Namibia

Having traversed both Angola, my native land and Namibia where I have lived for 17years, the hardships in suitable job placement were and are so remarkable that I too was left flabbergasted at the current dismal employment situation of our Southern African Development Community nations and how th

As with so many left-wing personalities, Ottilie’s political consciousness started in high school with a reading group, an issue that can never be emphasised enough for a new generation.

For those old enough to remember, 4 May was a day of grief, as 40 years ago apartheid’s brutal military launched an unprecedented airborne assault on the small Angolan hamlet of Cassinga, 260 kilometres north of the Namibian border.

As in many African countries, Chinese traders have established businesses in Namibia. The early Chinese traders in Namibia were originally from Taiwan and were involved in the textile industry around Southern Africa.

[Surviving Herero returning from Omaheke Desert where they had been driven by German troops after the Battle at Waterberg; two women in front were unable to stand.">

At first glance, the outcome of the recent Namibian general elections represents a great victory for the ruling South-West African People’s Organisation (Swapo).

A quiet gender revolution the like of which has been unseen in Southern Africa and perhaps anywhere in the world, is now firmly underway in Namibia.

The University of Namibia has admitted its first batch of students into a new Master’s in Gender and Development Studies degree programme, kindling hopes in a country grappling with gender-related problems that include violence in which scores of women have been brutally murdered.

INTRODUCTION

'Any Herero found within the German borders, with or without a gun, with or without cattle, will be shot. I no longer receive women or children. I will drive them back to their people or order them to be shot.