The value of exports in April 2022 decreased by 36.4% to N$5.5 billion from N$8.7 billion reported in March 2022. In addition, when compared to N$6.5 billion recorded in April 2021, exports decreased by a notable 15.4%.
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Domestic growth expected to improve in 2022
Rising food and energy prices are expected to dampen prospects for a stronger recovery in growth in the domestic economy.
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Opinion – Lessons from political sloganeering vis-à-vis insinuations
It has been maintained for centuries that politics is a dirty game, but this thinking is losing ground and weight. In some quarters, the feeling is that politics, itself, is not dirty, but the political practitioners are the ones who are tarnishing the image and game of this field.
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Opinion – We are going to have higher prices at the pump
As long as global supply declines, the global price will increase, with crippling sanctions on Russia curbing their flow of oil, leading to a massive spike in the price of all fuels. Namibia hiked oil prices on 1 June 2022.
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Journalists close ranks on bodily autonomy, integrity
A two-day workshop for mostly senior journalists from East and Southern Africa has rallied media practitioners to accurately and consistently report on bodily autonomy and integrity while holding duty bearers to account on their obligations in this regard.
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Education readies for global summit
Namibia will take centre-stage at the Transforming Education Summit organised by the United Nations in New York and billed for September this year.
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State appeals ‘foul-mouthed’ lawyer’s discharge
Prosecutor general Martha Imalwa wants the Oshakati High Court to set aside a section 174 discharge for northern-based lawyer Marcia Amupolo on charges of crimen injuria and two counts of common assault.
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‘We don’t want just anybody’… Walvis to re-advertise CEO post
The hunt for a new CEO for the Walvis Bay municipality is on once again as 'outdated' requirements forced the council to re-advertise the position.
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Minister appalled by ‘paltry’ Chinese fine
Justice minister Yvonne Dausab says she is appalled at the paltry fine that was slapped on a Chinese businesswoman last week for allegedly pouring urine on a street vendor in Katutura’s Okuryangava.
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Namibians ‘stole’ Ramaphosa’s stash
Information obtained by amaBhungane points to a major cover-up of the 2020 theft of some US$4 million (about N$60 million at the current exchange rate) in cash from South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo.