Does US military training incubate coups in Africa? The jury is still out
Michele Cattani/AFP via Getty Images Lee J. M. Seymour, Université de Montréal and Theodore McLauchlin, Université de Montréal Military officers overthrew Mali’s government in a coup d’état on August 18, 2020. Among the more worrying aspects of the coup is the fact...
COVID-19 kills Hats & Roses
The annual Cancer Association of Namibia Hats & Roses ladies event scheduled for the first Saturday of October in Windhoek, followed by a second production in Swakopmund, is cancelled. CAN CEO, Mr Rolf Hansen, confirmed the cancelation of the annual gala events...
Week in Review 26 September 2020
In your local headlines this past week, the Ministry of Health and Social Services issued general regulations in terms of the Public and Environmental Health Act, 2015. The guidelines published in Government Gazette number 7342, state that visitors to Namibia must...
Regulations promulgated under the Public and Environmental Health Act 2015
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA N$12.00 WINDHOEK - 23 September 2020 No. 7342 CONTENTS Page GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 233 Public Health Covid-19 General Regulations: Public and Environmental Health Act, 2015 1 ________________ Government Notice MINISTRY OF...
The Nedbank for Autism Series heads to the Coast
The Nedbank for Autism Series will commence this weekend after it was essentially put on hold as a means of showing due regard for the national COVID-19 restrictions. The series, which was launched at the beginning of the year to raise awareness and funds for the...
Declining repo rate supports domestic activity
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have cut the repo rate several times since both countries announced states of emergency, closed borders and locked down schools and businesses to curb the spread of the coronavirus. JG van Graan,...
Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them
Keith Silika, Staffordshire University One of my earliest memories is of violence and death. It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old. I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together. He got there before me and started playing...
Be aware of card-not-present fraud
During the COVID-19 lock down, a whole new generation of users discovered the joys and convenience of online shopping. Worldwide, online debit or credit card fraud, better known as card-not-present (CNP) fraud, has increased exponentially during these challenging...
Debt management during tough times
In August, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) cut its benchmark interest rate by another 25 Basis Points (BPS), a standard unit of measure for interest rates, to a record low of 3.75 percent, after the South African Reserve Bank's interest rate was cut by the same margin in...
Know your summer vegetables
Summer is approaching fast, and this is an opportune time for farmers to get ready forcultivating vegetables. Vegetables get to thrive if planted in the right season at the righttime for optimum yield. When vegetables are grown in the wrong season, a farmer...