tokenism. Tutjavi, who hails from the Erongo Region, was one of the youngest candidates chosen by Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for the party's parliamentary list. Veteran political analyst Joseph Diescho warned that while the inclusion of young people in leadership roles is commendable, the principles of democratic leadership must not be overlooked. “We tend to get carried away with ethnic and youth gesturing that is in essence undemocratic in the…

Diescho criticises Nandi-Ndaitwah for school boundary wall inauguration

ObserverNational NewsFestus !The Gonteb Primary School, Joseph Diescho

Niël Terblanché Political analyst Joseph Diescho has criticised Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for inaugurating a perimeter boundary wall at the Festus !Gonteb Primary School in the Mondesa suburb of Swakopmund. He said such events do not address the deep, systematic issues facing the nation. “A nation in which national leaders inaugurate open-space bush toilets with speeches; unveil condom dispensers for schoolchildren with speeches; and inaugurate walls at schools with speeches; such a nation is a nation with no direction." And such leaders have no vision. Who bewitched Africa that we are leaderless? Lord God, for how long?” questioned Diescho. Nandi-Ndaitwah,…