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Eish many events are occurring right round the world but many are going unnoticed because this Covid-19 sensation. When will it go away so that life returns to normalcy? While an answer to that question isn’t available, 2020 has been an amazing year for women as they continue claiming their throne in an ever advancing society. The latest being 23 year old Emma Theofilus, who was appointed as Namibia’s deputy minister of Information and Technology. That feat has made her Namibia’s youngest ever MP and Minister. What an achievement! “I do not think I am special, but I do not think I am inexperienced, and I do not think being young or female has anything to do with my appointment. Anything I set myself to and any environment I want to work into, I can do it; so the issue of inexperience does not hold any water,” she stressed. Academic She was born and bred in Windhoek. Theofilus has a Diploma in African feminism and gender studies as well as a Diploma in Busin...

What a dull and miserable weekend it was! No tennis, no Formula 1 and no soccer. To add to our misery there’s the spectre of recession, load shedding and piles of dirt on the roads. Before it was Brexit. Now all you hear day and night on the news channels is the wretched Covid-19. We have already become a nation living in fear, barricading our homes against brazen criminals who have taken over towns and neighbourhoods. Now we have to contend with another deadly enemy so tiny and microscopic that we cannot even see it. But it carries a lethal force. Like squirrels we scurry to the shopping malls emptying the shelves of essential items to store up for the hard times ahead. How could humankind, which is the most successful species on Earth, be at the mercy of such a tiny thing as a virus? Did any astrologer worth their salt look into their crystal glass and prophesise that a disease of Biblical proportions would descend upon the Earth and threaten to wipe out the human race...

An old adage states – its not how much you have that matters. Its what you have that does. A big heart can make a huge difference in other people’s lives. A Cape Town university student is living true to that notion by assisting at least 12 young school girls just being good to them. Call it the big sister rescue act. The deed started when she saw a little girl walking to school wearing a dishevelled uniform. “As i was waiting for her to come closer i noticed that she wasn’t well dressed. Her shirt wasn’t on properly, her skirt wasn’t ironed and her shoes were torn,” said 20 year old Olwethu Maqungo who is a third year student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). On approaching Maqungo, the little girl disclosed that she was afraid of going to school because her books were not covered and she did not have stationary. Rewind to your school days: we all know what that means – an angry teacher. “It was disheartening. I fixed her uniform, put ...

Sport has the power to change the world and the Namibian Football Association (NFA) is keeping that notion alive through its groundbreaking Gals & Goals initiative. The NFA Gals & Goals Development Programme aims to increase the empowerment of adolescent girls to make healthy and constructive life choices on and off the field. Through the creation of leagues in all regions of Namibia for different age groups between 12 and 19 years and also the integration of HIV & AIDS information sessions, life skills and healthy lifestyle components into the programming network, Galz & Goals has created a unique platform through which adolescent girls can gain skills and knowledge through active participation. Currently covering most of Namibia’s top metropolis, there are ongoing plans to expand the initiative to all 14 provinces of the sub-Saharan nation. It recently sailed into the coastal town of Luderitz were councillor Jan Scholtz welcomed the programme stating that...

What will Isibaya be without the ever smiling charm of Nomzamo Mbatha? Well, the show moves on....and so does Mbatha – all in good faith. That’s what dreams are made of. The gorgeous Mbatha, a star attraction on the South African entertainment scene, left her role on Isibaya to purse international gigs. Having burst onto the scene after picking up the runners up slot in the 2012 MTV Base VJ Search, she streamed into acting and made her debut in 2013. Surprise, surprise..her first acting role was on Isibaya. Her character subsequently became a firm fan favourite. Mbatha never allowed the fame to slow her down. Infact it drove her as she scored a major role on e.tv’s Umlilo. She went on to bag her first movie gig in Tell Me Sweet Something. The rest as they say – is history! Mbatha became the face of Neutrogena, Puma and a United Nations Goodwill ambassador. Like fine wine in a barrel she has matured. She is now based in Los Angeles. What would she have...

Many women in our modernised world shun the importance of knowing more about breast cancer. They are guided by the false misconception that they can never develop the deadly cancer simply because it has never been detected in their families. A survey conducted by Her Throne Africa revealed that 1 in every 10 women actually understands the importance of going for a breast cancer test. One of the easiest ways of eliminating ones chances of developing breast cancer is through getting a mammogram. Mammograms are a surefire way of eliminating the breast cancer pandemic that has hovered across Southern Africa in a dark cloud. While mammograms are obviously not the most pleasant, they are undoubtedly necessary for every woman in ensuring good health, and safety that contribute to a peace of mind. A mammography is an X-Ray photograph of the breasts that help in detecting possible cancers or diseased growths that attack women. A mammography workstation uses mammography, a specially...

What the men failed to do at last year’s cricket World Cup, the Protea women are showing their male counterparts just how it’s done! And all this is coincidentally happening right at the beginning of Women’s Month. Having cruised past England in their opener, South Africa booked their semi final berth at the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup. They beat Pakistan by 17 runs, making it three wins out of three in a tough group that also features the big hitting West Indies. Cricket South Africa acting CEO, Jacques Faul, heaped praises on the ladies stating that he had been impressed with “the number of different players who have come up with the match winning performance when it was needed”. He acknowledged players who who had reached personal milestones, including Mignon du Preez becoming the first South African, male or female, to play 100 T20 international matches. A remarkable feat indeed in this landscape dominated by male sport. The final is on Tuesda...