General Opinions are welcome from everyone who has an informed opinion to share. They are published every Friday. The articles, in word format between 900 to 1000 words, must be accompanied by a clear quality photo of the writer and the writer's description and emailed to editor@opinionnamibia.com

- Ernest Hamufungu - Account for Toxic Masculinity - 5 years ago

Social media in Namibia has been buzzing with allegations from women talking about having been assaulted or raped by men. Reading these ordeals and alike had me cogitating about toxic masculinity. The concept of toxic masculinity is a psychology and gender principle that refers particularly to norms... Read More

- Julia Martins - Unemployment is a sad reality - 5 years ago

One afternoon at work, I had witnessed something very painful to my heart. The company I worked at had recently made a position available for a debtor’s clerk after a very committed employee left unexpectedly to move to greener pastures. Exactly the week before, a vacancy was advertised and right on... Read More

- Julia Martins - The misadventure of job applicants - 5 years ago

There is one thing I have observed about people seeking employment. Now, I am no trained or certified HR practitioner nor am I some recruitment guru. This is just what I have observed from my little experience of watching how things work. My very first job as an office administrator was at a small c... Read More

- Shivute Kaapanda - Discussing the death of anthroponymic systems in africa - 3 years ago

Discussing the death of anthroponymic systems in africaIn contemporary Africa, cultural naming styles have systematically changed due to new civilizations from former colonial powers. The new naming styles are either the  combination of both western names and African names or purely western; th... Read More

- Johannes Ndeshimona Shekeleni - Privilege Threatens Social Justice and Must Be Confronted - 3 years ago

Privilege Threatens Social Justice and Must Be ConfrontedThe failure of our government to develop rural hinterland forced the rural population to migrate to urban centres to access better prospects, goods and services. Yet, the urban centres are finding it difficult to contain such migration in prov... Read More

- Erastus Ndandjungu Hangula - Customary Arts in Namibia: discussing “commodification” and “preserving” of cultures in the post modernism era - 3 years ago

Customary Arts in NamibiaA historical backgroundCustomary arts as handcrafts products have been produced in Namibia for many years within traditional circles, mainly in the communal areas in the northern regions of Oshana, Kavango East and West, Omusati, Oshikoto and Ohangwena as objects to meet the... Read More

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