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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Month: January 2024

1906 Results / Page 134 of 212

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Local

Trustco plans to raise NAD 2.4 billion from shareholders to tap into Namibia’s economic potential.

    Trustco Group Holdings Limited is concluding pivotal transactions with key shareholders that underscore confidence in Namibia's bright economic prospects and Trustco's time tested capabilities to channel investment into high-growth areas. First, Trustco and United States fund Riskowitz Value Fund LP (RVF) will enter into an option to make a cash investment of up to NAD 950 million into Trustco, entrenching RVF as a key anchor foreign investor. The […]

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Local

NCF hosts the National Chess Championships Qualifiers

    From Thursday, 11 January until Sunday, 14 January 2024, the Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) hosted the Namibia National Chess Qualifiers in Windhoek. In a thrilling display of strategic brilliance and tactical prowess, the participating players showcased their chess talent during the contest. The stakes were high as the top five players from the men and the women’s sections would secure a coveted spot in the Namibia National Chess […]

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Women in uniform pledge to reduce violence during an United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)-facilitated training in Bentiu

APO International

Women in uniform pledge to reduce violence during an United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)-facilitated training in Bentiu

When civil war erupted in South Sudan, women and girls continued to risk their lives to support their families amidst fighting and the threat of sexual violence. With the signing of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in 2018 and a transitional government of national unity in place, South Sudanese women continue to play a major role in their families, neighborhoods, and communities as peacemakers. Women in uniform are no different. In […]

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Local

Anaesthesiologists Society of Namibia supports members’ decision on new tariffs

The Anaesthesiologists Society of Namibia (ASN) announces its full support for its members' decision to adjust anaesthesia fees in response to the recent reduction in benefits by medical aids for in-hospital benefits for a variety of procedures. Effective 1 January 2024, medical aids have decreased the benefit payable for in-hospital procedures by 33% over the last 12 months. This potentially will result in a co-payment of 25-33%% of the anaesthesia […]

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Sport

Australia’s Welsford wins tight finish in first TDU stage

Australia's Sam Welsford held off the fast-finishing German Phil Bauhaus to take the opening stage of Australia's Tour Down Under in his first WorldTour ride for new team BORA-Hansgrohe on Tuesday. Welsford was perfectly positioned for the dash to the finish line in Tanunda by teammate Danny Van Poppel and prevailed by a half front wheel over last year's stage winner Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) with Eritera's Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) third. […]

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Interview Transcripts

Unlocking Namibia’s Potential: A Call for Fair Resource Deals and a Universal Basic Income- A sit down with Herbert Jauch, ESJ Trustee

Our team took this moment to speak with Herbert Jauch, a Social Justice Activist and Labor expert. In this piece you will find interesting views by Mr. Jauch on topics such as deals with DeBeers not in favor of Namibians now living in poverty. In a recent statement, Botswana's President Masisi shed light on the repercussions of certain dealings with DeBeers, revealing substantial losses in revenue from diamonds over the […]

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World

Nauru Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Taiwan

One of Taiwan's last diplomatic allies has cut ties with the island just days after its closely-watched presidential election. A senior Taiwanese official said Beijing offered the Pacific Island nation of Nauru $100 million a year for it to sever links. Patrick Fok reports.  

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South Africa

The African Transformation Movement condemns SARS’ selective justice in Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farmgate scandal

The African Transformation Movement says it condemns the South African Revenue Services’ flip-flopping, selective justice, and cover-up in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farmgate scandal. This comes as the Revenue Service has opened a criminal case against Sudanese businessman Hazim Mustafa. He paid 10.82-million-rand in cash for 20 buffalo from Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in Limpopo in December 2019. The money was stolen from the farm in 2020. ATM’s spokesperson, […]

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Climate change and farming

Environment

Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that

Community gardens can be a boon for residents. Nattrass/Getty Images Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira, University of the Western Cape In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town. Today the legacy of apartheid spatial planning endures. The area is home […]

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