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Editorial – Ethics in the time of AI
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Editorial – Ethics in the time of AI

The recent barbs exchanged by youth leaders regarding allegations that the ruling party, Swapo, generated parts of its election manifesto using ChatGPT has stirred debate. This commotion comes at the time Namibia celebrated the eighth National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Summit, centred on digital transformation and artificial intelligence.  There, ICT minister Emma Theofelus said...

Opuwo Academy beacon of hope… breathes life into talented footballers
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Opuwo Academy beacon of hope… breathes life into talented footballers

Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Over the years, Opuwo has faced significant under-representation and limited opportunities in football for young people, making the Kunene region’s capital the only town without a football foundation structure out of all seven constituencies. Despite several efforts to improve the situation, football remained dominated by older boys and girls until last...

Academics discuss tech advancement in education 
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Academics discuss tech advancement in education 

Iuze Mukube Leading academics, decision-makers and various stakeholders convened for the University of Namibia’s biannual education conference, which took place for three days at the university’s main campus and concluded yesterday. The conference, held under the theme ‘Fostering Innovative Skills-Based Education in the 21st Century for a Sustainable Future’, focused on transforming, changing and forming...

NYS to train 100 youth in biomass production
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NYS to train 100 youth in biomass production

Charles Ndeumane The National Youth Service has selected 100 young people from all 14 regions who will be trained in the charcoal and biomass production industry. As its mandate is to offer personal development programmes and create employment for Namibians between the ages of 16 and 35, NYS earlier this month called on interested youth...

Horticulture exports lower in 2024
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Horticulture exports lower in 2024

Namibia exported less horticultural products in the second quarter of 2024 than during the same quarter in 2023. The main products exported to South Africa, Angola, Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom were dates, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, gourds and onions.The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said this in its Agriculture and Fishing Indicators Bulletin Report for the...

Tupperware files for bankruptcy
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Tupperware files for bankruptcy

WASHINGTON – Tupperware Brands and some of its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and are seeking a buyer, the food container firm said, after years of dwindling sales. “Over the last several years, the company’s financial position has been severely impacted by the challenging macroeconomic environment,” president and CEO Laurie Ann Goldman...

Mali jihadist attack highlights risk of expansion
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Mali jihadist attack highlights risk of expansion

PARIS – The main Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group in Mali struck a forceful blow to the ruling junta when it hit highly sensitive military targets in the capital Bamako, underscoring its two-pronged strategy of territorial expansion and harassment, experts say. Targeting a military police barracks and a military airport, the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)...

Okinda yokohi yomuti ya pumbwa omayambidhidho
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Okinda yokohi yomuti ya pumbwa omayambidhidho

Charles Ndeumane Molwoshipewa nohokwe yokunongeka aanona, omulongisikola e li mopenzela okwa patulula okakinda kaanona momukunda Onalunike B moshikandjohogololo shaMuthiya moshitopolwa shaShikoto, ashike okwa pumbwa omayambidhidho opo a yambule po okakinda hoka. Omukalimo gwomomukunda Onalunike mOmuthiya Maria Kauna Ndengu ngoka e li moomvula dhopenzela okwa ti peha lyokukala megumbo kee na sho ta longo okwa patulula...

Ounyenye wondoongi‘…memwili nonghambe ku dja mo’
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Ounyenye wondoongi‘…memwili nonghambe ku dja mo’

Auleria Wakudumo  KHORIXAS – Ovakwashiwana moKhorixas otava ti ombelela yondoongi paife otai ende tai pumbu nonande oyo i li oshivelelwa shefiku shi holike kukeshe umwe.   Tava ti paife moKhorixas nokuli eenghambe nomamwili oo a ninga oshivelelwa shaashi eendoongi otadi ende tadi pumbu pomudingonoko, ove nge we i mono paife oya ninga ondilo.  Omunangeshefa wokapana...

Russian advance in Kursk region ‘stopped’: Ukraine official
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Russian advance in Kursk region ‘stopped’: Ukraine official

KYIV – Russia’s counter-offensive to retake territory captured by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region has been “stopped”, a spokesman from Ukraine’s military administration set up in the area told AFP yesterday.Russia earlier this month said it had seized several villages back from Ukraine in the Kursk region, where Kyiv has held on to swathes...