WINDHOEK: The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) has extended its cancer treatment services to include weekends at House Acacia, the interim home for cancer patients, as of 01 February 2024. Previously, cancer treatments at House Acacia were halted on weekends and patients were discharged. The service is for cancer patients who live outside Windhoek but...
November 15, 2024
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Media viability should include journalists’ well-being – union
The Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) has drawn attention to the needs of journalists, following a report highlighting the threatened longevity of media houses. The recent media viability briefing paper produced by Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) noted that newspapers specifically are concerned about the survival of quality and public interest-oriented journalism which underpins...
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‘Include us when developing programmes for us’: ||Kharas youth
KEETMANSHOOP: Young people from the ||Kharas Region said there is a need for Government to involve more young people when developing programmes aimed to address unemployment among young people. These sentiments were part of the inputs from some youth on Tuesday in Keetmanshoop, during a public hearing by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources...
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‘Third-party financing of procurement projects should not only include SMEs’
Business Reporter BÄRBEL Kirchner, CEO of the Construction Industries Federation (CIF), has welcomed a new cession agreement that allows third parties, such as financial institutions, to enter into contract financing with local businesses, effectively meeting cash flow requirements on behalf of SMEs to complete tender projects. The introduction of cession agreements by the Ministry of...
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Namibia’s mineral licenses to include mandatory government ownership
Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Hage Geingob said that the government is in the process of amending Namibian legislation to allow for a certain percentage of mandatory government ownership in all mineral licenses. This decision, he explained, was inspired by public calls for greater participation in the ownership of Green Hydrogen and hydrocarbon ventures. The president made...