USA – Windhoek Observer

11 Aug

Banning trophy hunting will be catastrophic for conservation

ObserverNational NewsAustralia, Austria, Banning trophy hunting will be catastrophic for conservation, Czech Republic, Denmark, Forestry and Tourism, France, Germany, Hungary, Minister of Environment, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, USA

Staff Writer The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has come out guns blazing as he defends the significance of trophy conservation in the country, amid an international outcry to ban the import and export of trophies, saying countries who are advocating for this are jealous, arguing that a ban would negatively affect sustainable conservation. Pohamba Shifeta said there are so many wild animals whose numbers have surpassed the carrying sustainable capacity, hence the reason why many cases of human wildlife conflict is on the increase. “The same countries that are writing letters to us requesting for our wild animals,…

Democracy must be unhindered

ObserverNational NewsDeputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, USA

Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said that she believes democracy exercised by any who choose to participate, causes instability in Namibia. As a higher-performing government official for the last three decades, her comments are a concern. First, we must fact check the Honourable. She is quoted as saying that the "USA is the oldest democracy in the world but they only have two political parties." The USA could claim to be the largest, oldest CONTINUOUS democracy (recall that only white male landowners could vote at first - no blacks, no women). But, it is widely known that Greece (particularly Athens)…

I’ve hit a wall

ObserverUncategorisedMichelle Obama, USA

Jackie Wilson Asheeke For months I have avoided writing my personal feelings about the beginnings of a race war in the USA. I have been too irrational and furious on this subject. But, now with the new shooting of a black man in his back seven times, I’ve hit a wall. I cannot see a way forward and I cannot move backwards. I was already reeling when I saw a black man killed with a white cop’s knee on his neck. Though I was enraged that yet another black man lost his life to a racist policeman, I was also…