Having realised the lack of reading material for children who come to the LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia centre for counselling, Unam final-year Social Work student at Denise Brandt took it upon herself to start a kiddies’ corner and library for them.
Year: 2022
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Opinion – African upstream activity trending higher in 2023: What’s driving the increase?
When TotalEnergies and Shell separately announced “significant” discoveries of what appears to be commercial quantities of oil and gas offshore Namibia – possibly more than 4 billion barrels of oil in total – it signalled something new for the nation: a chance to monetise its natural resources to combat energy poverty and accelerate economic growth.
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MTC, Otjiwarongo digitise service delivery
MTC and the leadership of Otjiwarongo municipality last week entered into a strategic cooperation agreement, which will see the two institutions collaborate to enhance public service delivery through innovative digital solutions.
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Moses //Garoëb supports entrepreneurs
Chairperson of the Khomas Regional Council, John Moonde, recently handed over equipment or materials to entrepreneurs in the Moses ǁGaroëb constituency as part of an effort in fulfilment of government’s promise to support the growth of sustainable self-employment and job creation in the communities.
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Opinion – The sad reality of green hydrogen production
The hype, act of activism towards climate change and technicality ignorance are overshadowing the fact that with the current technology at hand, green hydrogen production is not a wise investment choice.
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Eswatini MPs on benchmarking visit
Kingdom of Eswatini members of parliament, Marwick Khumalo and Lorraine Xhumalo who are led by the speaker, Petros Mavimbela are on a two-day benchmarking visit to the Namibian parliament.
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Programme aims to uplift Rundu youth
Youth deputy minister Emma Kantema-Gaomas on Thursday launched UPSHIFT Namibia in the Kavango East region.
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Swapo weeds out ‘illegal’ delegates
Swapo legal guru Albert Kawana has been instructed to scrutinise and verify congress delegates’ list after some names were mysteriously inserted or removed.
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Covid exposes social safety net shortcomings…LaRRi suggests unemployment insurance
The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, which claimed the lives of more than 4 080 Namibians, exposed shortcomings in the country’s social protection programmes.
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Search on for new GIPF boss
The Government Institutions Pension Fund has started the process to find a suitable replacement for its CEO David Nuyoma, who retires next year after ten years, at the helm of the country’s largest defined pension fund.