The composite index of beverages, consisting of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, recorded 79.5 basis points in August 2020, which is a decrease of 6.7% points and 44.3 percentage points when compared to July 2020 and August 2019, respectively.
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2020-10-232024-05-06Business
Modernisation needed to increase local agri-production
The current global economic downturn due to the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and climate variability has negatively impacted economies around the world, and Namibia is no exception.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – The stigma and prejudice attached to infertility
One of the factors, which affect the population growth, is fertility and in many countries, fertility is looked at as something that has to be respected.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Ritual killings: Cry my beloved humankind
If you are reading this article, wherever you are, prepare to shed tears.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Abortion: The impact of poverty and racial oppression
As a preliminary remark, this article continues my reflection on the complex matter of abortion, exploring this moral mine-field with a sobre mind and reasonable approach.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Nyerere’s legacy and Tanzania’s historic elections
Voters in Tanzania’s mainland and the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar will head to the polls on Wednesday (28 October 2020) to elect their presidents, as well as members of parliament and councillors.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Understanding the regional council and local authority elections
Namibians will go to the polls on 25 November to elect new local authority and regional councillors in what is expected to be an exciting showdown.
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2020-10-232024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Relations between various parties and the dynamics of political beliefs
Namibia has various political parties, each with their own constitutions.
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2020-10-232024-05-07Letters
Letter – The controversy behind the legalisation of abortion
An abortion is a medical or surgical procedure that deliberately ends a pregnancy before an embryo or foetus is born. Many of us these days have turned a blind eye on the fact that abortion has been on a rise in Namibia, politicians, activists and others have chosen to base more focus on gender-based violence whilst lives of unborn babies have been sidelined.
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2020-10-232024-05-07Letters
Letter – Collaborative efforts in ending SGBV
On the subject of violence, Nelson Mandela said, “no country, no city, no community is immune. But neither are we powerless against it.”