The Namibia Agricultural Labour Forum (NALF) has confirmed the successful completion of negotiations for an adjustment of the minimum wage for the agricultural sector. According to the new agreement, officially signed on 09 November 2021, the current minimum wage of 2017 is to be increased by 18% as from 1 January 2022.
Namibia has the highest cost of electricity in the southern African region for commercial and large-scale businesses, making it difficult to attract manufacturers and businesses.
As we continue to look at Vision 2030 together, I want us to look at how we can address some of the divisions that baffle us at times.
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a hard toll on the quality of our lives, even to the extent of the terrible loss of too many loved ones. Livelihoods have suffered and businesses lost, poverty has increased globally. These are very hard times.
Commentators of the recently concluded local government elections (LGE2021) in South Africa in which the ANC performed pathetically below 50% have attributed the humiliating performance to the wheelbarrowing of loyal cadres and buddies in positions of power.
Bank of Namibia held its 22nd Annual Symposium on the 4 November 2021 under Digital Transformation for Sustainable Economic Development, a well-articulated overview about the future of economic development, and the regulatory and policy environment.
On 27 November this year, a local newspaper has reported that ‘Smile’, the locally produced condoms, have disappeared from the shelves after the factory existed for merely 15 years.
Across Southern Africa, if not Africa at large, we are now seeing a trend, where liberation movements or parties are slowly loosing the morale and momentum they have enjoyed for decades after independence of their respective countries.
Food security is a global concern – and Namibia is no exception.
I have known Ignatius Shixwameni as the revolutionary secretary general and President of the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) at the height of the national students’ boycotts of the late 1980.