Nandi-Ndaitwah says youth are enablers in the green hydrogen drive
By: Ellen Shihepo
Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah commended the Global African Hydrogen Summit organisers for including the youth.
Nandi-Ndaitwah spoke at the opening of the three-day Global African Hydrogen Summit in Windhoek on Wednesday.
The Hydrogen Summit organisers made provision for 100 youths from different universities in Namibia to attend master classes for free.
Nandi-Ndaitwah said youth are critical enablers towards the drive for sustainable energy sources in Namibia.
“The young people are the assets that we have in Namibia and that we have in Africa, and they are the one we strongly believe that they are critical enablers in this industry that we are all talking about to move to the green industry. However, we need to be cautious that the transition should be done in a manner that does not have a negative impact on the African continent,” said Nandi-Ndaitwah.
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Namibia chess team optimistic about winning Olympiad competition
By: Terence Mukasa
The National Chess team is optimistic about winning the 45th National Olympiad competition in Budapest next Tuesday.
The team, consisting of five women and five men, was selected during the National Chess Championships in March this year.
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Mother of assault victim feels abandoned amidst ongoing legal battle
By: Valeria Handobe
A 48-year-old single mother, Joanie Daries, wants justice for her son, Shalldou, who was assaulted in September 2021.
The now wheelchair bound Shalldou cannot take care of himself after his three friends assaulted him.
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Namibia records a N$2 billion trade deficit in July
By Eric Mhunduru
The Namibia Statistics Agency(NSA) says the country recorded a N$2 billion trade deficit for July, pushed mainly by the drastic drop in precious metals imports and exports.
The NSA announced the merchandise trade statistics bulletin for July 2024 in Windhoek on Tuesday.
The diamonds sector recorded the highest export drop of N$1.9 billion, while uranium exports dropped by N$1.2 billion for the month under review.
The Bank of Namibia expressed concern over the currently depressed global demand for precious minerals, likely to hurt the projected gross domestic product outlook.
NSA Executive for Economic Statistics Abel Sindano explained the export statistics, saying: This publication reflects on how Namibia has traded with the rest of the world and in terms of the July performance, our exports stood at N$9.9 billion, while we have imported goods worth N$12 billion, and then that led us into a deficit of about N$2 billion.
Sindano said Namibia exported uranium worth N$2.5 billion in July, down from N$3.7 billion in June 2024. He noted a decline in diamond exports during July.
“We do export uranium mainly to the USA and China, while our exports of diamonds is mainly to Botswana and USA. Perhaps to put it in context, one would say that when you look at the mining sector itself, the mining sector is one of the sectors that significantly contributes to the GDP of our country. For example, in 2023, the mining sector contributed 14.4% to GDP.
“Now, once you break it down, you will see that the diamond subsector itself contributed about 6.3%, while uranium contributed 2.1%. Now, these two subsectors put together, already you can see that they account for about 8.4% of the total GDP.”
The copper ores and concentrates recorded the highest import drop, dipping by N$1.7 billion, while ores and base metals concentrates decreased by N$308 million.
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An emotional former First Lady Monica Geingos said this is the first fundraising gala dinner she has attended without the late President Hage Geingob.
The One Economy Foundation held its 9th fundraising gala dinner last week, where they raised N$4.5 million.
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People mistake evicted pensioner's furniture for auction items
By: Ketemba Tjipepa
Sixty-one-year-old Paulina !Gaoses was evicted two weeks ago from her home in Windhoek's Nama location after her nephew fraudulently sold the house.
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Children suffer most from eye, brain and blood cancers
By: Selma Taapopi
The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) chief executive officer, Rolf Hansen, said the most common cancers in children in Namibia are eye, blood and brain types.
Hansen said the association is assisting families of children with childhood cancers.
He stressed the importance of early diagnosis and childhood cancer awareness, most especially in rural areas.
Hansen was speaking ahead of September, which is recognised as the yellow and gold month for childhood cancer awareness.The month is dedicated globally to create awarness about childhoold cancer.
“The problem is that children can’t speak, and they can’t truly identify and say what they are feeling, where they are feeling, they just act groggy and then we often as parents misinterpret and we say of its growing pains ,or its a tooth ache, its a tummy bug or something like that and because childhood cancer awareness is not that big especially in our more rural areas,” said Hansen.
He added childhood cancer awaressness in the rural areas is not that advanced resulting to misdiagnosis or late diagnosis.
Hansen further said the Children with Cancer in Namibia programme supports families of children with cancer.
“We’re very fortunate that through the CHICA programme in the CAN, we have a fund that financially aids as well as our CHICA interim home, so that children have a place to go and its heartwarming to see mothers and children playing in the garden and the park at home when they are at their most critical" Hansen.
Hansen also said the association will be hosting an activities filled yellow ribbon festival this September an opportunity where awareness and funds will be raised to help families afflicted by childhood cancer.
Statistics provided by the association show that an average of 136 new childhood cancer cases per annum have been reported to the Namibia National Cancer Registry since 2013, and approximately 30
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Economist says election manifestos are baseless wish lists
By: Josia Shigwedha
Local economist and Unam lecturer Dr Omu Kakujaha-Matundu says election manifestos in Namibia are baseless wish lists not linked to taxes, budgets, or tangible plans.
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Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo urged residents of Onawa in the Oshana region to collaborate with the police by joining initiatives such as the men and women network and Youth against crime and serving as police reservists.
He encouraged the community to report criminal activities and discouraged habouring criminals.
Shikongo made these remarks during the inauguration of the Onawa police station.
"We need the community to collaborate with the police to fight crime. Let us go and clean up from today onwards,” said Shikongo.
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Small businesses make N$170 million from green hydrogen projects
By: Ellen Shihepo
The Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme head, James Mnyupe, said small and medium enterprises have earned about N$170 million from eight projects.
Mnyupe said the projects created over 400 jobs, with 250 000 more projected by 2040.
He said the sector anticipates up to US$40 billion in potential investments.
“Hopefully by now, we are fairly familiar that we have eight projects being developed in Namibia in different stages, whether that is Daures, which at the moment is near completion. We are hoping to be able to close the project by the end of the year. The other end of the spectrum is to make sure that local companies are able to take advantage of various opportunities and contracts that would be availed,” stated Mnyupe.
Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Programme Head of Policy, Planning, and Strategy Joseph Mukendwa, said the programme is building a task force that includes education stakeholders to develop the necessary skills.
Mukwendwa said that they have been collaborating with institutions such as the Namibia Training Authority (NTA), Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA), and the Ministry of Higher Education, among others, to create a comprehensive skills development strategy and plan for green hydrogen and its derivatives.
" The plan and strategy will highlight skills we need to focus on and the quantity we need to create for the new sector".
Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme head of Impact and Environmental, Social Governance Eline van der Linden said they are discussing best practices to minimise environmental impact with environmental stakeholders.
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Unequal media coverage concerns political parties
By: Josia Shigwedha
Various political parties have expressed concerns about the unequal media coverage before the November elections.
The parties raised concerns today when the Elections Media Monitoring Project released its first report on the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
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Ohangwena man is helping youth living with HIV
By: Selma Taapopi
For Lazarus Ndiilenga, it takes a bicycle and a helmet to assist the country in achieving its UNAIDS HIV 95-95-95 targets.
The 95-95-95 strategy is for those living with HIV to know their HIV status, for the diagnosed to receive ARVs, and for those on ARVs to have viral suppression.
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Namibia unlikely to reduce infant mortality rate by 2030
By: Selma Taapopi
UNICEF says Namibia may not meet the 2030 deadline to reduce the infant mortality rate.
The United Nations has set sustainable development goals to guide countries in improving people's lives.
UNICEF Country Representative Samuel Ocran told a conference in Windhoek that Namibia will likely meet development goal 3.2.1, by 2038. This specific goal targets to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age by 2030.
Ocran said the March 2024 Child Mortality Estimations Report shows that Namibia reduced infant deaths from 40 per 1000 live births in 2020 to 38 per 1000 live births in 2023.
The health ministry organised the three-day quality management conference with the theme Beyond the Blueprint: transforming policy into quality practice.
"Newborn deaths, (deaths from day 0 to 28 days of life) reduced from 20 per 1000 live births to 19 per 1000 live births during the same period (2020 and 2022). The same UN report shows that at the current rate of under-five deaths reduction, Namibia is projected to miss SDG target for health (3.2.1) by 2030 and only achieve the target in 2038,” stated Ocran.
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Teen mother helped herself to deliver
By: Nduuvundi David
The teenager who left her baby at Twinkle Kindergarten in Ondangwa delivered on her own.
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