Recently, newspapers have been publishing opinion pieces on local content in the oil and gas sector that do not even mention the corruption risks involved (e.g. Namibia Energy Sector Needs Local Content Guidelines by NJ Ayuk, p. 7 of The Namibian on 4 April). It is clear that there is a huge appetite among Namibian...
With the general elections slated for November this year, the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) is carrying out civic education campaigns countrywide. The institute paid a visit to Unam’s Rundu Campus to engage students in the “Namibia Needs Me” campaign. The “Namibia Needs Me” campaign is all about strengthening democratic participation, and NID’s Executive Director,...
Alabama has executed convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. Smith, 58, lost two final appeals to the Supreme Court and one to a federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, Alabama tried and failed...
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has conducted human wildlife conflict management training in over 40 conservancies since September last year, aimed at equipping the communities with skills to handle claims and resolve human wildlife conflict according to national policy. Between September 2023 and December 2023, the Department of Wildlife Conservation has provided training to...
WINDHOEK: Since September 2023, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has conducted human wildlife conflict management training in over 40 conservancies, aimed at equipping the communities with skills to handle claims and resolve human wildlife conflict according to national policy. Between September 2023 and December 2023, the department of wildlife conservation in the environment ministry...
The hopes of the French nation, which have soared high since being awarded the 2023 Rugby World Cup, will face the severest of tests when the hosts take on holders South Africa in the quarter-finals at the Stade de France on Sunday. For the winners, a place in the semi-finals and an enticing tie against either...