UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature
Shutterstock Katie Woolaston, Queensland University of Technology and Judith Lorraine Fisher Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed...
Locust swarms threaten SA food security
Similar to the situation currently facing Namibia, Witwatersrand University professor, Frances Duncan has warned that should the swarms of locust currently affecting farms in the Eastern Cape in South Africa get too large they may spread to farms in the Free State....
Week in Review | 24 October 2020
Minister of Finance Iipumbu Shiimi Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi tabled the mid-term budget review of N$841,6 million in the National Assembly. The review does not constitute an additional or new budget, but it rather reallocates funds to alternative priorities...
The colonial enterprise hard-baked violence in Nigeria: how it can be fixed
shutterstock Benjamin Maiangwa, University of Manitoba The favoured approach to understanding colonial rule, particularly in Africa, is through the prism of political governance – how the colonial authority was imposed through local or native authorities. In our paper...
Why #ENDSARS protests are different, and what lessons they hold for Nigeria
Nigerian youths protest against police brutality. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University In 1992, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad was set up by the Commissioner for Police to curb a spate of armed robberies in...
Week in Review |17 October 2020
In your local headlines this week, The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security announced that the border posts of Katima Mulilo, Noordoewer, Ariamsvlei, and the Walvis Bay Harbor will be open for entry via road. Meanwhile, FlyWestair’s schedule will...
Corruption charges and institutional failure at law enforcement
During May 2020 a senior member of my party, the RDP, Mr Nicanor Ndjoze, in cooperation with atleast one senior executive at City of Windhoek, Mr Reckliff Kandjoramuine attempted to bribe me in order for me to “stop resisting” the City of Windhoek / Huawei...
Embracing the hopes and dreams of millions of girls for a gender-equal world
The story of 12-year-old Amanda in Zambia, who has large dreams, is the story of millions of girls across Africa. She sees a hopeful future ahead, one in which her voice is heard, her rights are respected and a world of opportunities awaits her. As we celebrate the...
Week in Review | 10 October 2020
Namibians #ShutItDown in protest for Shannon Wasserfall demanding an end to violence against women and children In a developing story that captivated the nation, police in the Erongo Region confirmed the discovery of human remains near the Walvis Bay Dunes Mall,...
We mapped green spaces in South Africa and found a legacy of apartheid
Virtually all South African cities remain under a form of green apartheid. GettyImages Zander Venter, The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research It has been 30 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison and South Africa began to dismantle apartheid, the...