This Week In The Khuta - Namibians must save!
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- Ndamanguluka Tuhafeni Nakashole
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Ever heard of the saying that “A penny saved is a penny earned”. Well, it simply means that even if you just save a few coins every month/week, it makes a lot of difference in your pocket.From my own observation, I have realised that many Namibians do not save at all. I call it financial ignorance. Our finances are part of our lives, we have to take good care of them.
I remember the day when I laughed out loud, taking it as the joke of the century, when my father advised me to save, even if it is only one dollar per month. It made no sense to me. It took me a long journey to come to terms with understanding the importance of saving even a little.
Many students still think that saving is for the working class only. They tell themselves that they will only start to save when they get a job. But the earlier , the better. You can still open your special savings account, like a 32-day account while you are still in school. You can perhaps save 10% of your monthly allowance there. This way you can save for something that you want to buy. By doing this, not only will you stay out of debt, but you are also training yourself well from a young age that when you enter the job market one day, you will be able to save from your salary very well.
Spyl reiterates religious and moral education not the Bible
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The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) stands in agreement with Education Minister Dr. David Namwandi’s rejection of the attempt by rigid lobbyists to influence government to insert the bible into our schools.
We do not only support the Minister for the sake of support, we support the minister in context of Resolution 7 of the 5th Congress of the SPYL calling for Religious and Moral Education to be brought back into the school curriculum. As vibrant and conscious youth of the ruling SWAPO Party, we champion Resolution 7 cognizant of Article 1 of the Namibian Constitution that establishes our republic as a “sovereign, SECULAR, democratic and unitary state.”
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A democratic nation for all
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- Daniel Kavishe
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The 2009 national elections left sour taste amongst the pallets of young Namibian democrats.
Nine opposition parties brought a legal challenge over the conduct and the outcome of that November’s contest. In addition to the prolonged court case that bounced between the High Court and the Supreme Court, some opposition parties refused to take their seats until the legal challenge
was addressed by the High Court. Politicians and activists have weighed in on the subject, but what did the Namibian public think about the process?
Round 5 of the Afrobarometer public opinion survey gives a broad wave of perceptions on various matters but admittedly sheds profitable light on the subject of the election process. Several questions open up different views that the public holds concerning democratic elections in Namibia. Sample question 28 of the survey provided the backbone fore the questions context: On the whole, how would you rate the freeness and fairness of the last national election? The 2012 responses were in line with the overall trend since 1999 of Namibians seeing their elections as generally free and fair.
Is Namibian national security guaranteed?
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The reported violation of the Namibian air space by 12 foreign light aircrafts is not only shocking but is a serious concern as to whether or not our National Security is guaranteed. If indeed what is reported is true, that 12 light aircrafts have landed in Namibia without permission, it is unimaginable for a Swapo Party led government to allow such a thing to happen.
The National Security of any given country must be given the first priority. Namibians should also know that this incidence of 12 light aircrafts with a possible unknown cargo can be a test to our national security by unscrupulous international elements. Therefore, reasons advanced by certain quarters that these people are mere tourists and or agency of Cancer Association do not make sense, they are ridiculous and unacceptable.
Leaders need lessons on public etiquette-SPYL
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The vigilant SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) is shocked beyond measure by the undomesticated and thoughtless Hip-Hop remarks reported and attributed to Comrade Tjekero Tweya, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, who now deputises his new boss, his former subordinate, former Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Calle Schlettwein, who was elevated to a position of Minister of Trade and Industry.
It was reported that the Deputy Minister said “Namibians are stupid,” at Arandis Investment Conference and Mineral, Mining and Energy Expo. The publication goes further to reveal that the “statement was preceded by an f-word expletive.”
It still baffles us how a cadre in his position can release such undomesticated words as if he was a musician at a Hip-Hop Festival. It is important that we ask the following questions; If Namibians are stupid, is that inclusive of himself and his appointing authority? Is this the new type of industrialisation model they are busy with at Trade and Industry that insults and belittles Namibians to such extreme? Were those at Arandis offering wine to the high table? Are these also the views of his Minister who used to be his subordinate?
