Decades ago, Justice Louis Brandeis seminally stated that those who won our independence believed that the freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think is indispensable to the discovery and spread of political truth. He further observed that it is hazardous to discourage thought, hope and imagination. Brandeis underscored that fear...
The Capricorn Group and its employees, in their role as Changemakers, donated 15,800 sanitary pads and 270 re-usable pads to more than 70 vulnerable young girls from orphanages and other vulnerable communities in Windhoek under the banner of the “Dignity for Every Girl” initiative. This was in celebration of International Day of the Girl Child...
Niël Terblanché The rights to human dignity, freedom from discrimination and freedom of association are enshrined rights in the Namibian Constitutional Rights which cannot be changed by any politician. According to Advocate Richard Metcalfe, Article 25 of the Constitution specifically bars Parliament from making any law or the Executive from taking any action which abolishes...
By Lylie Happiness Windhoek, 13th July. Over the weekend, young girls and women from the San community celebrated their graduation from the Digital and Dignity courses in Okongo, located in the Ohangwena Region. These graduates, hailing from the Kavango regions, as well as Otjozondjupa, were the first beneficiaries of the pilot project initiated by Ongula...
The Homestead Skills and Technical Education Academy at Okongo in the Ohangwena region on Friday launched a digital and dignity project. Along with the launch, about 10 pupils from the San community graduated with a fashion designing qualification. Officiating the event, the deputy minister of information and communications technology, Emma Theofelus, commended the Homestead programme...