Africa has three major problems. One, we know what our problems are. Two, we know what to do with and about them. And three, we do not learn. Here is how it looks like. If you listen to people complaining about their situations or their countries situations, you understand what the problems are. Just […]

Tajudin Abdul-Raheem Most African leaders go through some changes once they assume power. Even those who would have come into power after protracted wars. See below an apt description of the transformation most leaders go through as given by the late Pan-Africanist Tajudin Abdul-Raheem who died in a car accident in Kenya years back. Tajudin […]

  The Covid-19 cases in Namibia have gone up to 18 from 16 the country has had since March when the two index cases were recorded. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula told the nation Thursday during the daily report that there were two new cases. Until now and for more 45 days, Namibia has had […]

Secretary-General of the OvaHerero Traditional Authority, Professor Mutjinde Katjiua, has disclosed to Eagle FM that Nudo President and former chairperson of the OvaHerero Genocide Foundation, Ester Muinjangue, was scouted as early as last year to take the position of deputy minister in the ruling party government. To make this possible, Katjiua said, former spokesperson of […]

Finance ministry communications officer Tonateni Shidudu has said that more than 50 000 applicants that had been denied access to the emergency income grant will be paid out. Dozens of applicants whose applications had been rejected because they appeared in the system as taxpayers flocked at the Social Security Commission demanding to be delisted as […]

Dr Emma Haiyambo, Director Department of Strategic Communications and Financial Sector Development The Bank of Namibia has warned those who are involved in the R200 WhatsApp Stokvel to stop the activities or they will be fined N$1 million or imprisonment for up to 10 years or sentenced to both. The warning came after the Bank of […]

President Hage Geingob has signed a proclamation to pardon 1 023 prisoners in commemoration of Namibia’s 30th Independence anniversary. Namibia reached 30 years of self-rule on 21 March 2020, but the event was cancelled because of Covid-19. Geingob, however, said he was exercising his Constitutional powers to pardon certain classes of prisoners. The Proclamation issuing […]

We must go back to the beginning to find ourselves. Each country has to ask why they struggled for independence. Because as it is now, the paths we have followed seem to be leading us nowhere. This could probably be because most countries after independence just took off from where the colonisers had left. We […]

Windhoek City Police Chief Abraham Kanime said they were trying as hard as possible to talk to the community about maintaining social distancing and observing other state of emergency regulations. Chief Kanime told Eagle FM on Tuesday that although it is not easy to enforce the regulations, the presence of the police should make the […]

The education ministry has announced a four-phase back to school plan for the 2020 academic year.  The executive director of the education ministry Sanet Steenkamp has announced a four-phase plan for the reopening of schools and resumption of face-to-face teaching and learning.  The first phase will start with the grades 11 and 12 resuming face-to-face […]