The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has confirmed the appointment of two new investment consultants. Lane Clark & Peacock LLP will consult on investments, while BFinance UK Limited will consult on the selection/search of asset managers.
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2020-09-252024-05-06Business
Nedbank Namibia launches IdentityToday
Nedbank Namibia, in collaboration with the Today Group, the homegrown fintech company, which introduced PayToday, has introduced IdentityToday (IDToday), a digital identity management platform that allows for the remote submission of the regulatory proof of identity documents that a prospective client needs to submit before a bank account may be opened for them.
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2020-09-252024-05-06Business
Alternative energy lowers NBL’s carbon footprint
The biomass boiler in use by Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) is a first for Namibia and is the country’s largest wood boiler.
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2020-09-252024-05-06Business
ITAS portal still a headache for employers
The Namibian Employers’ Federation (NEF) yesterday said the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) portal lacked guidelines for employers, which makes the system particularly unfriendly for users.
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Meditation quarantines distractions
The late former prime minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, who is remembered for successfully leading the country through World War Two and was famous for refusing to surrender, once cautioned that “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Towards a failed education for self-reliance in Namibia
In his book, ‘Education for Self-Reliance’ Julius Nyerere spells out clearly that education must inculcate and reinforce the traditional African socialist values of equality, cooperativeness and self-reliance.
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Role of fatherhood in the protection of society
When I first saw Rembrandt’s painting The Return of the Prodigal Son, I could not help but be moved by this magnificent piece of art, as well as the Biblical story which the painting depicts.
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – The role of those above is to serve those below
As I perused through the 336 pages in the book The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green, I realised Robin Hood had some important leadership lessons to teach us.
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Natural fire can be a good tool and also be bad ignition
Mother Nature is a God creation. It is created to serve as the repository of our life in terms of the provision of various natural commodities that cement our human daily life needs.
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2020-09-252024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Namibia should stop its economic reliance on SA
On Saturday, 21 March 2020, Namibians from all walks of life cerebrated 30 years of self rule.