Category: Editors Desk
What makes a good life?
Turning 60 is something many people dread. The popular view is that it is the beginning of the...
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What if? What if? Is there a property company out there with enough guts (debt) to turn a shopping mall into a school?
It came as a shock last week to learn that the pharmaceutical retailer, Clicks, is shutting down...
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There is a distinct possibility that Neckartal may fill up (almost) in the first year after its completion
The image above from Namwater shows the surveyed highwater line of the Neckartal Dam. When this...
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When business confidence has been destroyed, demand for credit evaporates, as can be seen in the data
Nowhere is the devastating impact of the protracted lockdowns more evident than in the latest...
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Everybody looks at domestic market to carry tourism but the numbers are finite. There are not enough Namibians
It is a drastic departure from conventional wisdom, suddenly to state that the decimated tourism...
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Corruption is criminal, immoral and the ultimate betrayal of public trust – UN Secretary General
Statement by the United Nations Secretary General, HE António Guterres....
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We consume what we don’t produce and what we produce, we don’t consume
How to revive an economy that has been relegated to a dustbowl is probably the most important...
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When there is no confidence left, the next step is despondency
Business confidence is a tenuous concept, based mostly on sentiment and often not reflecting true...
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One ‘M’ too many of too few can sink the finance ministry’s aspirations of extending the bond maturity profile
This week’s switch auction did not exactly go as the Ministry of Finance planned. Not only did the...
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Investment managers hold onto your knickers – the market jolt has come and gone
The local market was somewhat skittish after last week’s carnage on the stock exchange with one...
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Allegations surface of lockdown relief food being sold by criminals in Katutura
A most disconcerting snippet came my way during the week. Talking about conditions and daily life...
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This may turn out to be the con of the century
It is difficult to find the words to describe a rational mind’s assessment of what is going on in...
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