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19 Feb

Alternative channels: affordable and accessible to all

UncategorisedFNB Namibia, FNB Points of Presence

Staff Writer “Over the past few years, FNB Namibia has focused on developing a strong financial service offering, with special emphasis on digitisation, says Rodney Forbes, Executive Officer: FNB Points of Presence. “This means that we are constantly finding ways and means to ensure that every customer of ours has access to banking services without a physical branch”. Forbes advised that the digitisation strategy of FNB has been successful thus far and has cemented the outlook of the bank that expanding and increasing its branch and ATM footprint is not part of the bank’s overall digitalisation strategy. “We review our…

18 Feb

Govt to lose N$600m in quota fees …as 1100 jobs are threatened

UncategorisedFishcor, Government Gazettes, Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP)

Staff Writer African Selection Fishing Namibia (AFSN) Chairperson and Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP) majority shareholder, Adriaan (AJ) Louw, says N$ 600 million in quota fees alone, over the next 12 years, could be lost to Government, should it proceeds to approve the attempted termination of the joint venture between National Fishing Corporation of Namibia Limited (Fishcor) and AFSN. The businessman confirmed that over and above the quota fees of N$ 48 million per year, Fishcor could also lose their 40 percent share in the investment made. Employment of 655 workers will also be in jeopardy, while another 450 workers already…

17 Feb

Pest Control Using Homemade remedies

UncategorisedGood Agricultural Practices

Hanks Saisai Crop production is an activity that involves the cultivation or tilling of land to enable people to grow their own food for self-sustenance. However, farmers can encounter several challenges before they can harvest their desired produce. One of the most predominant challenges are pests and diseases. Pests are organisms that attack crops by eating them or causing diseases. When growing crops, it is of great importance that farmers acquire knowledge of the types of pests that may attack and cause damage to crops. There are mainly four types of pests; chewing pests which eat and chew on crop…

16 Feb

Ninety One makes senior appointment

UncategorisedNinety One

Staff Writer Omri Oliver has been appointed as Client Manager for Ninety One, formerly Investec Asset Management Namibia. Until recently, Oliver was Head of Distribution for the Corporate segment at Old Mutual Namibia, which included all group risk, smooth bonus investments, preservation funds and life annuity products. “I am excited to work for a company like Ninety One. It ranks as one of the few – if not the only – Southern African investment firms to have achieved success both here at home and on a global scale. This bears testament to the quality of leadership, culture and investment expertise…

16 Feb

Changing gears over Air Namibia

UncategorisedAir Namibia, Covid-19, Namibia

CHAMWE KAIRA The liquidation of Air Namibia is a sad episode in post-independence Namibia. The national flag carrier is gone, jobs have been lost and the ripple effects will be felt across the economic and social fabric of the country for a long time. The country is already facing a depressing period with the COVID 19 pandemic and the economic recession, the Air Namibia shutdown adds to the misery. The loss of jobs at the airline adds to unemployment figures caused by companies shutting down due to the pandemic and recession. Employment figures released by the Ministry of Labour, Industrial…

15 Feb

Ancestral land rights undisputable, but beware of Capitalistic hegemony

UncategorisedAncestral land rights, Ancestral Land Rights Claims and Restitution, Capitalistic hegemony

Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro The Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Ancestral Land Rights Claims and Restitution, now in the public domain, is reaffirming claims to and of ancestral land rights by a section of the indigenous people of Namibia as an undeniable historical fact. A historical fact which the propertied class in Namibia, and their lackeys, have been portraying, twist and spinning as fiction. The indigenous people were dispossessed of their land in the name of Colonialism and Capitalism. Consequently they were and most are still displaced internally, and externally in the Diaspora of Botswana and South Africa, among many…

15 Feb

The Time Traveler: The rape epidemic

UncategorisedJan Mohr Secondary School, The rape epidemic

Hugh Ellis It makes me sad and angry that I have to wrote yet another column on sexual violence in Namibia. A 53-year-old teacher at Jan Mohr Secondary School in Windhoek has been arrested for the rape of a 19-year old schoolboy. It took several days for the case to be reported, and several more for the arrest to be made. It is reported that the same teacher was accused of a similar crime seven years ago, but was allowed to continue in his employment at the school. It the wake of this incident, reports have emerged of other teachers…

13 Feb

AR land issue judgement pushed forward

Uncategorised(AR), Affirmative Repositioning, Job Amupanda, Justice Orben Sibeya, Kadhila Amoomo

Maria Hamutenya Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement is set to hear whether President Hage Geingob will have to comply with an agreement he signed with the organisation in 2015 after the High Court postponed its judgement to next Tuesday, 16 February. AR Lawyer, Kadhila Amoomo, said the judgement was still to be finalised by Justice Orben Sibeya. The government in 2015 struck a deal with AR leader, Job Amupanda, to service 200 000 plots on urban land countrywide. Amoomo said it was an interlocutory application, “it is not fatal, whether we win or lose, it does not stop the case” adding…

13 Feb

Turkish Onurair almost saved Air Namibia

UncategorisedAir Namibia, Leon Jooste, Turkish Onurair

Andrew Kathindi Public Enterprises Minister, Leon Jooste, revealed that Air Namibia was almost taken over by Turkish airliner, Onurair, prior to Cabinet approving voluntary liquidation. Jooste said government sent invitations to airliners to try and save the national flag carrier, however nothing transpired. “We were asked to write to all airlines currently operating to Namibia and those that we know are intending to come including this company. No formal response or request for further engagements were received from any of them,” Jooste told Windhoek Observer. Onurair had shown interest in taking over the beleaguered Namibian airliner. According to documents from…

12 Feb

CRAN, the year that was

UncategorisedCRAN, Heinrich Mihe Gaomab II

Heinrich Mihe Gaomab II In a world where technology is urging the tides of change forward, Namibia, like all other countries, has been forced to up its game to ensure that regulations are current, relevant and serves the needs and expectations of Namibia’s information and communication technology (ICT) consumers. With this, the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia’s (CRAN) mantra of a high quality, accessible and affordable communications technological need for all Namibians has become even more important today. Amidst the unforeseen, unprecedented and catastrophic Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Authorities such as CRAN have become increasingly crucial to making online interactions safe,…