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Meatco, Unam form ‘unique partnership’ 
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Meatco, Unam form ‘unique partnership’ 

The country’s meat processing company, Meatco, and the University of Namibia (Unam) has signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate and engage in training, research and innovation activities that will promote the achievement of each party’s respective mandates while contributing to the economic growth in the country.

January inflation stood at 0.9%
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January inflation stood at 0.9%

In January, the annual inflation rate increased to 2.7% from 2.1% recorded in the corresponding period in 2020, while the monthly inflation rate increased to 0.9%, compared to 0% the previous month.

Opinion – Human capital development: The organisation’s backbone
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Opinion – Human capital development: The organisation’s backbone

According to Luthans, Luthans and Luthans (2004:45), academics and practitioners have for years maintained that sustained competitive advantage for organisations could accrue from industry level barriers such as “technological supremacy, patent protection and government regulations,” Luthans et al (2004:45) continue to state that in the modern environment, requiring “flexibility, speed-to-market,

Opinion – Training and certification of crews of fishing vessels
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Opinion – Training and certification of crews of fishing vessels

The international conference on safety of fishing vessels, 1977, adopted resolution 8 inviting the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to extend its consideration of the problem of training and certification of crews of fishing vessels, as defined in the Torremolinos convention, in co-operation with International labour organisation (ILO) and food and agriculture organisation (FAO).