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Month: November 2011

Wind energy project soon

Nampower and other relevant stakeholders are expected to draft a Power Purchase Agreement that outlines the conditions and prices for the purchase of energy, should the planned wind energy project facilitated by the Polytechnic...

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Who benefits from resources?

It is time to take stock of who is really benefiting from the country’s natural resources and whether the people who originally lived in or adjacent to protected areas, are benefiting. This was the view expressed by Prime...

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Indongo honoured

Namibian business icon, Frans Aupa Indongo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Southern Africa at the Ernst & Young’s World Enterpreneurs Awards which took place in Sandton late last week.Speaking at a celebratory...

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Trust to help keep hostels afloat

The Evangelical Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) has launched a trust fund to help sustain its hostels throughout the country.The church established its hostel programme in the early 1960s in seven regions of the...

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U.S. tackles Aids

The U.S. Embassy has lined up two activities to commemorate World AIDS Day this year. On 30 November, Spoken Word will join the U.S. Embassy for an evening of poetry at the Playhouse theater. The event recognises that after...

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Businesses support HIV cause

More than 12 million children are orphaned by AIDS in Africa. In Namibia there are 80 000 orphans, 75% of whom are AIDS orphans. “HIV/AIDS has not only diluted efforts to reduce poverty and life expectancy but has become a...

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Alexander Forbes fights cancer

The Cancer Association of Namibia recently received a donation of N$20,000 from Alexander Forbes. This is the second time Alexander Forbes has donated to the association this year. The funds will go towards assisting cancer...

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