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

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Business / Economics

NaCC launches investigation into alleged price fixing of quota usage fees

The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has launched an investigation into the alleged price fixing of quota usage fees paid to fishing rights holders by various fishing vessel owners and operators. This comes after the NaCC received evidence suggesting possible cooperation among numerous vessel owners and operators in the Namibian fishing industry on 18 August 2023 and 22 September 2023, respectively. The alleged collusion takes the form of fixing fishing quota […]

todayNovember 21, 2023 9

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Africa

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

The pieces of Libyan desert glass that formed the basis of the study. Author provided Elizaveta Kovaleva, University of the Western Cape The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western parts of Egypt, you’ll spot pieces of yellow glass scattered across the sandy landscape. It was first […]

todayNovember 21, 2023 6

Africa

Navigating the transition: African banks take over after international lenders exit

By Conrad Onyango, via bird story agency Local financial companies are capitalising on the opportunities left by international banks exiting Africa yet continue to struggle with the gap between perceived and actual risks in the market. In early 2022, UK-headquartered Standard Chartered Bank announced it was exiting five African countries and partially exiting two others - breaking its ‘here for good’ brand promise after more than a century on the […]

todayNovember 20, 2023 6

Kamanjab
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Business / Economics

Kamanjab drilling boreholes for better access to water

The Kamanjab Village Council is in the process of drilling its own boreholes to guarantee that the community and surrounding areas have enough water supply and to avoid relying on NamWater for water delivery. The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development funded the project with N.dollars 5 million last month to drill four boreholes. Shamarunga Trading Enterprises CC has been contracted for the project. Bianca Nguaiko, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]

todayNovember 20, 2023 25

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Namibia

Unemployed teachers plan nationwide protest

“We want to eradicate the percentage of unemployed graduate teachers in the education sector,” he said. Kandunda explained that the decision to protest was taken last year by different former student leaders who are unemployed. “We have been engaging different education offices and up to this year we even went up to the extent of engaging with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture directors in different regions. All these […]

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Agra Weaner Championship
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Environment

The Agra Weaner Championship Series recognizes communal farmers

Wilson Tjirare, Godfried Zemburuka and Frenfriedt Karipata were recently announced as the top three champions of the Agra 2023 Weaner Championship Series National Winners – Communal Towns. The trio participated in the final Weaner Championship Series event for the Communal towns in Gobabis, hosted by Agra Auctions. The communal towns included Okakarara, Okondjatu, Aminius, and Talismanus. Tjirare won the Feedlot Potential category, Zemburuka won the Veld Potential, while Karipata was […]

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Business / Economics

‘November in Namibia’ initiative launched to boost intra-African connections

A group of 21 Ghanaian tourists arrived in the country on Sunday for the ‘November in Namibia’ tourism and business pilot initiative. The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in a media statement on Friday said the initiative aims to develop Namibia’s tourism industry within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area and ‘The Africa We Want’ agenda. The initiative is also part of the memorandum of understanding […]

todayNovember 20, 2023 6

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Local

Pedaling with purpose: Cycling in the Nedbank Desert Dash for Embo lye Haro Pre-Primary School

Nedbank Namibia leverages the annual Nedbank Desert Dash, an iconic 397 km cycling adventure through the challenging yet beautiful Namib Desert, as a means for ‘doing good’. Scheduled for 8-9 December this year, the event continues its yearly mission to actively support causes aimed at creating positive change in Namibia. Kavango East Rundu, is a cycling team brought together by a passion for cycling and a desire to support those […]

todayNovember 20, 2023 19

bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi
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Health / Medical

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor

Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University; Phaik Yeong Cheah, University of Oxford, and Sonia Lewycka, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us. We need them for healthy digestion, immune function, and the synthesis of essential nutrients, and we depend on them for farming and industrial processes. But microbes also […]

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