"If you are emotionally attached to your tribe or political leaning to the point that truth and justice become secondary considerations, your education is useless. Your exposure is useless. If you cannot reason beyond petty sentiments, you are a liability to mankind." ~ Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman.
On December 27, 1968, Apollo 8 needed to fire its engine to leave lunar orbit and return to Earth.
If the burn was wrong, the crew would never come home.
In Mission Control, a 25-year-old mathematician named Frances Northcutt, known as Poppy, had prepared the return-to-Earth calculations.
She was the first woman to work in Mission Control in a technical role.
When the burn data came back, something was off.
The numbers didn't match the expected trajectory.
She had 4 minutes to determine whether the deviation was within tolerance or whether Apollo 8 was in danger.
She ran the calculations by hand.
They were within tolerance.
She gave the go.
The crew came home.
She later went to law school and became a prominent civil rights attorney.
When asked about her time at NASA she said:
"We were just doing our jobs. Nobody thought it was unusual except the reporters."
The people who kept the astronauts alive were largely anonymous.
Most of them were young women with slide rules.
We are a shameless nation, a boy in the north who saved twins is declared a hero but this man who for decades relentlessly saved lives and faced so many challenges is barely recognized by the government, when are we going to stop bieng biased?
“We don't have to all agree, we don't have to be friends we don't have to like each other but we all have a responsibility to serve the interest of South Africas so this country doesn't need heroes but it needs principled people” General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
“if South Africa is serious about the national reset then the reset must include all of us. it must start with politicians, they drive fancy cars these days they live like business people” General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
This is why I love India so much and why I've been to India 25 times. I've experienced so much love, generosity, hospitality in India then any other country. Poor people will help you and won't expect a rupee. I experienced this many times. I love you India with all my heart ❤️
People of Namibia 🇳🇦
Our country has close to 80 Parastatals (State Owned Entities) that COLLECTIVELY employ more than 20 000 employees. The TOTAL ASSET value is estimated to be at N$ 120 Billion. The LIABILITIES are at N$ 60 billion while the NET ASSET VALUE is also estimated at N$ 60 billion. But here is an EMBARRASSING TRUTH and REALITY. For 36 years of FLAG INDEPENDENCE, the Pension for all these 80 Parastatals and more than 20 000 employees are held by/with FOREIGN PENSION Funds and Companies. THIS money is used to Sponsor and Develop other countries and the economies of the select few. REMEMBER that the total Value of the Pension Industry is at N$ 300 Billion of which N$ 185 Billion is GIPF. We need to CORRECT this 36 Years FAILURE. We will MEET, ENGAGE, ADVISE and CONVINCE the Government to establish PUBLIC ENTITIES PENSION FUND (PEPEF). All 80 Parastatals WILL MOVE their Pension to this fund, PEPEF. As a Country, the plan is to now have another vehicle, like GIPF, that can fund Our country’s economic development agenda. We should move from SLOGANS to REAL Interventions, RADICAL INTERVENTIONS for the development of our Country and its People. There are some GOOD PEOPLE in Government who will LISTEN and I know we can do it TOGETHER. AFRICA is our BEGINNING and AFRICA is our END! ❤️🙌🏿💪🏿
The Global Water Partnership Organisation (GWPO) will officially commence operations in Namibia on 23 May 2026 following the signing of the Headquarters Agreement earlier this year to host the organization’s headquarters in Windhoek.