We can talk about freedom all day, march in the streets to demand it or defend it, but our actions demonstrate a completely different picture. In fact, we may say we want freedom and may fight for it, but the result always leaves a lot to be desired. We may admit that it makes us...
The management of Ongoro Nomundu Concert Group (OCG) attributed its more than two decades of existence in the Oviritje music industry to endurance, discipline and commitment. Manager Sello Kaunata Marenga said the group had and still has young, energetic and dedicated creatives who love the genre and will continue to occupy space in the genre....
JOHANNESBURG – The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme’s first beneficiary South Africa said yesterday. The so-called Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) are ambitious financing deals between a small group of wealthy countries and emerging economies...
BEIJING – China vowed to fight a trade war with the United States “to the end” yesterday, as tariffs from Washington buffeted the global economy and threatened to hit Beijing’s lagging growth. Beijing set an ambitious annual growth target of around 5%cent this week, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as the...
NKURENKURU – Vendors from the old Nkurenkuru open market in the Kavango West region have been relocated to the new open market after 10 years of operating under substandard conditions. The new open market, inaugurated on Wednesday by Kavango West governor Sirkka Ausiku on behalf of the minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni,...
Businesses in Namibia’s startup ecosystem face significant challenges in scaling beyond domestic markets. These hurdles are compounded by limited commercialisation platforms, restricted access to funding and a lack of structured support for entrepreneurs. As a result, some Namibian innovators struggle to develop and commercialise their ideas locally, with limited cross-border financial transaction capabilities. This makes...
Most of the time, I do not like to shout and pontificate about equity and equality, even though the concept lives within the very core of my being. Once a year, when the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March, I feel it is necessary to highlight the importance of this day. Equity and...
Elections are the bedrock of democracy and the election commissions’ credibility is central to democratic legitimacy. Elections give citizens an opportunity to choose leaders or representatives of their choice, hold government to account and help to shape national policy making. In Africa, many independent election bodies established in the 90s on the eve of Namibia’s...
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March across the globe. This year’s theme is ‘Accelerate Action’, aimed to instruct and remind us that the time for policymaking is to be replaced by implementations. It seeks to acknowledge public and private policies and strategies that positively impact women’s upliftment. The purpose of the day...
Fellow Namibian citizens, can we truly trust our institutions to safeguard our personal data? The simple answer is ‘no’. While this response is blunt, the reality of our digital setting demands a deeper understanding of the risks we face and the urgent reforms needed. What happened? Whether you are a consumer, investor or a policy...