Namibia and the European Union (EU) are soon expected to ink a memorandum of understanding that eyes building strategic and sustainable mineral and green hydrogen value chains.
Year: 2022
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Central bank says scammers target public figures
The Bank of Namibia has warned of an increasing number of scammers seeking unsolicited financial assistance from Namibians by pretending to finance the country’s developmental agenda through targeting senior public figures, including politicians and civil servants.
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Opinion – The algorithms for the poverty of nations
Contemporary issues, such as poverty, are some of the topics that should not be chastised in isolation without any measurement in place.
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Opinion – Debunking Professor Lilemba’s false accusations
This article seeks to respond to an opinion piece by Professor Makala Lilemba, titled ‘Trying to silence academic freedom’, which appeared in the New Era newspaper, dated 16 September 2022.
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Opinion – The new curriculum and funding challenges
The education system in Namibia has changed drastically since independence in 1990. Before Namibia gained its freedom, education in the country was easy and cheap, but it was not as impactful as the current curriculum.
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Opinion – Mental health and the game of pretend
The argument for transformational investment in mental health globally, especially on the African continent, is clearer than ever.
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Opinion – The need for guidance counsellors in schools
Namibian schools, both primary and secondary, have one thing in common; they both do not have proper guidance counsellors. Before you (my dear reader) start gathering your defence tools to fire back at me, I am not talking about the Life Skills teachers in our schools.
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Amutse wants earlier budget approval
Swapo backbencher Modestus Amutse has asked parliament to consider approval of each fiscal year’s estimates by March – not only to align new budget approvals with the end of each fiscal year but also to fast-track programme implementation and improve service delivery.
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Integrated climate change adaptation vital – Shifeta
The community members of Sikanjabuka in Zambezi region were delighted to officially receive the horticultural production project at their community forest office last Friday.
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Former Tsumeb mayor Nghidinwa dies
Susan Nghidinwa, who was the first democratically-elected mayor of Tsumeb, a long-time Swapo Party Women’s Council activist and a senior official in the Pan-African Women’s Organisation, died at the age of 85 on Friday 7 October.