WINDHOEK – South Africa’s biggest football magazine KickOff yesterday announced the eight shortlisted contenders for the prestigious KickOff (KO) Footballer of the 2018/19 Season award, with Namibia’s enterprising midfielder Deon Hotto leading the pack of nominees.
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2019-04-302024-05-02Sports
Transformation in sport non-negotiable, says Mwiya …moots introduction of quota system
WINDHOEK – Chief Administrator of the Namibia Sport Commission (NSC) Freddy Mwiya yesterday warned that if local sport federations and umbrella bodies continue to shun calls for the immediate introduction of transformation policies, the NSC on behalf of government will have no choice but to consider introducing a quota system.
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2019-04-302024-05-02Sports
Kautondokwa gets new opponent Tcheta …to fight next month in Harare
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s top middleweight boxer Walter “The Executioner” Kautondokwa, who was this month scheduled to fight Tanzania’s Jacob Maganga for his non-title comeback fight but had his fight cancelled abruptly after Maganga failed a medical test, got a new opponent and will fight in Harare, Zimbabwe next month.
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
Child labour rampant in the agricultural sector
WINDHOEK - Child labour is a global concern, with the agricultural sector accounting for the majority of child labourers.
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
Jobs improved in agriculture and retail, as mining and construction declined
WINDHOEK – The distribution of employment in Namibia by economic sector in 2017 was made up of 20.24 percent of the employees active in the agricultural sector, 19.56 percent in industry and 60.2 percent in the service sector.
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
‘Central Procurement Board must prioritise local businesses to create jobs’
WINDHOEK – It is imperative that financial resources allocated in the national budget circulate in the domestic economy, as more money spent locally will have a greater impact on economic growth and job creation. This is according to a local
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
Commercial farm workers’ basic salary competitive – NAU
WINDHOEK - Being a farmer, and thus the owner of agricultural land in Namibia, is regarded as a privilege, although not every citizen in the country can own it.
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
NUNW: Proud history, uncertain future
WINDHOEK - Despite the prominent role played by Namibian trade unions in the country’s struggle for independence, and regardless of the fact that the labour movement is still among the strongest of Namibia’s ‘civil society’ organisations, trade
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
Youth unemployment on the rise – NSA
WINDHOEK – The 2018 National Labour Force Survey results point to an increased need to address youth unemployment, which is estimated to have increased from 43 percent in 2016 to 46 percent by 2018, while the net effect on the overall unemployment rate is assessed to be generally neutral.
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2019-04-302024-05-07National
Meme Kayoso: Keeping NEPC squeaky clean
WINDHOEK – Josephine Shifotoka – passionately known as simply Meme Kayoso by her colleagues – is an inspiration to New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) where she is employed as a general worker.