The 25-year-old William Kondjeni lives in Omafo, Ohangwena region, and pursues his passion and talent for tailoring and sewing every day to produce an income whilst defying the myth that such crafts are only for women.
Month: February 2023
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Short Story – Golden Thimble Thorns (Okahandja)
It was a sun-scorching midday when the king gifted me a doubled sack. First, I sunk to my knees, intoxicated with joy after the king footed all the way to find me scavenging for grasshoppers along the Okamita River. I unrolled the rucksack and picked up it was empty.
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Otjinene experiencing investor inflows
Otjinene village in the Omaheke region has been experiencing a relatively high investor inflow for the past years.
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SACU ratifies African free trade agreement
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini Cleopas Sipho Dlamini, as the current chair of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), officially announced the finalisation of the SACU Tariff Offer on 18 February 2023.
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CRAN commences with frequency bid auction
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) gave notice that on Friday, 17 February 2023, it has commenced with the auctioning process for radio
frequency spectrum bands 694-790 MHz and 790-862 MHz allocated to International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) services on a primary basis.
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Opinion – Is Namibia a bourgeois state? A case study of Michael Amushelelo
Learning from the recent social and political developments in the Namibian political space, many who follow politics would have observed the working class mobilisations led by the NEFF’s commissar Michael Amushelelo, who is currently a trending force and icon in Namibia as far as the awakening and mobilisation of the working class’ struggle is concerned.
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Opinion – NRSC does the right thing
The majority of the world’s safest countries have long-term road safety targets in place. Road safety is a major global health issue since large proportions of unintentional injuries are caused by traffic-related crashes.
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Community hostel finances a shambles
A parliamentary standing committee on education matters has noted with grave concern the mushrooming of community hostels, which in some instances, are believed to be established for financial gains.
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MET extends gambling machines’ registration period
At the recommendation of the gaming and entertainment board, the environment and tourism ministry has extended the period by six months to register all unregistered gambling machines and operations.
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Heavy rain leaves Mukwe villagers displaced
Heavy rain with strong wind left inhabitants of Shamaghongo village in the Mukwe constituency stranded after their homesteads were damaged last Wednesday. Their housing structures were damaged, with roof sheets blown away and thatch roofs destroyed.