Category: Opinion
Opinion: On The Fall Of Curt Von François
By: Benedick M Louw It has been now more than seven years since the public debate around the removal of a statue, a debate brought to the fore recently by former Swanu president Usutuaije Maamberua in 2015, when he made…
Being Brave, an Intrinsic Requirement of the Internal Audit Function
By: Marilize van Schalkwyk If you read about the latest trends in internal auditing, you will find many articles about agile auditing, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and other technologies aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the…
Records, Information and Knowledge Management Diary
By: Chris Matengu ”Past records are evidence of transactions, and they are the foundation of planning for today and tomorrow” An organisation will not function effectively in the absence of good record-keeping. Efficient management of records is, without doubt, a…
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts IS LEADERSHIP LEARNED OR A GENETIC THING?
By: Wilhelm Mwashekuna I am not yet a real leader as I only have a team of two under me, but I have been consuming a lot of information on how to be a good leader if not a better…
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts Protect, promote, produce and plant indigenous flora
By: Agnes Shekupe Shivute “Why are you planting baobab seedlings when they grow naturally and need no nurturing?” asked a villager. It turned out to be a longer-than-expected conversation. Baobab, bird plum, jackal berry, marula and makalani palm trees are…
Opinion: Transforming Namibian rural areas through agriculture
By: Hanks Saisai As the country charts forward toward the realisation of Vision 2030, it has become evident that many rural areas in Namibia continue to experience an alarming rate of rural-to-urban migration. Rural-to-urban migration is defined as the…
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts: The New Dawn of Economic Diplomacy and Negotiation
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka Many people question the top leadership of the country when it comes to certain decisions it takes on behalf of the country, be they bilateral or multilateral. A classic example is when the ministry of finance (MoF)…
I Doubt the Windhoek Ghetto Kids will be Equally Economic and Socially Competitive
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts I have said among my friends that if politicians are going to heaven, then kaMkwaanyoka surely has a place in heaven. I say this every time I go deep into Havana. That place and every…
Opinion Column Titled: The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts We preach so much about tourism but are we conserving and preserving?
By Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka My girlfriend called me a coward after I refused to kill a spider she found in the shower early in the morning. I told her that I cannot kill it because it is part of the ecosystem….
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts: Are Research Methodology Lectures Half Preparing Students?
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka For the past two years, the government, through the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), has had the national census postponed. In my view, this is one of the issues that is supposed to cause an uproar from…