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​​​​​​​Mines minister Tom Alweendo has called on investors to ensure their investments in the green hydrogen industry is mutually beneficial for all parties involved.

It is worrisome that loans worth only over N$1 billion have been advanced for the past 17 years to applicants residing in the llKharas region.

It seems the strike in which teachers were threatening “to lay down the pieces of chalk” has been thwarted by the 3% increment. This means the anger and frustration of the majority of teachers has been appeased and numbed by the increment, which others see as a drop in the ocean. 

Traditionally, there are two alternative industrialisation strategies viz export promotion and import substitution industrialisation strategies. 

The process and the expenditures of regional and municipal councils go out of hand as a result of politicians and groups, who may or may not have supported these expenditures.

Thirty-two years of independence have rolled on but Kavangos still complain of being excluded from the delicious part of the independence cake.

My senior leader comrade Nahas Angula penned down a piece in The Namibian newspaper, dated 29 July 2022, titled ‘Democratic accountability will improve service delivery in local authorities’.

They say that nothing beats a good dose of patience, persistence and perseverance. And for Cornelia Kauri Maharero, truer words have never been spoken. Maharero, a Survey Technician at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform’s Department of Survey and Mapping, is the epitome of tenacity.

Senior Journalist Albertina Nakale (AN) this week caught up with the secretary of the Swapo Party Women’s Council Fransina Kahungu to discuss various issues affecting women and the much-talked-about female presidential candidates. 

Swakopmund municipality CEO Archie Benjamin has said running a town is not rocket science but having leadership that wants to make a difference is crucial for success.