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Month: August 2013

World Tourism meeting looks at Visa’s

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe was abuzz this week as more than a 120 delegates ascended on the idylic tourist attraction to deliberate the future of the tourism trade. The 20th Session of the United Nations World Tourism...

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Dill-rich made me vote

It might be old news that “our” Dillish was crowned best entertainer in the recently ended Big Brother “The Chase” house and bagged herself a cool US$300,000, but I am sure it is definitely news that I voted for her every time...

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Proud of 100 years’ tradition

Following the announcement of a three-year partnership between SABMiller’s premier Lager, Castle Lager, and one of Europe’s most popular football clubs FC Barcelona in Spain recently, this week saw the launch of the partnership...

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Ashamed of 100 years’ tradition

MTC’s spokesperson, Tim Ekandjo said as a resident of //Nami#Nüs (former Lüderiz), it is a shame that his fellow residents of the harbour town areopposing the move to replace the colonial name, Lüderitz with //Nami#Nüs which is...

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Backing up mining deals

A list of seven key areas of sensitivity which could wreck or salvage future mining deals, has been identified.Speaking in Perth on the first day of the 3-day 2013 Paydirt Africa Down Under conference, Michael Blakiston, a...

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Public administration set on firm footing

Earlier in August, the Namibia Institute for Public Administration and Management (Nipam) published its first annual report, covering the initial 18 month period ending 31 March 2013. The auditor’s report confirmed that this...

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Growth is not enough

Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013. An overview on the report...

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