Vocational training centres are in a central position to address Namibia’s unemployment, which is one of the country’s biggest stumbling blocks toward a modern economy.
Month: October 2022
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Mathematicians in the making
Oshikoto region dominated the second Namibia Mathematics Olympiad (NMO), scooping the top region and top two performers’ awards. Overall male winner Lazarus Shiyelekeni said he was inspired by his math teacher in the lower grades, who was passionate and hardworking and taught them in such a way that they could easily understand.
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Short Story – The Battle of Omatupa
For three nights, the troopers hooked me to a horse-drawn wagon. The governor ordered us to round up the fleeing matchstick-leg natives.
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Instead of looking for investors, look for partners
Once a troubled 19-year-old with a stint in prison for shooting a police officer in the leg and several assault cases, Angolan-born Legend Nafuka is now a reformed young man with business interests in mining copper.
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Chevron spends big to enter Namibia’s oil race
The multi-national United-States-based energy corporation, Chevron, has reportedly paid US$100 million (around N$1.7 billion) for a stake to explore oil in the Orange basin offshore Namibia.
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Retirement Fund Solutions changes name to comply with FIMA
Retirement Fund Solutions unveiled the change to its company name on 29 September 2022 to comply with FIMA regulations.
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Opinion: Is public sector performance management a mere accessory?
The aim of the performance management system is to ensure that the government’s objectives as laid out in its strategic plans are carried out, further to ensure that employees at all levels are performing their duties effectively and efficiently as expected and most importantly that each individual is held accountable for their performance or lack thereof.
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Opinion: The value of snakes
A New Era article titled ‘Snakes torment northern teachers’ published on 26 September 2022 reported about snakes terrorising teachers at Elondo-West Combined School in the Omusati region.
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Senior police officer gets bail after DUI incident
A senior police officer, who heads the finance directorate of the Namibian Police, Waldheim Nghikongwa, made his first court appearance in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of culpable homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless or negligent driving.
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All systems go for Nguvauva coronation
Ovambanderu Traditional Authority will this weekend convene at Omaueuozonjanda in the Epukiro constituency to instal chief designate Eben Tjozohongo Nguvauva II as paramount chief of that community.