The Windhoek City Council last Thursday approved its ambitious Windhoek Economic Recovery Initiative (WERI) through which it aims to create a minimum of 5 000 new permanent jobs; increase the city’s contribution to the national GDP from 33% to 36%; and grow the city’s revenue to N$20 billion.
In my opinion, however, I argue that the two ministries of education will need each more than ever before to increase the chances of the success of the new pre-vocational infused curriculum.
Regrettably, in spite of this notion valuable knowledge in many organisations remains unrecorded, in the tacit format, which constitutes about 80% of all organisations knowledge.
Oviritje musician Dollam Tjitjahuma, who is one of the accused in a murder-for-hire case, has been granted bail of N$3 000 in the Windhoek High Court.
Thirty-three adults and three minors who were arrested for obstructing a member of the police appeared in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court last week Wednesday.
An inland fisheries project christened Ecofish was recently launched at Rundu by deputy fisheries minister Sylvia Makgone.
When the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) was legally established on 27 December 1991, it was meant to pave the way for the establishment of strategic partnerships with new and established players in the industry to benefit from the vast resources of the country’s fisheries.
The proposed marine phosphate mining off the Namibian coast will have a minute impact on the seafloor bed and there is no reason the fishing sector and the mining sector cannot coexist.
Unlike working on land, fishermen and those out on the open seas face a different working environment.
Adding value to horse mackerel is not a farfetched idea, but a reality and a lucrative concept that needs to be given the opportunity to blossom and contribute in terms of job creation and poverty alleviation.