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International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) stated that workers have a right to strike. The court was approached by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 2023 for an advisory opinion on the ILO Convention of 1948 and its…

China, USA, Global Powers, Smoothing Economic Interests

China, USA, Global Powers, Smoothing Economic Interests

  By: David Shoombe   In the recent two-day US–China summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the US delegation that “China and the USA should be partners, not rivals. Addressing the USA delegation at the State Banquet, Jinping…

The Answer is Not Aid, but Strategic Investment – EU

The Answer is Not Aid, but Strategic Investment – EU

  By: Dwight Links   The European Union (EU) Delegation to Namibia outlined that the new Global Gateway program is a quest for improved partnerships based on strategic investment offers, not aid. The delegation revealed during the just-ended EU-Namibia Business…

Technology

AI Carbon Footprint Flagged

  By: Dwight Links   The ‘Environmental Cost of AI’s Energy Use: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints’ report from the UN University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) points to the impact of the rapid global artificial intelligence (AI)…

MTC to Invest More than Half a Billion in Telecommunication Infrastructure

    By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the 2026/27 financial year, one of the telecommunication service providers, Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (MTC), will invest more than half a billion Namibian dollars in various telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The company made the capital…

NADD Joins Continental WhatsApp Banking Wave

  By: Peneyambeko Jonas Namibia Digital Dollar (NADD) has launched NADD Pay, a WhatsApp-based payment platform that allows users to send, receive and transact with the blockchain-backed stablecoin directly through the popular messaging application. The platform was announced in Oshakati…

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