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Month: March 2012

Not detracting but re-investing

The perception that Spar, which consists of a chain of retail stores, is taking money out of Namibia is wrong as each Spar store is individually-owned by Namibians who re-invest in the country, says Johan Mostert, regional buyer...

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Fuel price hikes not only a concern

With petrol prices having gone up for the second time this year, the Economist caught up with one of the country’s leading manufacturers and distributors, Bokomo Namibia, to discuss how the company has been performing since the...

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Walmart ruling beneficial

The Namibian Manufacturers Association(NMA) says it is happy with the ruling by the Minister of Trade and Industry forcing Walmart to establish a domestic supplier development programme.Giving conditions for the Walmart/Massmart...

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Sweet success

Prucheria Mwanyangapo is one of the many entrepreneurs who heeded government’s call not to expect work or freebies to be dished out to them, but to create self-employment.Mwanyangapo is the mind behind the family-owned Mwetumona...

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Billion dollar project on track

Negotiations with potential tenants and financing partners for the Bahnhof Square and Lifestyle Centre are well underway. The development partners, which include businessmen Steven Skoppelitus, Paul Shipoke and TransNamib, also...

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A message of hope for Tsumeb

The Independence celebrations in Tsumeb started on a beautiful, sunny day in the garden city of the north. The celebrations kicked off with a march by the Namibian Police and Defence Force, each of these delighting the crowd...

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