How do we help children exposed to criminal violence?

Mail & Guardian, Charlene Smith
If there has been a violent event where children were present, take them for help; let them express themselves.

Namibian politics: The pathology of power and paranoia

Pambazuka, Henning Melber discusses the paranoia currently gripping many within the ruling SWAPO party. Many in the party seem to regard any form of political dissent as unpatriotic at best and as the act of an agent of outside imperialism at worst Melber notes, an all-consuming sentiment that is severely jeopardising the very liberation the party ostensibly once sought.