Press Release BACKGROUND The medical aid fund industry recently informed the public and private sector healthcare providers that medical aid funds are experiencing financial difficulties, in that the funds are experiencing higher than expected claims as from 2022 and are now using past reserves to honour claims. In a presentation by Dr Johann van Zyl,...
The European Union (EU) is refuting claims of secrecy surrounding its partnership agreement with the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), asserting that an agreement has been accessible to the public on their official website. This after activist Job Amupanda on Monday caused a stir when he posted the economic partnership agreement on...
The lack of transparency surrounding the government’s partnership with Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has raised the alarm among civil society organisations. They are are now demanding full disclosure of the feasibility and implementation agreement signed with the company in March. “There is a need for a joint letter to the Presidency demanding the publication of the...
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, refuted claims that the Green Hydrogen project is being developed in secrecy. He says the government will continue to engage and share information related to the project so that everyone remains up-to-date with its developments. “With regard to the concern that the green hydrogen project is being...
Expectations of high returns come with taking high risks. It thus follows that the massive green hydrogen (GH2) benefits the Namibian presidency is promising should be treated with that aged and proven principle of an investment vs reward trade-off. It’s more than two years since the government launched the lofty and ambitious target of making...