Namibian Constitution – Windhoek Observer

19 Sep

Where are the workers, do they ever matter to most Namibian political parties?

ObserverOpinionsNamibian Constitution, National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), SWAPO

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro Where are the workers and how do they feature on the Namibian political landscape. Not to mention if ever the political manifestos, for what they would be worth, most for that matter which are still outstanding, would in any way speak to the plight of Namibian workers and issues surrounding their wellbeing? Yours Truly Ideologically is prompted to pose this question with the Swapo Party of Namibia having emerged from its electoral college most recently. But of with its parliamentary list, with hindsight, conspicuous with regard to the absence of the representatives of the workers. Workers in Namibia,…

11 Sep

Swapo electoral college outcome cause simmering discontent: An assessment

ObserverOpinionsNamibian Constitution

Haulamba la Nangobe My fellow Namibians, in general, and, in particular, my fellow SWAPO members, supporters, or sympathisers. Following its Electoral College over the weekend, there is now a simmering unhappiness, particularly among returnee SWAPO members who say that the top positions on SWAPO’s list for National Assembly ("NA") are dominated by remainees and youthful members of SWAPO who were never in exile during the liberation struggle for Namibian independence. This discontedness is particularly acute among ex-PLAN combatants and old guard SWAPO leaders, many of whom are now saying that they are extremely under-represented or even excluded on the latest…

14 Aug

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE MARTIAL LAW AND CIVIL LAW: THE CONCURRENT SYSTEMS DOCTRINE

ObserverOpinionsMartial law and the Civil law, Namibian Constitution, Paul Kagame

Paul Shipale President Paul Kagame was recently re-elected as Rwanda's President, and inaugurated on Sunday, 11 August 2024, in a grand ceremony marked by pomp and color at the fully packed Amahoro Stadium held in the capital, Kigali. What triggered my interest and curiosity here was when President Kagame took the Oath of Office and signed the certificate of inauguration, followed by when he was given the instruments of power or the National Symbols which are; a Constitution, a National Flag and National Coat of Arms. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Faustin Ntezilyayo at an inauguration ceremony attended…

04 Dec

Radical socio-economic transformation attainable with right class consciousness

ObserverUncategorisedHuman Rights and Freedoms, Namibian Constitution

To give Namibia’s early resistance advocates, none of whom exist today, and latter day liberation/freedom proponents and agitators if not agents provocateurs, and today’s agents of change, whoever they are and may be, and/or ought to be, the benefit of the doubt, there can be no denying that the country’s basic document, the Constitution, which paved the way or heralded the country’s independence in 1990, is as good as could have been expected in its times. Yours Truly Ideologically cannot but re-emphasise the notion in its times. These times being nationalist political times, when the pre-occupation was national colonial resistance…

28 Nov

The more things change the more they remain the same

ObserverUncategorisedArticle 15, Education Act, Namibian Constitution

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro The more things change, the more they remain the same. Nothing speaks more to this dictum than our country’s educational system. Specifically the government’s language policy pertaining to home language or mother tongue. In terms of the Namibian Constitution, Article 15, children shall from birth have a right to a name, the right to acquire nationality ….and right to be cared for by their parents. Something is missing here, what about the right of the child to be taught in her/or his home language or mother tongue? Perhaps it is taken care of in the Education Act. Indeed…