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Opinion: Promoting Support Systems for Employees with Serious Illnesses
By: Noreen Arangies The dark journey of adversity On 29 November 2021, I received devastating news from one of Namibia’s top specialist physicians. He said, “Mrs Arangies, I am sorry to tell you that your bone marrow biopsy…
Stop Praying for Rain and Fund Irrigation Infrastructure
By: Kandjengo Mkwaanyoka Last month, I visited my home, and every evening my grandmother asked us to pray for rain and behave well so that the ancestors would bless us with a better season. This has been a…
Lithium Mine Workers Allege Unfair Dismissals Amid Safety Concerns
By: Juliana Iikela Former employees of Long Fire Investments and its joint venture company Xinfeng Investment at the Uis and Henties Bay Lithium mine claim they were fired after expressing dissatisfaction with their working conditions. Last year, the Mineworkers…
Financial Intelligence Team Up With EU To Address Greylisting
By: Hertha Ekandjo In response to Namibia’s recent placement on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘greylist’, the European Union has commenced a specialised training initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s capabilities in combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and…
Divine Health Institute Refutes Allegations by HPCNA
By: Hertha Ekandjo Divine Health Institute, a health professionals training institution located in Outapi, Omusati Region, has refuted allegations that it has enrolled students in nursing, pharmacy, and emergency care courses that have not been approved by the Health…
Transport Records Highest Inflation Rise Despite Unchanged Fuel Prices
By: Staff Writer Transport costs experienced the sharpest annual inflation increase, rising from -0.1% year-on-year (y/y) in June 2023 to 8.3% y/y in June 2024, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA). This surge reflects higher expenses associated with…
The Risks to Hydrogen Production in Namibia and Worldwide
By: Dwight Links Economist Roman Grynberg points out that since the commitments made in 2021 by major economies like the USA, Japan, and the EU to establish decarbonization strategies, hydrogen has emerged as the preferred alternative fuel source. “Green…
A Letter to My Daughter
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka I usually take days to complete my writing, searching for empirical evidence to support my hypotheses. However, I wrote this in an hour. Recent viral news about the lengths to which young women must go…
NAMCOR Assesses Caltex’s Return to Namibian Market
By: Hertha Ekandjo The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) has acknowledged the return of Caltex to the Namibian market and is currently conducting assessments to understand the particulars of this transition. NAMCOR informed The Villager that Caltex…
Big Corporations Stifle New Market Entrants
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Investigations conducted by the Namibia Competition Commission (NCC) in three separate sectors have revealed that new entrants in the economy are being kept out or driven out of the market by existing companies in an anti-competitive…