Parent company of Bank Windhoek Capricorn Group on Wednesday this week suspended its sales manager Riaan van Rooyen, following the revelation of an alleged racist social media posting.
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2020-10-302024-05-06Business
Almost N$4.4 million paid to communal conservancies
Almost N$4.4 million was paid out to communal conservancies and farmers in communal areas during 2019 through the Human-Wildlife Conflict Self-Reliance Scheme for livestock losses, crop damages and loss of human life or injury to humans.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Weekly takeaway with Lawrence Kamwi – Life the way we would like to make it
I was slowly getting familiar with this year’s trending r-word, R0, which is pronounced as R-naught.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Genocide: Another’s pain, another’s gain
After a close observation at Namibia’s political landscape, one can promptly affirm that peace is indeed maintained by the people not governments.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Musings on post-apartheid reconciliation (part 1)
Nelson Mandela’s visit to the South African team before the opening game of the 1995 Rugby World Cup can be viewed as politics of grace in motion.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Basic Income Grant is cost-effective
The Basic Income Grant (BIG) coalition welcomes the news that government is considering the implementation of an income grant.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – A call for economic revival by all stakeholders
The private sector in Namibia is in dire straits.
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2020-10-302024-06-20Focus, Thought Leaders
Opinion – Rape culture strikes Namibia
“I do not feel safe anymore” are the words narrated to me by an 11-year-old schoolgirl whom I shared a public transport with on my way to town on Wednesday, 16 September 2020.
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2020-10-302024-05-07Letters
Letter – Are teachers expected to perform miracles?
When schools opened at the beginning of this year on 15 January 2020 much of the time was given to athletics which was indeed part of the extramural activities prior to the announcement of the state of emergency decision to close the schools on 16 March 2020.
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2020-10-302024-05-07Letters
Letter – Opportunities and challenges for healthcare in Africa
From Addis Ababa to Windhoek there has been a lot of hype about the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) from heads of state, tech evangelists and futurists, narrating the disruptive effects that the technological revolution will have on jobs and economies.