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Namibia must think beyond its borders
2+ week, 4+ day ago (608+ words) The message from Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Dino Ballotti to Namibian entrepreneurs is both timely and necessary: Namibia’s small population should not become a ceiling on the ambitions of its businesses. Speaking at the…...
Kapana and Braai: A Sad Indictment of How Namibia???s Elite Socialises
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (952+ words) Namibia has every right to celebrate its food and rural heritage. But when a country’s aspirational class cannot imagine leisure beyond meat, fire, alcohol and “going home”, something deeper is at stake. There is something revealing about the way Namibia…...
Coca-Cola offers Namibians share of N$1 million in cash prizes
5+ day, 20+ min ago (320+ words) Namibian consumers stand to win a share of N$1 million in cash prizes under Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Namibia’s 2026 “Under the Cap” promotion, which runs from 1 September to 31 December. The campaign, which has returned for another year, will offer…...
Heroes Dialogue | Have Namibia’s national honours lost their allure? – Windhoek Observer
2+ week, 5+ day ago (918+ words) Every August, as Namibia prepares to commemorate Heroes’ Day, the country enters a familiar season of remembrance. Names are recalled, sacrifices are celebrated and, inevitably, questions arise over who deserves the highest recognition the Republic can bestow. But increasingly, another…...
Twenty-five years on, Air Namibia???s ghost is standing at Namibia Air???s door
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1259+ words) A retrospective — and a warning that must be heeded now On 6 July 2001, this newspaper published an analysis I wrote as a final-year MBA student titled ‘Crisis Heroism & Shifting the Burden, a Focus on Air Namibia’. Air Namibia had just run…...
Mercedes-Benz to showcase Namibia???s tourism attractions
3+ week, 4+ day ago (491+ words) and hospitality to potential travellers around the world. For the NTB, the initiative presents an opportunity...
Beyond meat, music and market stalls: What happened to Namibia???s trade fairs?
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1630+ words) There was a time when the words “trade fair” suggested something considerably more ambitious than a collection of market stalls, a few food vendors and a stage occupied by a local DJ. A trade fair was supposed to be a…...
Decolonising African educational philosophy: Nkrumah???s Ubuntu ontology-epistemology against Cartesian individualism for African cultural identity??? Windhoek Observer
4+ day, 28+ min ago (349+ words) Decolonising African educational philosophy: Nkrumah’s Ubuntu ontology-epistemology against Cartesian individualism for African cultural identity – Windhoek Observer Windhoek Observer Decolonising African educational philosophy: Nkrumah’s Ubuntu ontology-epistemology against Cartesian individualism for African cultural identity This article examines educational decolonisation by contrasting Kwame…...
Open defecation still plagues Namibian children
1+ week, 4+ day ago (798+ words) Open defecation remains a major sanitation challenge in Namibia, with almost half of the country’s population still lacking access to improved sanitation and rural communities bearing the greatest burden. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 47.2% of Namibians still…...
Ballotti challenges entrepreneurs to look beyond Namibia
2+ week, 4+ day ago (509+ words) Deputy minister of education, innovation, youth, sports, arts and culture Dino Ballotti has challenged Namibian entrepreneurs to look beyond the country’s small domestic market and use digital technology to target customers across the region. Speaking during the Communications Regulatory Authority…...