Chinese Yuan to Become Reserve Currency of Lesotho?
LESOTHO is among 14 eastern and southern African countries that are considering the adoption of the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency to facilitate the repayment of loans being advanced by the Asian economic giant for infrastructural developments. A team of Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) officials recently joined their eastern and southern African counterparts […]
Merck Foundation supports the training of Twenty Future Oncologists in Africa
Merck Foundation started the second stage of their Africa Oncology Fellowship Program that started in 2016 with the aim to increase the limited number of oncologists in Africa. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation emphasized “One of the main objectives of Merck Foundation is to build a strong platform of qualified medical, paediatric and […]
‘South Africa, Namibia Following Mugabe’s Footsteps’
Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe has said that leaders of South Africa and Namibia are following President Robert Mugabe’s footsteps in distributing land to black people in their countries. Grace said this while consoling the family of a revolutionary musician Dickson “Chinx” Chingaira in Harare on Tuesday. She also said that the white community around […]
Namibia Mourns Iconic Freedom Fighter Imprisoned With Mandela
Words of admiration flowed in from freedom fighters, heads of state and many more including South African political parties and other African organisations for Namibia’s revered anti-apartheid struggle icon, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, who died in Windhoek at the age of 92. Ya Toivo died at his Klein Windhoek home on Friday evening from a […]
‘Landless Could Invade Namibian President Hage Geingob’s Farm’
The former deputy minister of land reform, Bernadus Swartbooi, has threatened to take the livestock of landless people to President Hage Geingob’s farm if the government does not accede to their demands for resettlement farms. Addressing the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) meeting at Karasburg on Saturday, Swartbooi made reference to several farmers who were summoned […]
Corpses in Namibia Await Cremation Officer’s Return From Stress Leave
HUNDREDS of corpses waiting for cremation have been placed on ice for an indefinite period because the city’s sole cremation officer is on “stress leave”. Cremation officer Obed Haraseb (44) is based at the crematorium at the Pionierspark cemetery, as bodies have been piling up at undertakers. Three-hundred other bodies are unclaimed and lying at […]
Youth Unemployment On the Rise in Namibia
The number of employed people dropped to 135 800 in 2016, compared to 206 000 in 2014, resulting in unemployment shooting up by 6%, according to a Namibia Labour Force Survey report. HIGHLIGHTS of a labour survey show that there were more unemployed youths in 2016 than there were in 2014, and that the agriculture, […]
Namibian President Hage Geingob to force white-owned businesses sell 25% stake to blacks
President Hage Geingob has said Namibia will make it mandatory for white-owned businesses to sell a 25% stake to blacks, calling the country one of the most unequal in the world. A draft bill on the Namibia Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEF) was expected to be tabled before his cabinet soon, Geingob said in a speech […]
Oranto Launches $500-Million Oil Exploration Campaign in South Sudan
Oranto Petroleum will invest $500 million to develop South Sudan’s Block B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately. The Ministry of Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum Company, South Sudan signed the exploration and production sharing agreement for the block today in Juba. The B3 area covers 25,150 square kilometers. Some aeromagnetic and seismic data have […]
Why Opposition Parties in Southern Africa Struggle to Win Power
Over the last three decades there’s been some progress towards institutionalising multiparty democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this elections in the region rarely result in changes of government. A recent survey by Afrobarometer – a non-partisan African research network – sheds some light on why this is the case. The survey, which involved 9 500 […]
