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03 Mar

Mining to spearhead 2022 economic recovery

ObserverUncategorisedDebmarine, Mining to spearhead 2022 economic recovery, the mining industry is expected to grow by 26.2 percent

Tujoromajo Kasuto The Namibian economy is expected to improve this year and 2023 building on the moderate recovery it showed in 2021. Its performance will be aided by improved growth in the mining industry and most tertiary industries. According to the Bank of Namibia's February economic outlook report, diamond mining is predicted to grow substantially in 2022 and 2023, as the new Debmarine N$7 billion mining vessel is expected to begin production in the second quarter of 2022. The diamond mining industry was expected to rise by 2.3 percent in 2021, and then by 26.2 percent and 16.5 percent in…

02 Mar

MTC’s ‘we race together campaign’ draws in other cooperates

ObserverUncategorisedErasmus Nekundi, John Ekongo, MTC Chief Human Capital Tim Ekandjo, MTC's 'we race together campaign' draws in other cooperates

Martin Endjala The 'WE RACE TOGETHER CAMPAIGN' launched last Month by MTC has been joined by other corporates to fight social issues hampering the growth of a strong Namibian community. Namib Mills, Shoprite and MTC have both registered their participation with contributions of N$120 000 each, while the Erongo Marine Enterprise pledged N$90 000 and the Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA), Namibia Airports Company and Namport each pledging N$ 30 000 at a MTC press conference yesterday. MTC Public Relations Officer Erasmus Nekundi said the initiative is a way of establishing cultural togetherness and raising money for charitable causes…

02 Mar

Census not about pulling figures from documents

ObserverUncategorisedCensus not about pulling figures from documents, Chief Statistician Alex Shimuafeni, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)

Eba Kandovazu Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Chief Statistician, Alex Shimuafeni says that suggestions to retrieve population data from the Home Affairs Ministry and hospitals data will not give an accurate picture of the intended outcome of the Population and Housing Census. Pulling figures from Home Affairs and hospital data, Shimuafeni warned, will exclude critical groups such as the homeless, people who are not registered anywhere and foreigners or visitors who live in the country. Yesterday, the NSA announced that it would no longer carry out the Population and Housing Census, which was scheduled for August this year. Spokesperson Sakaria Iipumbu…

02 Mar

New Typhoid outbreak in Windhoek….three cases detected

ObserverUncategorisedDr Kalumbi Shangula, Hepatitis E outbreak, New Typhoid outbreak in Windhoek....three cases detected

Tujoromajo Kasuto NAMIBIA appears to be prone to disease outbreaks in informal settlements. In recent years, the country has seen outbreaks such as the Hepatitis E plague, Covid 19, malaria and most recently another occurrence of Typhoid fever. At a press conference today, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services, confirmed three Typhoid Fever cases in the Goreangab residential area in Windhoek, while he also announced the end of the country's Hepatitis E outbreak. Both Hepatitis E and Typhoid are bacterial diseases and thrive in unhygienic conditions. The Ministry confirmed a case of Typhoid Fever in the Windhoek…

02 Mar

Economic integration key to prosperity

ObserverUncategorisedEconomic integration key to prosperity, Paulina Elago, SACU, Vice President Nangolo Mbumba

Tujoromajo Kasuto Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba called for the redoubling of efforts for regional economic integration in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted efforts toward economic recovery in Namibia and other SACU member states over the last two years. He made this call during a visit to the Southern African Customs Union headquarters in Windhoek, where he was informed of how the fallout from the pandemic depleted SACU revenues. The VP asserts that It is therefore imperative that the governments together with all its stakeholders, including SACU, redouble efforts and work together to strengthen the fight towards…

02 Mar

Reinstated IPC councilor challenges Itula’s powers

ObserverUncategorisedCiske Smith-Howard, Dr Panduleni Itula, Reinstated IPC councilor challenges Itula's powers

Eba Kandovazu THE reinstated chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council, Ciske Smith-Howard says that Dr Panduleni Itula has no power to meddle with elected councilors, saying that he is not the president of the Independent Patriots of Change, in terms of its constitution. Smith-Howard, who has been reinstated into her position after three months suspension, said in an interview with the Windhoek Observer newspaper that Itula is an autocrat. "I am not here for the IPC leadership. They can be as hostile as they want to. There are so many issues to deal with. We have a massive health problem…

01 Mar

BIPA held an information session with Parliamentary committees

ObserverUncategorisedBIPA held an information session with Parliamentary committees

Martin Endjala The Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) is engaging various stakeholders on the outdated BIPA legislation with a view to modernise it and in this met various parliamentary standing committees today during an information sharing session. The session was officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Verna Sinimbo where the chief executive of BIPA Vivienne Katjioungua, who noted that the main focus is the Copyrights and Neighboring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994. Katjioungua hinted that the benefits of amending the Act, will lead to speedy resolution of copyright disputes as well as the possibility…

01 Mar

‘Provocative’ statement by white farmer unlocks angry reaction

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Tujoromajo Kasuto A RECENT statement by a farm owner of German descent that has been condemned by some Namibians as provocative has led to more angry reactions by those who lost land through forceful dispossession. The latest to show its disgust with the statement is the Ancestral Land Foundation Of Namibia (ALFON) which over the weekend conducted a peaceful demonstration in the Otjozondjupa Region to create awareness of the unjust treatment of the Otjozondjupa communities for their claim to ancestral land, genocide and land thievery, and quest for justice. AFLON associate Tjeja-uaTjatindi says this in light of their outcry on…

01 Mar

Calm among Namibian students out of Ukraine

ObserverUncategorisedCalm among Namibian students out of Ukraine, Etuweda Hiwete, National Pirogova Memorial Medical University in Vinnitsa, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

Eba Kandovazu Calm has returned among Namibian students who made their way out of Ukraine and are now assured that the government will pay for their flight tickets back home. Etuweda Hiwete, a third year medical student at the National Pirogova Memorial Medical University in Vinnitsa, Ukraine told the Windhoek Observer that Namibian diplomats have been dispatched to the border since Saturday to ensure the safe exit of every Namibian. “We thank God for our lives that my group acted fast. There were people who got out late and it was chaotic at the border. You can imagine a country…

01 Mar

Nampower postpones Kombat power cut

ObserverUncategorisedN$29 million outstanding debt from Congo Namibia Trading, Nampower postpones Kombat power cut

Eba Kandovazu NAMPOWER has made a u-turn on its decision last week to disconnect electricity supply to Kombat today, because of a N$29 million outstanding debt from Congo Namibia Trading. Nampower says the disconnection will now be carried out on 11 March in the morning. The former Kombat mine owners, Congo Namibia Trading, who received bulk electricity supply from Nampower, were also supplying the village using the same supply point as the Kombat mine. The mine now has new owners, with their own electricity supply point. Without divulging much, Nampower Managing Director Kahenge Haulofu said that the postponement is as…