Namibia Continues to Yield Excitement, says Eco Atlantic Ahead of African Energy Week (AEW) 2024

The Orange Basin – extending South Africa and Namibia – has emerged a highly lucrative offshore play owing to a string of high-profile oil and gas discoveries made by global energy majors and independents in recent years. Following exploratory success on the Namibian side of the basin between 2022 and 2024, players are turning to the South African waters. Ahead of the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy […]

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Namibia

Hai//om Traditional Authority Urges Inclusion of Indigenous Languages in Education, Expresses Concerns over Recognition

Ndapandula Kamati, Vice Chairperson of Hai//om Traditional Authority, has called upon the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to incorporate indigenous languages into the education system. Speaking at the International Mother Language Day celebration in Tsumeb on Saturday, held in the Oshikoto Region, Kamati emphasized the importance of teaching children in their native languages. She expressed the desire for cultural pride, urging the inclusion of indigenous languages in subjects like […]

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South Africa

Western Cape MEC of Mobility has expressed concern at the number of fatalities recorded on the province’s roads

Western Cape MEC of Mobility Ricardo Mackenzie has expressed concern at the number of fatalities recorded on the province’s road in the past few weeks. Over the weekend, 13 people died in a bus crash on the N1 at the Hexrivier Pass near De Doorns. Preliminary reports indicate that the driver of the bus lost control and collided with a truck before crashing into the rock wall of the pass. […]

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World

Donald Trump’s team post bond to appeal defamation ruling against Jean Carroll

Former U.S. presidential and likely Republican candidate again this year, Donald Trump, has posted nearly 92 million dollars as bond, to pause a defamation payment against a woman he was found liable of sexually abusing. It's one of many cases against him - and mounting legal payments reaching millions of dollars. Caroline Malone reports.

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Africa

In climate-related flooding, a Ugandan river turns poisonous

By Ashoka Mukpo Uganda’s Nyamwamba river, in the Rwenzori Mountains, has begun to flood catastrophically in recent years, partly due to climate change. Along the river are copper tailings pools from an old Canadian mining operation, which are becoming increasingly eroded by the flooding. According to a series of studies, these tailings have been washing into the water supply and soil of the Nyamwamba River Basin, contaminating human tissue, food […]

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APO International

Freedom of Mobility Forum Gathers Experts with Divergent Views to Debate Future of Mobility

Scheduled for April 3, 2024, the second annual live debate encourages discussion on how the planet will accommodate the mobility needs of eight billion people in the coming decades; International panel of five experts selected to fiercely defend their views on the topic leveraging their various disciplines: society, tech&AI, environment, economy, and business; To register for the live digital debate, visit: FreedomofMobilityForum.org (https://apo-opa.co/3HZJoUx). Conceived by Stellantis as an open forum for the public […]

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Opinion Pieces

NIST-CSF 2.0 – A Namibian Pipedream or Reality?

Opinion Piece, by Tyrone Nashandi The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made significant changes to its popular Cybersecurity Framework (NIST-CSF). That will leave organizations mulling over how this affects their cybersecurity programs. More specifically, my favorite - the new "Govern" function. As a result, organizations having tirelessly identified gaps, may have to reanalyze their existing assessments and remediation activities to dissect the impact of the framework […]

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South Africa

The DA in South Africa says the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure’s asset management record has become a national liability

The DA in South Africa says the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure’s asset management record has become a national liability. The department has launched an internal investigation into the mismanagement of the Telkom Towers complex, the headquarters of the South African Police Service, in Pretoria. This is after the building was declared uninhabitable. The department currently oversees 56-thousand-393 buildings. The DA’s, Sello Seitlholo, says the department’s mandate to manage […]

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Namibia

Swapo Party Resolves to Retain Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as Presidential Candidate Amidst Constitutional Turmoil

In the aftermath of the passing of Swapo Party president Dr. Hage Geingob on February 4, 2024, the ruling party's central committee convened on Saturday, adopting resolutions to address the constitutional challenges ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. The CC decided that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Swapo Party Vice President, will continue as the ruling party's presidential candidate for the forthcoming elections later this year. Additionally, the CC resolved that an extraordinary […]

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