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I’m a whistle-blower, not a fugitive - De Klerk
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“With the guilty verdict by the High Court, and in line with the expressed commitment by President Hage Geingob to transparency and the fight against corruption, the head of state has been left with no option but to relieve Katrina Hanse-Himarwa of her ministerial responsibilities.” Full column on page 2 Find us on
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To that end, compensate for the their welfaremised during the rainy the veld ire farm infratheir animals showers predicte season, provided to of dry matter intake and protect from possi- nate the previous rainy not compro the season.” ce of k to prepare “Like possible loss the animals’ and livestoc risky areas ly season. be a high prevalen LLY structure in there will keep warm and to enhance s, more especial especially it is very for them to a. PREPARE OPTIMA ble loods, northern parts of the PATTERNS internal parasite to this end, metabolism lic heat, said Ngaruk among others.” CHANGING that every year has Ngaruka said the rangelands liver such as the the liver luke, arithat d that the from metabo Ngaruka said important d to beneit from rainand tempor seacountry. to adopt techNgaruka explaine host is a snail, t advised diate rainy and are the prepare become spatially er suicien are Farmers ng rainwat luke’s interme in terms of y, distribuensuring that ed, ly unique fall while gardens niques of harvesti n, intensit ls are preserv later use in son’s initiatio . forage materiaavailable until the storing it for and season tion and duration protected previous rainy for He said the eeded relief next season. in the provided much-n k farmers livestoc many
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“I am not on the run and I am not a fugitive. The South African authorities are aware of my whereabouts. That I still fear for my life, yes, that is indeed the case. I am in hiding and frequently move from place to place ... I want justice and fairness, which has been denied to me thus far.” Civil society groups believe his testimony must be heard - whether he is innocent or not. “There’s no doubt De Klerk has a
large amount of evidence that could drag senior Swapo igures into the case right up to State House,” Graham Hopwood, the executive director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), said. “He was [allegedly] the paymaster for Fishrot who moved the money around, paying diferent Swapo-linked entities and individuals. He may also be angry he wasn’t given the designation of state witness and therefore will not receive immunity from prosecution,” he added. Access to Information in Namibia Coalition chair Frederico Links said: “His whereabouts in South Africa have been reported over the last three years as well as the fact that he has not been arrested - despite various Namibian and South African authorities knowing exactly where he is or has been”.
Charges Fishrot made headlines after a cache of 30 000 Wikileaks documents exposed allegedly crooked dealings in Namibia’s lucrative ishing industry. One deal involved a joint venture be-
Why I quit Swapo for IPC – Conradie JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK
tween Namibia’s state-owned Fishcor and privately owned African Selection Fishing. A shell company, Celax Investments, was allegedly set up to divert money from the deal to Swapo-linked entities. De Klerk allegedly divided the spoils between 17 recipients. He is wanted on various charges, including racketeering, conspiracy to commit an ofence, fraud, theft and money laundering. Icelandic ishing company Samherji allegedly paid millions to political igures and associates in Namibia to divert ishing quotas away from local businesses and inlate its own inancial performance. The company did not respond to a written inquiry. De Klerk claimed the scheme was hatched at a meeting in Cape Town in December 2016. Bribe money was allegedly used to shore up support for Geingob ahead of Swapo’s 2017 elective congress, in which he emerged victorious. IPPR has campaigned for those implicated in the scandal to be held accountable.
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The Masubia ‘game of thrones’ KENYA KAMBOWE RUNDU
Long-time Swapo lawyer Dirk Conradie, who served as a party member since 1978 and its legal advisor since 1996, said he has dumped the ruling party to join the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) because there is no economic development under Swapo. Conradie, who said he is now a full card-carrying member of IPC, recently oiciated a ceremony during which IPC leader Dr Panduleni Itula took an oath as his party’s sole candidate for the 2024 national presidential election. The lawyer, who preceded Sisa Namandje as Swapo’s legal anchor, said his biggest bone of contention is the fact that the party’s legal work has been given to a handful of lawyers despite his and other lawyers’ push that the ‘cake’ be shared amongst all legal practitioners. “Everyone needs to start a new life – my life is stuck. “There is no change and progress under the Swapo government, and too much injustice. I [started] the irst
JUMPED SHIP: Long-time Swapo lawyer Dirk Conradie. PHOTO: FILE
black legal irm and [was the irst black] Swapo lawyer, but there is no work for us. We have asked that the work be shared amongst all of us, but there are only a handful of lawyers who beneit,” he said.
Battles During his time as Swapo lawyer, Conradie mediated between the party and the disgruntled ‘struggle kids’
who were up in arms over the party’s failure to secure them jobs and other economic opportunities. He also represented the party when Swapo and its secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa were dragged to the High Court by two party members over the legality of its November 2017 elective congress.
The eldest son of late Masubia chief Kisco Liswani III has alleged that a will - in which his father had named his successor - has been stolen. Liswani III and his wife died after they contracted Covid-19 in July last year, sparking a battle to succeed him. At one point, the succession battle reached the High Court as one of those who claim to have the right to the throne – Gilbert Mutwa – dragged other nominees to court. Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni recently assembled a team of oicials to investigate the matter after his ministry received three applications from aspiring chiefs. The three are Mutwa, a former legal drafter in the ministry of justice, as well as former Katima Mulilo police station commander Fredrick Nalisa and James Kabati Maiba.
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ith the guilty verdict by the High Court, and in line with the expressed commitment by President Hage Geingob to transparency and the ight against corruption, the head of state has been left with no option but to relieve Katrina HanseHimarwa of her ministerial responsibilities.” That excerpt is from a State House media release, dated 9 July 2019 a day after then education minister Hanse-Himarwa was convicted of corruption and quit her Cabinet position amid rage and mounting public pressure. Fast forward to 2022 and the same Geingob, who had supposedly planned to dismiss Hanse-Himarwa if she didn’t throw in the towel herself, skips all Swapo members of integrity and appoints the former minister to the Swapo politburo, the crème de la crème of all party structures. While it is the prerogative of the Swapo president to appoint whoever they want to politburo, this particular decision smacks of abuse of that power. The conviction against the former minister stands, so what changed Geingob’s mind that she is now a holier convict than she was in 2019? The clearest message the president is sending with this appointment is that Swapo members who commit crimes can go ahead, because there will be no repercussions from the party itself. Courts may convict them, but Swapo will ultimately reward them - and handsomely so.
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sion [ACC] and the prosecutor-general’s oice. AMONG THE NATIONAL TEAMS, GERMANY “I sincerely believe this conContinued from page 1 stitutes a reasonable and valHAS PLAYED THE MOST W ORLD CUP id reason for me to remain in MATCHES (106) AND APPEARED IN THE ‘False narrative’ hiding outside Namibia. My De Klerk has further claimed conduct in ‘telling all’ distinMOST FINALS (8), SEMI-FINALS (13), AND he is the victim of a false narguishes me from a fugitive QUARTER-FINALS (16). rative and that his role was from justice who simply leaves the country and refuses to comerely to disburse funds to Swapo-linked individuals, not operate with the criminal justice system.” facilitate corruption. He made similar statements in aidaThe Namibian justice department did not respond vits deposed in the corruption to queries, but the ACC concase. On 8 September, he deposed an aidavit in South Africa say- facility for stress. irmed a warrant for De Klerk’s arrest There was no guarantee of protec- was issued in Namibia on 29 April ing he had “unwittingly involved himtion in Namibia, he added. “I have 2021. self in criminality”. He reiterated his willingness to not received that protection despite testify by video link. He claimed the fact that more than two years ago Warrant of arrest he was almost abducted in 2020 in I submitted a full evidentiary aida- “On 15 July 2022, the Namibian head South Africa while in a psychiatric vit to the Anti-Corruption Commis- of Interpol conirmed... to ACC that
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‘Unfair’ Because Trevor’s application was not submitted to the line ministry, his claim to the throne was not considered by the investigation committee, something Richard said was unfair. “We, the children of the late chief, have been sidelined since the death of our father - despite us knowing the truth,” he said. The reason why Trevor has been deemed ineligible to be chief is that he is “too young”. When asked about this claim, the 32-year-old made reference to the late Queen of England, Elizabeth II. “If they say I am too young to lead, do they know how old Queen Elizabeth II was when she became the leader of the kingdom?” Trevor asked. “If your father gave you his trousers to wear, would you not wear it?”
Continued from page 1 That committee commenced with its work last Monday and concluded on Friday. However, Namibian Sun has learnt of a fourth application signed by Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu, which did not make it to the ministry and was thus not part of the committee’s investigation. This was the application by the late chief ’s son, Trevor Maiba Liswani.
No right Sampofu conirmed having received and signed Trevor’s application, adding that he later withdrew it. “I did sign Trevor’s application, but one of his brothers came to me and said that he has no right to the throne.” According to Trevor’s eldest brother, Richard, none of the three nominees who claim to have the right to the throne were considered by his late father to take over. By virtue of being the eldest of the late chief ’s children, it would make him the preferred candidate, he said. He, however, added that he will respect his father’s wishes, who wanted Trevor to succeed him.
NOT TOO YOUNG: Trevor Maiba Liswani.
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Richard added that all this is contained in his father’s will, which was stolen out of the late chief ’s room when he died last year. “We as the children of the late chief all knew what our father wanted and it was [for] Trevor to succeed him,” he said. Richard further questioned Sampofu’s decision to withdraw Trevor’s application.
Meanwhile, Namibian Sun has uncovered that prior to his death, Liswani III called a meeting where he addressed – amongst other things – that he felt betrayed by his indunas and trusted people. At this meeting, which took place in April 2021, a number of indunas were stripped of their powers after being accused of sabotage. [emailprotected]
HURRY UP AND WAIT: The latest bail applica-
tions by two of the Fishrot accused - Bernhardt Esau and Nigel van Wyk - were scheduled to start in the Windhoek High Court yesterday, but were postponed until tomorrow. The applications will be based on new facts because both accused were previously denied bail. Former fisheries minister Esau’s legal representative Richard Metcalfe was not ready to begin the application yesterday morning, because he had not yet consulted with his client. Metcalfe’s mother recently died and he was in South Africa until Saturday. Van Wyk and his representative Mbanga Siyomuinji were ready to proceed, but judge David Munzu postponed the case until tomorrow to give Metcalfe and Esau time to consult before proceedings begin. PHOTO: KRISTIEN KRUGER
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extradition documentation had been processed through diplomatic channels and that a warrant of arrest had subsequently been issued by the South African authorities,” ACC deputy director-general, advocate Erna van der Merwe, said. South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Athlenda Mathe conirmed Interpol in South Africa had received an extradition request. “We have already obtained a warrant of arrest in South Africa for him and the process to trace him and apprehend him continues,” she said. Geingob has consistently denied wrongdoing. Some of those facing charges include former isheries minister Bernhardt Esau and former justice minister Sacky Shanghala, who remain in jail over the scandal. – Sunday Times
Swapo Continued from page 1 Conradie was the legal head when the party saw some of its toughest inhouse legal battles, including when its former youth leaders Dr Elijah Ngurare, Dr Job Amupanda, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and George Kambala challenged it for their expulsion from the rank and ile.
Legal troubles The veteran lawyer has also had his fair share of legal troubles. He and Sarah Damases were arrested in June 2012 on corruption charges, and the matter remains in court. It emanated from allegations that Conradie in June 2012 ofered to use his inluence - as chairperson of telecommunications company MTC’s board of directors - to have an advertising contract worth about N$60 million awarded to advertising company DV8 Saatchi & Saatchi - if that company’s directors agreed to take Damases on board as a black economic empowerment partner. In 2007, Conradie, as Namibian Rugby Union president, and his entire executive committee were barred from attending the rugby World Cup in France. He was accused of complicity in the irregular sale of world cup tickets, a charge he latly denied. [emailprotected]
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Tourists robbed at campsite In two separate incidents, tourists were robbed of possessions worth thousands of Namibian dollars at Swakopmund’s Tiger Reef campsite last week. In the irst incident, suspects broke into a South African tourist’s caravan. Goods worth N$80 000 - including a camera, clothes, a wallet and a PlayStation gaming console - were looted. On the same day, tourists from Switzerland were held at gunpoint and robbed of, among other things, a laptop, a smartphone, clothes, cameras and US$300 (about N$5 150). The value of the goods totalled about N$55 000. According to the Erongo crime investigations coordinator, deputy commissioner Erastus Ikuyu, no one has been arrested in connection with the robberies yet. Police investigations continue. - HENRIETTE LAMPRECHT
EIF visits Fransfontein community garden The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) paid another visit to the Fransfontein Community Garden it inanced under its ‘Improving Rangeland and Ecosystem Management (IREMA) Practices of Smallholder Farmers Under Conditions of Climate Change’ project in the Kunene Region. The garden was funded to the tune of N$12.3 million. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources members committed to a follow-up visit to witness its irst bumper harvest, which took place on Wednesday, 7 December. The visit commenced with a courtesy visit to Magrietha Haradoes, a local farmer and beneiciary of the project’s Small Stock Revolving Scheme (SSRS). She received 20 ewes and one ram from the project in November 2020. She currently boasts 47 goats and has already revolved ive ewes through the scheme. “I have achieved this through dedication, hard work and commitment, as I herd the goats by myself ”, she said. Tjekero Tweya, the chairperson of the standing committee, said he is delighted to see the garden under full horticulture production. - OGONE TLHAGE
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• COMPANIES, INSOLVENCY ACTS UNDER SPOTLIGHT
Swapo asks for legislation amendments The party further directed government to inalise the Consumer Protection Act and establish a business rescue fund. OGONE TLHAGE WINDHOEK
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he ruling Swapo Party has urged government to make amendments to the several pieces of legislation - in line with recommendations made by the Business Rescue Task Force. The draft resolutions emanate from the party’s seventh elective congress where a new vice-president, secretary-general and deputy secretary-general were elected last month. Part of the proposals include BRING ABOUT CHANGE: Swapo has urged government to amend certain laws following the conclusion of its seventh implementing recommendations congress in November. PHOTO: FILE handed over to President Hage solvency Act, the Public En- government to accelerate the impleGeingob earlier this year. terprises Act and the Namibia mentation of the Growth at Home “Noting that Cabinet Competitions Act,” it said. strategy and intensify the buying of THE F I RST TIME A GOALKEEPER WAS The party further directed products made in Namibia.” approved a Business REPLACED AT A WORLD CUP WAS FOR government to enact the BankGovernment was further encourRescue Task Force to ANY OTHER REASON THAN INJURY ing Institutions Act and inal- aged to accelerate recommendasupport afected busiWHEN ZAIRE WAS 0-3 DOWN VERSUS nesses and the youth, ise the Consumer Protection tions by the Harvard Growth Lab. Act and the Namibia Business The party also wants governand enhance strategies YUGOSLAVIA AFTER 22 MINUTES IN 1974. Law, as well as establish a busi- ment to design tailor-made supto access inance, the Swapo Party directs govness rescue fund. port for small- and medium-sized ernment to implement Swapo also wants the enterprises (SMEs) owned by Nathe recommendations of ‘Growth at Home’ strategy im- mibians to enable them to compete the task force by amendplemented to intensify indus- with international SMEs, as well as ing - among others - the trialisation eforts. undertake bi-annual reviews of the Companies Act, the In“The Swapo Party directs Tourism Recovery Strategy.
NAMIBIA OPENS CHILD-FRIENDLY SURGICAL THEATRE JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK
The health ministry has launched the country’s irst paediatric theatre at the Windhoek Central Hospital in collaboration with the Scottish charity Kids Operating Room (KidsOR). The theatre, oicially opened last week, is set to signiicantly reduce the inancial burden on the state, which until now has referred 90% of its paediatric surgery cases to private entities locally and in South Africa. Until recently, child surgeries were performed in adult operating theatres when possible, unless the children were transferred to suitable and often more costly - paediatric facilities elsewhere. The new facility is fully equipped with child-friendly operating tools and equipment. It will reduce risks of morbidity in emergency surgical cases as a result of long distance travels during transfers to other operating theatres. It will also ensure afordable, quality paediatric surgical services for Namibian children, the ministry said. Last week, health minis-
ter Dr Kalumbi Shangula said the services currently available include congenital anomaly corrections. The theatre also ofers treatment for a variety of child cancers. “Previously, children with congenital anomalies used to wait until they were already far along in their schoolgoing age to receive their corrective procedures, and this had a major impact on their psychological development. Now, with the paediatric surgery department on the ground, things have improved remarkably.”
More to come The minister also pointed out that a memorandum of understanding signed by Namibia and KidsOR will accelerate the development and enhancement of the paediatric surgical facilities at the Windhoek Central Hospital. This is in line with the objectives of the charity organisation, which are to provide children relief from sufering and distress and promote their health by creating, equipping, enhancing and supporting the maintenance of dedicated children’s operating rooms. [emailprotected]
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• THIRD EDITION OF ECOLOGICAL THREAT REPORT RELEASED
Thoughts On Our Society
Worry about climate change dwindles
By Muthoni waKongola
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Alcohol consumption and the black nation
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t is true that alcohol has long been a part of human society. This is the case in both African and Western societies. In the West, the biblical stories inform us that even Jesus, at one point, arranged for people to drink alcohol when he converted water into wine, much to the jubilation of the beneiciaries. It is thus comical when prophetic pastors inform their congregants that alcohol is the work of the devil. What has been problematic, and what Europeans did, is the utilisation of alcohol as a weapon during colonial conquest. European settlers gave alcohol to traditional leaders in exchange for land. It is said that in the south in 1883, a 21-year-old German named Heinrich Vogelsang bought land from Nama Chief Joseph Fredericks. The deal included alcohol. In the north, Ondonga King Kambonde kaMpingana is said to have sold land to the settlers for a cask of brandy in 1885. The colonisers continued to use alcohol as a weapon of control and domination over the black nation. In South Africa, in the Western Cape, the colonisers introduced a system that was known as the “dop system”, whereby employers paid their labourers with cheap wine. The colonisers saw nothing wrong with this system. In fact, the system was socially accepted. It is for this reason that Apartheid rugby hero, and Afrikaner farmer, Jan Boland Coetzee, is said to have remarked in the 1980s that “coloured labourers were like children [...] didn’t know what was good for them, [and] only wanted their daily dop (tot) of wine.” Although now illegal in independent South Africa, the impact of the dop system, which persisted over many years, is still felt, particularly among the Khoisan communities in the Western Cape. The alcohol situation among black Africans worsened with freedom and independence. Over the years, studies have found that sub-Saharan Africa not only displays high proportions of heavy episodic drinkers, but it also has weak alcohol policies. As a result, the region has been a target for market expansion by global alcohol producers. It is as if alcohol is the second religion. How else would one explain that when Qatar banned the sale of alcohol at stadiums, it was the Africans, particularly those who were not going to Qatar, who were among the loudest noisemakers on social media platforms. The editor of this newspaper shared a video that had been circulating on social media pages showing spectators circumventing rules by
smuggling alcohol into stadiums. That we are an alcoholic nation is not a point of debate. From State House to the village, excessive alcohol consumption is the order of the day. We all recall a video of President Hage Geingob, in which he accidentally confessed to being a consumer of alcohol. Upon realising what he had said, he quickly added a disclaimer: “Just a little bit.” In terms of heavy alcohol consumption, our country is ranked among the top consumers globally. As we head into the festive season, the discussions in the boardrooms of Namibia Breweries and Distell Namibia do not revolve around Bible verses beitting Christmas and other Christian activities. Instead, they are concerned about how to meet the heavy demand for alcohol and the proits thereafter. Breweries’ adverts, such as Three-FirFifty - three beers for only 50 dollars – are probably more widely read than job vacancy ads. On a daily basis, we wake up to videos of drunkards falling or urinating on themselves publicly. Our region, Zambezi, was once ranked the highest in terms of beer consumption. Namibian Breweries has already exceeded selling more than 1 million hectolitres of beer in a year. Despite making millions in proits from alcohol, there are no big social investment initiatives. There are no schools, hospitals or football stadiums exclusively built by Namibia Breweries in Namibia. Most of the sponsorship has been around social events that promote alcohol consumption. There is no single rehabilitation centre built and run by those beneitting from the alcohol situation. When the words of Jan Boland Coetzee, as quoted in this column, are extrapolated from coloureds to the black nation in Namibia, regardless of the pain they inlict, the state of afairs may be explained. * Muthoni waKongola is a native of Kongola in the Zambezi Region primarily concerned with analysing society and ofering ideas for a better Namibia. She is reachable at [emailprotected] or @wakongola on Twitter.
OTHER PRIORITIES: Namibia is one of 52 countries facing extreme ecological threats. PHOTO: FILE
As concerns about the impact of climate changed declines, Namibians say their top concerns relate to inancial stability and crime. JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK
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amibia is one of 52 countries facing extreme ecological threats and one of three countries that have experienced the highest decline in concern about the impact of climate change among its citizens. This inding is contained in the third edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR). According to the report, Singapore has recorded the highest decline in concern about climate change, followed by Namibia and Zambia. Instead, Namibians are more concerned about their country’s inancial stability, the pandemic, and the risk of crime and violence than the threat of climate change.
High risk areas The 2022 ETR identiied 27 hotspot countries that face catastrophic ecological threats while also having the lowest levels of societal resilience. These countries are home to 768 million people and are mainly clustered in two regions: two-thirds are in subSaharan Africa, while countries in the Middle East and North Africa account for another 18.5% of hotspot countries. The report also points out that sub-Saharan Africa faces the highest rates of food insecurity and that of the 52 sub-Saharan African countries, 37 recorded extremely high levels of food insecurity. The report points out that food security is largely caused by irregular and
AS CAPTAIN OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM IN 1982, DI N O ZOFF WAS THE OLDEST PLAYER TO WIN THE WORLD CUP FINALS AT THE AGE OF 40 YEARS, 4 MONTHS, AND 13 DAYS. intense rainfall as well as longer dry spells, which have increased pressure on agriculture, especially for subsistence farmers.
Changes unleashed In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, extreme heat, rising levels of water stress, and flooding, along with sharp population increases, have already had negative consequences on food security. “Firstly, many farmers have tiny land holdings, which means it does not take much for yields to decline to unsustainable levels. Secondly, rising temperatures can increase or shorten the length of the growing season, which is very signiicant for crops grown in arid or semi-arid environments where additional heat will evaporate water faster,” the report states. The issue of water stress is another red lag raised by the ETR, which highlights that a changing climate, poor infrastructure, and overuse of water would result in billions of people facing some form of water stress. This is believed to create stress between people, communities, and states, while changing ecological conditions can worsen this stress as climate change impacts the availability of freshwater sources.
Implement changes The report recommends that solutions to ecological problems require short-term costs with long-term beneits and that adapting to increasing
ecological shocks requires sectoral reallocations. However, it points out that as sectoral reallocations will negatively impact certain workers, businesses, and investors, there needs to be further analysis on their effect on these groups, for instance coastal farmers and coal miners. It is further recommended that governments leverage private funding to address these threats, as many of the solutions to ecological problems can generate income, such as the provision of water.
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The report underlines that when a business can clearly see how to garner a proitable return from ecologically positive investments, funds will naturally low towards ecological solutions. “To achieve systemic and sustainable outcomes, there needs to be a common understanding of how the system currently operates and what the desired change is. Currently, there is no agreedupon holistic process for stakeholders to conduct a collective mapping system of operation.” The report analysed ecological threats in 228 independent states and territories and covered over 3 638 sub-national administrative districts, or 99.99% of the world’s population, assessing threats relating to food risk, water risk, rapid population growth and natural disasters. [emailprotected]
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• YOUNG PEOPLE KEEN TO APPRENTICE
NTA promotes apprenticeships As part of its ongoing strategic and transformation efort, the NTA is promoting a ‘time-honoured’ employment training opportunity. ELIZABETH JOSEPH WINDHOEK
THE OLDEST REFEREE he Namibia TrainTO REFEREE A FIFA ing AuthorWORLD CUP G AME ity (NTA), under its Work IntegratWAS GEORGE READER ed Learning (WIL) OF ENGLAND, 53 YEARS division, launched a four-month apAND 236 DAYS OLD. prenticeship application window valid from September to 31 December for eligible employers. “Funded as part of strategic inThe apprenticeship applies to all terventions under the key priority companies and employers planning grant funding window of the vocato recruit apprentices now and in tional education and training Levy, 2023. we are gaining traction,” he said. This will allow employers to apply for funding for Vocational Education Swift process and Training (TVET) graduates. Once the qualifying employer’s apNTA has provided funding to em- plication is approved, an agreement ployers to take on apprentices in dif- is entered into, and the employer ferent sectors since the roll-out of continues with an apprentice selecapprenticeships in 2019. tion and recruitment process. According to Ndjoze-Siririka, the Time-proven experience employer, apprentice, and training The NTA has spent nearly N$113.6 institution will then sign a triparmillion on investments in appren- tite agreement for training to start. ticeships for employers such as Na“NTA monitors and evaluates the mibia Breweries Limited, Home- progress of learning and releases stead Academy Production Hub, funding against pre-agreed perforKathy Joinery, Web Steel, and Nam- mance milestones. Our governance dock for the 2022/2023 inancial and policy framework is proving roperiod. bust. According to NTA CEO Muvatera “Namibian employers, big and Ndjoze-Siririka, apprenticeships small, and not apprentices, reprehave largely been missing from Na- sent the primary target audience of mibia’s post-independence TVET our TVET apprenticeship and ensystem, which is still predominantly gagement drive,” he said. based on trainees enrolling at TVET Win win institutions. “In its ongoing strategic and trans- He explained that this is a twoformation efort, the NTA decided to way process of consultation, colbring back this time-honoured way laboration, and partnership. Furof training for a trade or profession. thermore, ever since the 2018 pilot,
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EMPLOYERS CALLED: NTA CEO Muvatera Ndjoze-Siririka said they are promoting the practice of apprenticeships in Namibia. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED
NTA has been inundated with interested young people wishing to sign up as apprentices. NTA’s manager of WIL, Dalia Mwiya, says NTA has been providing funding to employers to take on apprentices in diferent sectors since 2019. “The decision to run the applica-
tion period over four months underlines the NTA’s commitment to apprenticeship while acknowledging the real inancial challenges faced by employers as Namibia navigates its way post-Covid-19,’ she said. Furthermore, she said prospective employers are required to pro-
vide practical training in the identiied occupations, with the required tools and equipment, and qualiied mentors using their knowledge of the qualiication applied for. Employers applying should have an established relationship with an accredited or registered training institution.
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Ehangano lyoNamibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) olya popi kutya kape na sha shapuka sha landula etokolo lyawo okugandja omagano kuuministeli wuundjolowele, iikwaniipangitho yopaundjolowele mbyoka ya kwatwako. Ehangano ndyoka olya gandja iikwaniipangitho yuundjolowele yongushu yooN$64 000, niinima mbyoka oyi li osh*topolwa shiilandomwa pondje yoshilongo mbyoka ya kwatwako. Omunambelewa omukuluntu gwomakwatathano moNamRa, Steven Ndorokaze okwa popi kutya omukalo ngoka ya longitha oguli mondjila okugandja po omagano iinima mbyoka yakwatwako shampa owala kayi shi iingangamithi nenge iinima mbyoka
inayi pitikwa moshilongo. Ndorokaze okwa popi kutya uuna iinima ya kwatwako nena oya ninga po yepangelo nepangelo otali vulu okugandja po omagano iinima mbyoka. Omunambelewa ngoka okwa tsikile kutya kashi shi oshikando shotango taya gandja po iinima mbyoka ya kwatwako moka a gandja oshiholelwa kutya mosh*topolwa shErongo oya li ya gandja po uutemba omanga moKavango East oshowo West nOtjozondjupa ya gandja iilongitho yuunamapya. Menindjela gwiilonga mopash*topolwa shopokati koshilongo moNamRA, Abner David, okwa yelitha kutya ihaya hanagulapo iinima ayihe oombyoka owala ku wetike kutya oya nika oshiponga uuna ya longithwa. David okwa yelitha kutya uuna omuntu ta landa iinima pondje yoshilongo noku yi eta moNamibia, ompango otayi utha omuntu a holole iinima mbyoka muule womasiku gaheyali. Ngele omuntu ita vulu okufuta nenge a gandje omikanda tadhi pumbiwa nena iinima ohayi kwatwako na oya pumbwa owala okukala momake gepangelo uule womasiku 90 nokonima otayi ningipo yepangelo uuna NamRa a ningi eindilo ndyoka.
ONAKUYIWA: Oshana Secondary School of Computing ndjoka ya patululwa pambelewa mEtine lya piti komupevi mini-
sta gwomauyelele Emma Theofelus. ETHANO: TUYEIMO HAIDULA
Oskola yokompiuta yongushu yoomiliyona 1.6 ,oya patululwa pambelewa mOshakati, na oya nuninwa okundungika aanaskola moshilongwa shomauyelele nomakwatathano gopaungomba. TUYEIMO HAIDULA EKUKU
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oonkambadhala okunongeka aanyasha moshilongo muunongo womauyelele oshowo omakwatathano gopaungomba ano oinformation and communication technology (ICT) uuministeli welongo oshowo womauyelele owa patulula pambelelwa oskola tayi ithanwa Oshana Secondary School of Computing mosh*topolwa shaShana. Oskola ndjoka oya patululwa mEkuku mOshakati. Pethimbo lyosh*tuthi shepatululo lyoskola ndjoka, omupeha minista gwomauyelele Emma Theofelus okwa popi kutya epatululo lyoskola ndjoka otali ulike kutya Namibia okwa pumbwa okukandulapo ompumbwe yomauyelele nomakwatathano gopautekinika moshilongo meendelelo. Okwa tsikile kutya oskola ndjoka oya nuninwa okutsa omukumo aanona yaakadhona naamati opo
ya kale yuuvite uugumbo ngele tashi ya kiilongwa yuunongononi, uungomba, uuindjinia, iikwankulungu oshowo omwaalu. Theofelus okwa popi kutya oshiluku shotango shehwahwameko lyuungomba osha tamekele momvula yo 1765 na osha pondola oshindji molwaashoka uunongo owa pewa aanyasha sha faathana naakokele. Okwa tsikile kutya okwa pumbwa okuningwa omahwahwameko opo kukaliwe nomukumo miikwaungomba molwaashoka ethimbo limwe otayi vulu okuutalikako onga omambandameko unene kaanyasha naakokele mboka inaya kala nale nonkalo yakwatathano noshikondo shoka moonkalamwenyo dhawo. Moshipopiwa shoka sha leshwa pehala lye ,minista Anna Nghipondoka okwa popi kutya mepatululo lyoskola ndjoka otashi endele pamwe nokukwashilipaleka kutya okanona okaNamibia oka longekidhwa nawa nokupewa uu-
nongo mokutambulako nomaako agehe uukwaungomba. Nghipondoka okwa popi kutya yo koshikondo shawo oyiitulamo okugandja elongo lyongushu nuunongo tawu pumbiwa koshigwana naashoka otashi vulu owala okupondolwa pakugandja omudhingoloko gwokulongela guli nawa. Oskola ndjoka oyi na oongulu dhokulongela dhili ne oshowo ondunda yoompungululo. Oya tungwa kongushu yoshimaliwa shoomiliyona 1,6 kehangano lyoRani Group of Companies. Omunambelewa omukuluntuwiliki gwoRani Group of Companies, Ali Dharani, okwa popi kutya oyuuviteko esimano lyoshigwana sha ndungikwa onkene osho she ya thiminike okugandja eyambidhidho lyawo koshikondo shelongo. Okwa popi kutya pethimbo mpoka oshigwana shuuka moshiluku osh*tine shuukwaungombva, oshi li ondjodhi yawo okutunga ooskola odhindji dhookompiuta miitopolwa ashihe o 14. Oskola oya patulula omiyelo dhawo muJuli nuumvo, naalongwa yeli 28 yondondo onti 8 oshowo aalongi yahamano otaya hiti poskola ndjoka. Uuna ya manithwa otayi ka vula okukala naalongwa 150 yondondo onti 8 sigo 12.
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• GOING AFTER ENTIRE TEAM
Don’t expect any man-marking of Messi – Croatia
BRAVE TALK: Croatia’s Bruno Petkovic. PHOTO: SKY NEWS
Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilising the entire team in their World Cup semi-inal today. Ready for the next step
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roatia are in a bid to make it to the inal for the second World Cup in a row after losing in the 2018 showcase match to France. They stunned tournament favourites Brazil in the quarter-inals after going a goal down in extra-time but dug deep to bounce back with a late equaliser and force a penalty shootout that they ended up winning. “We don’t have a speciic plan yet for stopping Messi, and usually we don’t concentrate on stopping one player but the entire team,” striker Bruno Petkovic told a news conference on Sunday. “We will try to stop them as a team and not with man-marking. Argentina are not only Messi, they have a number of great players. We have to stop the entire Argentina team,” he said.
Seven-time Ballon D’Or winner Messi has so far been the driving force for the Argentines, who also needed penalties after squandering a two-goal lead against the Dutch in their quarter-inal. With no players suspended and no injury concerns following the return of Croatia defender Borna Sosa, Zlatko Dalic’s team is brimming with conidence and ready for more. Their midield, comprising captain Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Marcelo Brozovic, will be key to dictating the pace, as they did against Brazil, and defender Josip Juranovic said the three were utterly dependable. “Mateo, Luka and Marcelo are the best Croatia midielders in history. I don’t think it can be repeated. When you pass them the ball, it is safer than having your money in
the bank,” the defender said.
Magniicent performance Super-sub Petkovic scored the 117th-minute equaliser against Brazil to force penalties, with Croatia having now won all four of the shootouts they have taken part in at World Cups. “I think many people who are not professional footballers can take successful penalties,” Petkovic said. “The diference is how mentally tough you are. There is huge pressure you have never experienced before. But it also helps when you have a world-class keeper.” Keeper Dominik Livakovic saved one spot kick against Brazil after also saving three in their Round of 16 shootout against Japan. But it was Petkovic’s dramatic equaliser after Brazil’s extratime lead that carried them to the shootout. “I’m becoming more and more aware of the magnitude of this goal with each passing day,” Petkovic said. “Maybe I’ll experience something similar in the semi-inal or beyond.”
FRENCHMAN DIDIER DESCHAMPS, BRAZIL’S MARIO ZAGALLO, AND GERMANY mFRANZ BECK E NBAUER HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT AS PLAYER AND HEAD COACH.
Rugby Australia in talks with sacked Jones SUPERSPORT
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Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Eddie Jones had phone discussions this weekend, a report said on Sunday, with the governing body keen to entice the sacked England coach home. The veteran Australian boss was terminated by the Rugby Football Union last week, just nine months out from next year’s World Cup, paying the price for presiding over England’s worst year since 2008. Calls have been mounting in Australia to bring Jones home, with Wallabies coach Dave Rennie under increasing pressure after a year of only ive wins from 14 matches. “Actually, I spoke to him,” McLennan told the Sydney Morning Herald of Jones. “It’s all pretty high-level, and it’s about really getting a sense of where his head is at given the drama of last week.”
According to the newspaper, no formal ofers were discussed, and McLennan declined to comment on whether he favoured a role for Jones in 2023 or after the World Cup in 2024. Jones has been lagged as a potential replacement to steer the Wallabies through a British and Irish Lions tour in 2025 and a home World Cup two years later. “You’d be crazy not to think how we could use that brain of his, but I know Eddie has a lot of offers out there,” McLennan said. Jones told the newspaper that “nothing is of the table.” “As for my next step, well, I think everyone knows I love a scrap, and I’m up for whatever challenge is next,” he said. “I’m open to looking at everything in rugby, and I’ve made no secret of my wish to give the NRL (National Rugby League) a go, too. Nothing is of the table. Nothing.”
ON TO THE NEXT: Sacked England coach Eddie Jones. PHOTO: SUPERSPORT
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Modric and Croatia stand between Messi
Bounou takes long and winding road
Lionel Messi and Argentina’s World Cup dream remains alive, but Croatia side inspired by the enduring brilliance of Luka Modric stand in their way in Tuesday’s semi-final in Doha.
Yassine Bounou has learned to be patient in his career, but the Morocco goalkeeper with a show-stopping nickname is proving he more than belongs on the big stage at this World Cup.
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• BOXING EVENT TO CELEBRATE ZULU MONARCH
Shaanika set for today’s big match Namibian boxer Fillipus Shaanika will cross swords with South Africa’s Rhoiwa Nemushungwa at the Moses Mabhida Stadium today. LIMBA MUPETAMI WINDHOEK
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illipus Shaanika is a man on a mission today as he steps into the ring to face South Africa’s Rhoiwa Nemushungwa in a boxing event that forms part of the J4Joy boxing event in celebration of King MisuZulu KaZwelithini of the Zulu nation. The two will square of for the vacant WBA Pan African Bantamweight title at the King MisuZulu International Boxing Tournament, which will feature special guest American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Shaanika, who ights out of the Nestor Sunshine Tobias
Boxing Academy, boasts a record of 10 ights with eight wins, one loss, and one draw. His South African opponent comes in with a record of 23 ights, 13 wins, eight losses, and two draws.
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ing outside of Namibia. “I’m excited to ight in Durban at such a huge event. I’m 100% prepared and ready for the ight, and I want to assure boxing fans that I will leave the ring with this title.
THE COST OF THIS WORLD CUP IS AROUND 15 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS TOU R NAMENT IN RUSSIA.
The boxer has been undefeated in his last three ights and is eager to maintain this clean record and grab the continental belt. This will be his irst time ight-
READY, SET, GO: Boxing trainer Siegfried ‘SBK’ Kaperu, Namibian boxer Fillipus
Shaanika and boxing promoter Nestor Tobias. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED
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coaching staf for this great opportunity allowing me to ight in front of the King and Mayweather
Jr. I could not have asked for more and the title will be my Christmas present,” Shaanika said.
ON A MISSION TO WIN ON A MISSION TO WIN: The Namibian senior Women’s
Hockey 5s team, nicknamed the Namib Queens, are set for their third and fourth clashes against Zambia (10:00) and Kenya (14:00) today at the Africa Hockey 5s World Cup qualifiers in Ismailia, Egypt. The Namibians have virtually already qualified for the 2024 World Cup that will be played in Oman on the basis of their two wins against Egypt and South Africa over the weekend. The Namibians, coached by Erwin Haindura, started their campaign with a comprehensive 5-1 win over host Egypt on Saturday, then went on to defeat South Africa 3-2 to earn the top spot on the log on Sunday. PHOTOS: FIH/EGYPT HOCKEY
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Langtermyn-reënrekords van sekere dorpe in Namibië, wat reeds vir so lank as 117 jaar bygehou word, toon dat die land al hoe minder reën ontvang. FOTO ELVIRA HATTINGH
Rekords toon Namibië se reënvalsyfers daal » Land word al hoe warmer Navorsers meen die afname in die gemiddelde reënsyfers is weens stygende temperature, wat tot groter verdamping lei en vir meer gereelde kwaai droogtes, asook ernstige vloede in Namibië sorg.
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eënvalpatrone in Namibië wat vanaf 1902 tot 2018 in vyf Namibiese dorpe deur die meteorologiese dienste van Namibië bygehou word, toon dat die gemiddelde reënvalsyfers in die algemeen daal – met die uitsondering van die hoofstad en Lüderitz.
Terwyl rekords toon dat Rundu se gemiddelde reënsyfers oor 81 jaar – tussen 1938 en 2018 – met 95,5 mm gedaal het, kry Windhoek gemiddeld nou 71,2 mm méér reën per jaar as 105 jaar gelede. Lüderitz kry ook ’n rapsie meer reën as in 1913 – gemiddeld sowat 0,5 mm per jaar. Vir die res van die land het reën-
valsyfers ook gedaal, met Ondangwa se gemiddeld wat tussen 1902 tot 2019 (117 jaar) met sowat 67,4 mm afgeneem het. Keetmanshoop kry ook nou gemiddeld 29,4 mm minder reën as 116 jaar gelede in 1903, toon reënrekords. Navorsers meen die afname in die gemiddelde reënsyfers is weens stygende temperature, wat tot groter verdamping lei en vir meer gereelde kwaai droogtes, maar ook ernstige vloede in Namibië sorg. Die inligting is vervat in handige plakkate wat deur deelnemers van die Gobabeb-navorsingsinstituut se Climate Action for Millennials Programme (Camp) ontwikkel is as
inligtingstukke vir gemeenskappe. Die eerste Camp-deelnemers het in Januarie verlede jaar bymekaargekom om intensiewe, wetenskapsgebaseerde opleiding te ontvang oor klimaatsveranderingkwessies en die oorsake, asook die gevolge daarvan – wêreldwyd, maar ook plaaslik. In die proses is vier plakkate ontwikkel – naamlik een wat wys dat alle hoop nie verlore is weens klimaatsverandering nie, maar ook die plaaslike impak daarvan op temperature en reënpatrone aandui. ’n Vierde plakkaat wys hoe aanpassings en veranderinge gemaak kan word. Dit is gedoen met die ondersteuning van die Verenigde Nasies (VN)
PREPARE FOR THE RAINY SEASON › Ellanie Smit Farmers must always be prepared for every rainy season as each presents unique challenges. These include floods, lightning, heavy winds, cold, drought, disease, and pest outbreaks, among numerous other potential problems. Agribank’s technical advisor for livestock and rangeland management, Erastus Ngaruka, said livestock farmers need to keep abreast of climatic activities and information and prepare for every challenge that can arise during the rainy season. He said farmers must maintain hygienic and safe environments for their animals to ensure that their welfare and performance are not compromised during the rainy season.
CHANGING PATTERNS
Ngaruka said that every year has become spatially and temporarily unique in terms of the rainy season’s initiation, intensity, distribution and duration. He said the previous rainy season provided much-needed relief for many livestock farmers in the
country as the grazing capacity improved, although not optimally in terms of value. At the same time, the density of unwanted plant species has increased as well. Ngaruka said much of the forage yield from the previous grazing season was underutilised due to poor grazing value, and a significant number of grazing animals, especially cattle, were reduced during the drought years. This has left a large amount of grass as fuel, which has i ntensified the impact of veld fires that can destroy large tracts of grazable land. Veld fires have already been recorded in many areas countrywide. “As much as farmers always wish for a good rainy season to improve their grazing conditions, they must also be cautious of and prepare for the veld fire events at the end of the season.”
PREPARE OPTIMALLY
Ngaruka said to this end, it is very important that the rangelands are prepared to benefit from rainfall while ensuring that sufficient forage materials are preserved, protected and available until the next season.
The rainy season comes with a variety of challenges. PHOTO REEN IN NAMIBIA Farmers need to adopt sustainable and restorative rangeland utilisation practices such as re-seeding with valuable perennial grasses, bush thinning, soil condition improvement and protection, prevention of soil erosion, and sustainable grazing practices that could minimise the impact of fire while reserving grazing. According to Ngaruka, with heavy showers predicted, farmers need to prepare and protect farm infrastructure and livestock from possible floods, especially in risky areas such as the northern parts of the country. Farmers are advised to adopt techniques of harvesting rainwater and storing it for later use in gardens
and other household needs, he said. “On the other hand, moist environmental conditions also predispose the prevalence of insects such as mosquitoes, ticks and biting flies.”
NEW LIFE
These insects can transmit common diseases such as lumpy skin disease, and tick-borne diseases such as sweating sickness and gall sickness, among others. He said that farmers need to vaccinate their animals. “Like the previous rainy season, there will be a high prevalence of internal parasites, more especially the liver fluke, among others.” Ngaruka explained that the liver fluke’s intermediate host is a snail,
se Ontwikkelingsprogram (UNDP) asook die ministerie van die omgewing, bosbou en toerisme.
TEMPERATUUR
Namibië word ook beslis al hoe warmer. Volgens data wat tussen 1960 en 2017 van die hoofstad se temperature bygehou word, het die gemiddelde minimum temperatuur oor dié 57 jaar met 1,9 °C toegeneem. Oor dieselfde tydperk het die gemiddelde m aksimum temperatuur met 2 °C gestyg. Dit is meer as die globale gemiddelde temperatuur wat met sowat 1°C sedert 1900 toegeneem het. Dit blyk dat die groeiende hitte oraloor Namibië ’n werklikheid is. Volgens rekords tussen 2003 en 2019 het Ondangwa se gemiddelde minimum temperatuur ook met 1,5 °C toegeneem, en die gemiddelde maksimum temperatuur met 1,9 °C. Op Rundu is dieselfde tendense sigbaar. Rekords oor 32 jaar toon dat die dorp se gemiddelde minimum temperatuur sedert 1985 met 1,8 °C toegeneem het, en die gemiddelde maksimum temperatuur met 0,6 °C. Lüderitz se gemiddelde minimum en maksimum temperature het tussen 1960 en die jaar 2000 met onderskeidelik 0,9 °C en 1,4 °C toegeneem, terwyl Keetmanshoop se temperature oor 49 jaar - van 1970 tot 2019 - ook geweldig gestyg het. Dié Suidedorp se gemiddelde minimum temperatuur het met 2,7 °C oor die tydperk toegeneem, en die gemiddelde maksimum temperatuur met 2,8 °C. Hoër minimum t emperature beteken winters sal warmer wees, insekte se lewensiklusse verander en siektes kan uitbreek. Verhoogde maksimum t emperature kan tot dehidrasie, vrektes onder plante en verminderde produktiwiteit lei. – [emailprotected] and as it moves around, it leaves the parasite on the ground or in water. He advised farmers to understand the seasonal prevalence of parasites and related symptoms such as itching, anaemia, bottle jaw, diarrhoea, and running nose and to select the correct anthelmintics or antiparasitic remedies. As much as rainfall provides relief for farmers, it can also be a disturbance to livestock’s well-being. Ngaruka said that, in addition to diseases and parasite prevalence, rainfall also comes with cold and windy conditions, lightning strikes, and damp environments that can be unhygienic and uncomfortable for livestock. Muddy kraals are an example of this. “Livestock kraals should always be cleaned and need to be sheltered to protect animals from rain, cold, wind, and lightning. These stressful conditions can result in incidences of lung infection, especially in goats and sheep.” Rainfall also affects livestock foraging activities, limiting their foraging time and daily intake as they run for cover to avoid getting wet. To that end, extra feed should be provided to compensate for the possible loss of dry matter intake and to enhance the animals’ metabolism for them to keep warm from metabolic heat, said Ngaruka.
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Amerikaanse landbou-inkomste bereik rekordhoogte
Zimbabwe koring-oes volumes ’n rekord
Na verwagting sal hoë kommoditeitspryse, wat gedeeltelik veroorsaak is deur die oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne, veroorsaak dat die netto-inkomste in Amerika vanjaar ‘n rekord van USD160,5 miljard (sowat N$2,7 triljoen) bereik. – Farmer’s Weekly
Koringprodusente in Zimbabwe het ‘n rekordvolume van koring, of bykans 327 000 ton, op 25 November by dié land se Raad vir Graanbemarking aangeteken. Dit is die meeste koring wat geoes is sedert die land in die 1960’s met koringplantery – Farmer’s Weekly begin het.
» Rangeland status at the end of November
Parts of Namibia still awaiting first rain Large parts of the eastern and north-eastern Namibia are currently green or in a process of greening up, while the Kunene, Omusati and Oshana regions are currently below-average.
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hile large parts of South Africa and Botswana had exceptional rains and even floods, large parts of Namibia is still waiting for the first substantial rains. Nevertheless, large parts of the eastern and north-eastern Namibia are currently green or in a process of greening up. The Kunene, Omusati and Oshana regions are currently below-average. Currently plant growth is above average in the eastern and northeastern parts of Namibia. The Kunene, Omusati and Oshana regions, eastern part of the Erongo region, and west of Otjiwarongo are currently seeing below-average plant growth. The worst-affected area is in the northeast of the Kunene region,
where plant growth is currently far below average. These maps should be interpreted as a traffic light. If an area remains red as the season progresses, “red lights” should start coming on in terms of the possibility of having a situation where forage production is below-average. If, however, an area is mostly green for the entire season, the “green light” means above-average forage production is most likely. Different scenarios can also develop, e.g. where a season starts red and ends green and vice versa.
WHY MONITORING?
Livestock production in Namibia is almost entirely dependent on the productivity of its rangelands, which may plummet to near zero during severe droughts. Rainfall variability results in severe management challenges for livestock farmers who need to balance animal forage requirements with the forage produced, as well as preventing land degradation. This information can reveal which parts of the country are likely to be most affected by drought towards the
end of the dry season, which allows sufficient time to plan drought relief efforts.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The key component of the early warning system is based on freely available remote sensing technology that measures active vegetation growth across Namibia in near real-time. Comparing current vegetation activity patterns with the 10-year average for the same area during the same time of year provides an objective view of the rangeland status. Detailed maps that display this status are produced every ten days during the rainy season (October to end May) and are available on the www.namibiarangelands.com website.
Greener represents more growing vegetation now than the ten year average, while the redder areas means less growing vegetation now compared to the average. Yellow is close to the average. The major dam levels are also indicated (% of full capacity) on the map. Maps produced by Agri-Ecological Services.
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Farmers be aware of poisonous plants › Ellanie Smit Farmers should be aware of poisonous plants in their fields, such as the osonanga lily. The osonanga lily is one of the socalled ‘slangkop’ plants and is toxic to livestock. It is a perennial bulbous plant, creamy brown in colour, with greyish green leaves that are generally produced together with or after the tubular flowers. These are borne at the top of the tall, slender stem and are white with lightgreen longitudinal bands. According to Wildlife Vets Namibia, the osonanga lily is popping up in several areas of the country again. The plant is especially abundant in sandy to clay soils near dry river courses and pans and flowers from September to December.
HUNGER DRIVEN
Being bulbous, the lilies are less dependent on rainfall than most other plants in the veld, drawing on their reserves to sprout early in the spring before the rains. In drought years, these plants are often the only greenery around for livestock to eat. Wildlife Vets warn that animals eating these plants are at risk of dying. Symptoms include diarrhoea, dehydration, lameness, bloating, and death from heart failure. It says that the flower and young leaves are the most toxic. “The problem is that during droughts, this is often the only green there is. Under normal grazing conditions, most animals will avoid eating the lily due to the awful taste, but under desperate drought
conditions, animals are inclined to eat any fresh green plant material they can get.”
DEFENSES
According to Wildlife Vets, some, however, believe that this plant has no effect on game and that game in general is not susceptible to plant toxicities because they instinctively know and avoid toxic plants. “There are a few exceptions to this rule. Game introduced from a different area will usually be naive concerning the poisonous plants in their new home range and will therefore eat them.” If there is nothing to eat, animals do not have much of a choice. Wildlife Vets says that dosing affected animals with a large dose of activated charcoal (2 gram/kg live weight) is effective as the charcoal absorbs and binds the plant toxins in the rumen while supposedly also reabsorbing toxins from the blood back into the intestine. It says that this is essential to minimise stress and exertion by keeping animals calm and rested.
PREVENTION
Furthermore, poisoning can be prevented by fencing off infested areas and/or eradicating plants by digging up the bulbs of the plant. “The bulbs should be thrown on a heap and burned. This should be done before the plant flowers and drops thousands of seeds.” Wildlife Vets says that providing sufficient quantity and quality supplemental feeding near water points will reduce temptation to eat the plants while this also reduces the need of physical exertion, which may lead to acute heart failure should the animal eat the plant.
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Gewasseisoen in Argentinië ‘die swakste in dekades’ Argentynse boere ervaar ‘n derde opeenvolgende jaar van droogte as gevolg van die La Niña-weerstelsel, wat veroorsaak het dat die aanplanting van sojabone en mielies traer as normaal aan die begin van die 2022 – ’23 plantseisoen begin het. – Farmer’s Weekly
Namibian geophysicist dreams of farming full time » Farming journey started in 2008
Although he faces a number of challenges, like most farmers, part-time farmer Uuapi Utjavari has not given up on his dream to become a full-time farmer.
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Namibian geophysicist hopes to become a full-time farmer in the near future, intending to fully immerse himself in farming operations and activities when his dream becomes a reality. Part-time farmer Uuapi Utjavari hails from the Kunene Region in the northwest of Namibia and has been
involved primarily in part-time livestock rearing. His farming journey began in 2008, when he bought his first ten cattle and leased land on which to keep them. According to Agribank, after seeing the herd multiply over the years, Utjavari was motivated to apply for a farmland purchase loan when he realised that he could expand his farming activities.
Utjavari has implemented a rotational grazing system on the farm to manage the rangeland, along with de-bushing activities that feed into a charcoal production enterprise. According to him, the mentorship intervention contributed to his achievements.
GROWTH-DRIVEN
Utjavari expressed his appreciation to the bank for having such a product in its loan portfolio, which sees farmers such as himself benefitting from loan financing. Agribank says that the loan enabled him to procure a farm in the Otjiwarongo District, where he settled in the summer of 2018.
CONTINUED LEARNING
He is proud to have a piece of land he can call his own and on which he can expand his farming enterprise and passion. In March last year, Utjavari joined Agribank’s mentorship programme after hearing about it at one of the bank’s roadshow events.
HOPE: Part-time famer Uuapi Utjavari. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED
The mentorship programme aims to build the capacity of farmers to manage profitable and sustainable farming enterprises.
Utjava0ri currently markets his livestock locally in Otjiwarongo at auction days and Meatco. He has also managed to increase the number of his workers to four permanent and six casual staff. Moreover, he has invested in additional infrastructure from his own income sources, such as a new water reservoir stand to distribute water to the farthest camps. However, as with most farmers, he listed several challenges that affect his farm operations, such as the lingering results of drought conditions, bush encroachment, and water infrastructure. He also wishes to acquire a tractor to advance his crop production enterprise.
NAMIBIA IN NEED OF FOOD ASSISTANCE › Ellanie Smit The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has found that 45 countries globally, including Namibia, are in need of external food assistance. In its latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the FAO said that multi-year high inflation rates continue to aggravate food insecurity conditions, particularly in low-income food-deficit countries. “Conflicts and extreme weather events remain the key drivers of severe food insecurity across the globe.”
DIRE SHORTAGE
The organisation said that in Namibia, high food prices and localised weather, created shortfalls in cereal production in 2022. “This is expected to result in a comparable number of severely food insecure people, falling within the IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) acute food insecurity classification, in the January to March 2023 period compared to 2022, when an estimated 750 000 people were in need of assistance.” Earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said that Namibia still needs to import more than 160 000 tonnes of cereal to be able to cover its domestic requirements for the 2022/2023 marketing and consumption period. This period runs from 1 May 2022
to 30 April 2023. The ministry said that it wanted to enhance food security by increasing food production by 20% and reducing food insecurity from 25% to 12%. In southern Africa, the weather outlook between November 2022 and March 2023 indicates a higher-thannormal likelihood of above-average rainfall amounts across most of the sub-region, influenced by the prevailing La Niña event.The FAO, however, said the number of people facing acute food insecurity in southern Africa during the peak lean period, between January and March 2023, is estimated at 16 million, excluding South Africa, based on the IPC analysis.”This is above the 13 million people in need of humanitarian assistance one year before.” It said that the reduced cereal harvests and elevated prices of food commodities, coupled with the high headline inflation rates, underlie the increase in acute food insecurity, while forecast slowdowns in economic growth will impact incomeearning opportunities and weigh on households’ purchasing power. “Amid the already high levels of public debt, governments are also expected to face severe fiscal challenges and increasing expenditure needs for social protection programmes to respond to the high inflation rates.”
IN NEED: Namibia is still in need of food assistance. PHOTO: FILE The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, according to the FAO. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of commonly traded food commodities, averaged 135.7 points during the month of November, a fraction below its level in October. The index is now only 0.3 percent higher than its level in November 2021. Meanwhile in the latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released by FAO, it further cut its forecast for world cereal production in 2022, which now stands at 2 756 million tonnes, a 2% percent drop from 2021.
The reduction largely reflects low maize production prospects in Ukraine, where the impact of the war has made post-harvesting operations prohibitively expensive. FAO also lowered its global wheat produc-
tion forecast for the year, but despite this cut, the new 781.2 million tonne figure would remain a record high. Global rice production is expected to fall by 2.4 percent below the previous year’s all-time high.
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Namibian atlases launched Two Namibian atlases have hit the shelves this year – just in time for Christmas! The Atlas of Namibia, the much-anticipated update of the 2002 Atlas with more information on more topics than ever before, as well as The Children’s Picture Atlas, is suitable for home and classroom situations - taking the child on a journey through Namibia.
» Ander trofeë stabiel of nóg groter
Koedoetrofeë krimp, wys Nust-studie Anders as met koedoes, het die ander drie spesies stabiele of groeiende trofeegroottes oor die vyfjaarperiode ervaar.
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erwyl trofeegroottes van buffels, bastergemsbokke en swartwitpense in Namibië tydens ’n vyfjaarstudie stabiele of groeiende tendense getoon het, het navorsers bevind dat koedoes se trofeegroottes aansienlik gekrimp het. In ’n studie deur die Namibië Universiteit van Wetenskap en Tegnologie (Nust) se drs. Morgan Hauptfleisch en Matthew Walters – wat vroeër vanjaar aanlyn gepubliseer is – is bevind dat koedoetrofeë aansienlik groter in 2012 en 2013 as in 2014 en 2015 was. Die navorsers meen die rede hiervoor is waarskynlik omdat groot koedoebulle minder volop geraak het omdat hulle gewild onder jagters is, maar ook weens die impak van hondsdolheid. “Die kombinasie van hondsdolheid en dat hulle moontlik te veel gejag word, het klaarblyklik ’n negatiewe impak op die aantal groot trofeë wat beskikbaar is, asook die n asionale bevolking van dié bokspesie,” het die navorsers gesê. “Koedoes is hoog in aanvraag vir trofeejag in Namibië. Die endemiese teenwoordigheid van hondsdolheid onder koedoes asook die feit dat dit klaarblyklik maklik binne koedoekuddes versprei, het voorheen episodies tot ’n beduidende inkrimping van die koedoebevolking in sommige dele van die land gelei,” sê die navorsers.
VOLHOUBAAR
Die studie het neigings in getalle, asook die ligging en groottes van
Hondsdolheid asook die koedoe se gewildheid onder jagters eis klaarblyklik sy tol as dit by trofeegroottes kom. FOTO PIXABAY.COM trofeë oor ’n vyfjaartydperk in ag geneem. Drie gesogte spesies waarvoor betaal word, naamlik buffels, bastergemsbokke en swartwitpense is bestudeer, asook koedoes, ’n ikoniese trofeedier wat dikwels gejag word. Anders as met koedoes, het die ander drie spesies stabiele of groei-
ende trofeegroottes oor die vyfjaarperiode ervaar. “Gegewe die beginsel dat ’n afname in trofeegroottes oor tyd ’n aanduiding kan wees dat die diere te veel gejag word, blyk dit uit die studie dat buffels, bastergemsbokke en swartwitpense nie te veel gejag word nie. “Dit beteken hul bemarkbaarheid vir internasionale jagters is volhoubaar,” het die navorsers gesê. Die grootste buffeltrofeë is in die noordoostelike bewaringsgebiede, spesifiek in Balyerwa en die Bwabwata Nasionale Park gevind. Wat bastergemsbokke betref, is die grootste trofeë op private plase gevind. Die toptrofee onder die swartwitpense is in Bwabwata gevind, alhoewel die meeste van die grootste trofeë ook op private plase gejag is – hoofsaaklik in die sentrale dele van die land.
op die regte van kommunale bewaringsgebiede om voordeel te trek uit die wild wat op hul grond rondloop, soos om vleis asook ’n inkomste uit trofeejag te ontvang,” word verduidelik. Die bemarkbaarheid van gesogte
trofeediere is egter afhanklik van die voortdurende teenwoordigheid van trofeediere van goeie gehalte binne plaaslike wildbevolkings. Sou hierdie diere té veel gejag word, kan dit in ’n onvolhoubare praktyk ontaard, is verduidelik. – [emailprotected]
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Drie gesogte spesies vir trofeejag het deel van die studie gevorm, waaronder buffels. FOTO PIXABAY
Die navorsers sê die getalle van wild in veral die Kunene- en Zambezi streek het sedert die 1990’s toegeneem, danksy aansporings wat geskep is vir die volhoubare benutting van wild deur inwoners van dié gebiede. “Oor die afgelope 20 jaar het Namibië ’n toonaangewende, alternatiewe model vir die bewaring van biodiversiteit ontwikkel, hoofsaaklik te danke aan sy gemeenskaps gebaseerde natuurlike hulpbronnebestuursektor (CBNRM)-program, asook die feit dat groot stukke grond vir die bewaring van biodiversiteit afgestaan word. “Die CBNRM-model word gebaseer
Dirk de Bod van Dirk de Bod Safaris Namibia is deur Wildlife Ranching Namibia as die Wildboer van die Jaar vir 2022 aangewys. Om vir dié t itel te kan kwalifiseer en te wen, moet die kandidaat ’n rolmodel wees vir alle wildboere en voornemende wildboere in dié bedryf. Die persoon moet ‘n suksesvolle en selfonderhoudende boerdery-onderneming bedryf, wat sterk gegrond is op die beginsels van volhoubare gebruik. Die persoon moet ook presteer in die meeste of al die kategorieë van evaluering, inslui tend teling, groen ekonomie, biodiversiteit, maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid sowel as nywerheids- en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid. De Bod sal volgende jaar meeding met die top-wildboere van Suid-Afrika en Wildlife Ranching Namibia het hom sterkte toegewens. “Ons vertrou dit sal net so goed gaan!” FOTO VERSKAF
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amibia transported 917 952 tonnes of cargo in September 2022, of which 342 624 tonnes were transported via road, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA). In August 2022 and September 2021, 1 150 937 and 1 257 364 tonnes of cargo were transported. Cargo transported via transport in September 2022 was dominated by consignments of coal, petroleum oils, except crude and beer made from malt claiming 35 102 tonnes, 31 717 tonnes and 12 394 tonnes, respec-
tively. In August 2022 and September 2021, cargo transported via stood at 325 034 and 357 723 tonnes, respectively. As a result, the rail cargo index rebounded on a monthly basis, recording an increase of 39.2% in September 2022 in contrast to a reduction of 17.9% posted in August 2022. Regarding other modes of transport, during the month under review, a total of 274 037 tonnes of goods were shipped by sea compared to 325 079 tonnes of cargo shipped in August 2022. The sea trans shipped index for September 2022 rebounded by 273.6% monthly, upward from a decline of 85.3% posted in the preceding month. Conversely, the index declined by 93.5% year-on-year, NSA said.
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Source: Namibia Ststistics Agency 517 tonnes were transported through rail during the month under review, compared to 103 071 tonnes in August 2022 and 123 279 tonnes in the corresponding month of 2021. The increase registered monthon-month emanated from the high volumes of manganese and sulphuric acid transported via rail, NSA added. The rail cargo index rebounded on a monthly basis, recording an increase of 39.2% in September 2022 in con-
trast to a reduction of 17.9% posted in August 2022. Additionally, the index increased by 16.4 percent, better-off when compared to a reduction of 28.4% recorded in the corresponding month of 2021. Moreover, for the period under review, a total of 447 tonnes of goods were transported by air. The goods transported via air were dominated by consignments of fish and fish fillet and other fish meat recording 133
tonnes and 64 tonnes, respectively. Overall, the transport composite cargo index consisting of road, air, sea, and rail cargo recorded a monthly decline of 20.2% in September 2022. Looking at inflation, annual transport inflation in September 2022 stood at 19.5%, a reduction when compared to 23.2% recorded in August 2022. In September last year, transport inflation stood at 7.5%.
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1st satellite-as-a-service platform
Twoobii uses as-a-service to expand ofering The as-a-Service platform will also allow Q-KON Africa to address multiple customers across diferent markets while optimising the usage of infrastructure and satellite capacity. STAFF REPORTER
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-KON Africa has expanded the capacity of its Twoobii platform in response to growing market demand, with the resulting Twoobii-as-a-Service option being provided in collaboration with its international 1st tier providers. This partnership will enhance Q-KON’s services across Africa, extending an array of applications to meet the connectivity needs of businesses, organisations and communities. Twoobii Smart Satellite Services functionality is proving to be the key diferentiator in B2B connectivity services. Demand remains strong for connectivity solutions including SD-WAN, business continuity and primary access for mission critical services. The Twoobii brand and service offering are well established and well respected, a fact underpinning sustainable service growth trends. The Smart Services architecture developed by Q-KON Africa includes the ability to provide advanced enterprise routing functions and integrate multiple space segment platforms into a single enterprise-level access service. From inception, the Twoobii architecture was ready to meet demand generated by changes to the business landscape. When additional service capacity was required on short notice the Q-KON team provided the catalyst for establishing the 1st satellite-as-a-service platform in Africa. The as-a-Service ofering is also available to 3rd party operators and will enable them to expand their service ofering
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through a scalable consumption model and to quickly launch their service and capitalise on growth opportunities. The as-a-Service platform will also allow Q-KON Africa to address multiple customers across diferent markets while optimising the usage of infrastructure and satellite capacity. The as-a-Service model enables scalability and swift service coniguration to reduce the time to market for new solutions and services. For this project, Q-KON Africa chose Spacecom, the satellite service provider and owner-operator of the AMOS satellite fleet. Spacecom’s AMOS-7 space segment servic-
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es met Twoobii’s performance speciications and are therefore able to assist in meeting the current and anticipated growth in demand. AMOS-7 services were integrated with the as-a-Service platform to become the irst satellite operator on this open-access architecture.
Functionality The platform enables an expansion of Twoobii’s specialised Smart Satellite Services functionality. By integrating AMOS-7 and the as-a-Service offering, Twoobii can now deliver advanced routing capabilities and layer-2 and high date rate uplinks speciically aimed at enterprise customers. “We are honoured to be chosen by Q-KON Africa and
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tivity service. This in turn has definitively earned Q-KON Africa a place at the table as the future of B2B connectivity in Africa is discussed.
We are honoured to be chosen by Q-KON Africa and assist in growing their business using the Amos satellite leet. Ofer Asif SVP Strategy: Spacecom
The adoption of the as-a-Service ofering has expanded the capacity of the Twoobii platform within the context of the rapid growth in deployed LEO satellite constellations, and in a way that is lexible, transparent and cost-efective. These advances are taking place simultaneously with enterprise customers being able to take advantage of the latest generation of low-latency satellite connectivity solutions. Being able to be faster to market, combined with Q-KON Africa’s lexibility, eficiency and scalability to serve diferent applications as and when needed, will enable the company to stay agile and nimble in a world where connectivity needs are constantly evolving.
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COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF ANGLO WARNS PRODUCTION WILL BE LOWER Anglo American said production across its operations will be lower than expected in the next couple of years, the latest big miner to warn on its ability to hit output goals. While the largest miners continue to reap bumper proits from high commodity prices, the industry is also struggling to reach volume targets. Anglo’s operations have been hindered by everything from logistical issues and extreme weather to fallout from the pandemic. Glencore earlier this week lowered forecasts for 2023 on most of its commodities. The industry’s inability to achieve output ambitions is exacerbating already tight supplies as the world struggles to adapt to Russia’s increasing exclusion from the global economy and disruptions from Covid-19. Anglo said that its output of all commodities — with the exception of diamonds — will be lower next year than it had previously forecast, with lower expectations across the board for 2024. Estimates for platinum group metals were hit especially hard, as production likely will be lower for the next three years, with total output falling as much as 12.5% by 2025 from this year’s already lowered target. By lunchtime on Friday, Anglo was down 2%, while its Anglo American Platinum unit slumped almost 6% in Johannesburg. Anglo, which expects total production to grow 5% next year and again in 2024, also said costs will continue to rise as inlation hurts the industry. The company could take a writedown on a potash mine it’s developing in the north of - Fin24 England.
TYMEBANK SIGNING UP OVER 200 000 CUSTOMERS TymeBank booked a record 228 000 new clients in October, according to its majority shareholder, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), when the digital-only bank also saw a marked increase in average customer activity levels. The bank was onboarding between 130 000 to 140 000 customers per month in the irst half of 2022. Earlier this week, when it inalised the acquisition of Retail Capital, TymeBank said it was on track to reach the 6 million customer mark before the end of this month. “TymeBank maintained the momentum of onboarding new customers in November. In total, the bank onboarded 200 100 new customers. Customer activity levels were also maintained,” said ARC. Meanwhile, outside of SA, TymeBank’s international arm, Tyme Global, has successfully launched its digital bank, GOtyme, in the Philippines with its partners, the Gokongwei family. The bank targeted to enter its irst internation-
al market in October, and in preparation for that, it seconded the former CEO of TymeBank in SA, Tauriq Keraan, to go lay the foundations in the Philippines in June. Keraan will also lead the bank’s expansion to a third market, possibly in 2023. “The launch is the next step in Tyme Global’s international growth strategy to have a presence in select markets with the potential for high customer growth,” said ARC in the trading statement. ARC said its other investments performed in line with expectations in the 10 months to 31 October. However, Kropz Elandsfontein is still experiencing delays in the production of bulk phosphate. -Fin24 SHOPRITE TO BUY SOME MASSMART STORES The Competition Tribunal has approved Shoprite’s proposed acquisition of certain Massmart-owned supermarkets, wholesalers and liquor stores. It also gave Shoprite the go-ahead to buy Massmart’s Massfresh business too, but with a lot of conditions. Shoprite initially made an ofer to buy 56 grocery stores from Cambridge Food and Rhino Cash and Carry and 43 adjacent liquor stores earlier this year. It also wanted to buy 10 wholesale cash and carry stores, 2 wholesale liquor stores, Massfresh and Fruitspot. It made an ofer of R1.36 billion to Massmart. The Competition Commission recommended that the Tribunal approve the deal in May. The Tribunal announced on Sunday that after a three-day merger hearing and various information requests, it has approved the proposed transaction with certain conditions to address identiied competition and public interest concerns, including a conditionn that Massmart divest from ten stores identiied as “highly problematic”. Two of Shoprite’s competitors, Pick n Pay and Spar; and the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) raised concerns during the Tribunal’s hearing. The Tribunal said they wanted the authorities to prohibit the acquisition. A non-conidential version of the conditions will be available on the Tribunal website in due course. But among other things, it wants some of the targeted “highly problematic stores” to be sold to other retailers not related to Shoprite, and some preferably to black retailers. -Fin24 SPAR CHAIR STEPS DOWN Retail group Spar announced on Friday that former CEO Graham O’Conner was stepping down as chairperson so that it can better deal with all claims being made against it. O’Conner will remain
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on the board. The company announced that O’Conner stepped aside “to allow the board to focus on the current allegations facing the company”. The JSE-listed retailer has been hit with a wave of negative news of late, including that it is facing of with one of its store owners in Johannesburg amid allegations it inlated the price of a store. In another blow, fraud charges were iled against senior executives of Spar, including O’Conner, amid allegations that the grocer falsely claimed in 2019 it was owed money in order to gain control over certain supermarkets. In addition, Business Day reported that two ‘ictitious’ loans have been uncovered in a report compiled on behalf of Spar’s board, which was looking into allegations of unfair treatment and racism. The governance of the company is also under scrutiny after O’Connor became Spar chairperson in March 2021, a month after retiring as CEO, which is at odds with the King Code’s recommendation of at
least a three-year break. O’Connor will continue as a nonexecutive director, while lead independent director Andrew Waller will serve as interim chair until a permanent replacement is - Fin24 found. ABB’S BRIBE SCHEME NEARLY COLLAPSED A scheme by employees at Swiss industrial irm ABB to pay bribes for contracts at South Africa’s state-owned power utility nearly fell apart in a dispute over who would share in the spoils, US court ilings show. The ilings give a fresh look at corruption at Eskom, the power company plagued by deteriorating inances and regular blackouts. The case, by US prosecutors and regulators, also sheds light on evolving US policy toward companies like ABB that have repeatedly broken the law. ABB agreed 2 December to pay a US$315 million (R5 billion) criminal penalty over bribes to an Eskom oicial as it sought control
and instrumentation contracts at the company’s Kusile coal-ired plant. Two ABB units pleaded guilty and the parent company was charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the US foreign bribery law. Prosecutors will defer the case and drop it in three years if the company makes promised reforms. The case “highlights the expanding global network of countries ighting international corruption,” Marshall Miller, a senior Justice Department oicial, said Tuesday in a speech. After the settlement, ABB CEO Bjorn Rosengren said the irm has changed. “We take the Kusile matter very seriously,” Rosengren said in a statement. “ABB has cooperated fully with all authorities and spent considerable time and efort – including launching a new code of conduct, educating employees and implementing an enhanced control system – to prevent something similar from happening again.” -Fin24
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US, Africa face-of at Biden summit
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The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expires in 2025 and gives about three dozen African nations duty-free access to the world’s biggest economy for almost 7 000 products. SAMUEL GEBRE
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he US’s resolve to claw back lost inluence in Africa will be put to the test this week when dozens of the continent’s leaders and oicials gather for three days of talks with their American counterparts in Washington. A top priority of President Joe Biden’s US-Africa Leaders Summit, which aims to increase cooperation on some of the world’s most pressing issues, will be to map out the future of market access. The African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expires in 2025 and gives about three dozen African nations dutyfree access to the world’s biggest economy for almost 7 000 products, will be discussed at the summit on Tuesday and at a subsequent meeting with lawmakers. One of the contentious issues to be ironed out will be who gets access. South Africa is at risk of losing part of its preferential access to the US if its trade policies disadvantage American exporters relative to their developed-nation counterparts, according to people familiar with the matter. Trade ministers will have an opportunity to speak directly with members of Congress, who are in charge of legislating on AGOA, on what should be improved and how to move forward, Sarah Bianchi, the deputy US trade representative for Asia and Africa, said in an interview ahead of the summit. “We very much have the next phase in mind as we start these conversations,” Bianchi said. “This was a priority for us. Getting these
direct dialogs is truly the point and the opportunity of this summit.” The US is trying to deepen its ties with Africa as it competes for inluence with rivals China, the continent’s largest trading partner and bilateral creditor, and Russia, which has successfully strengthened relations with the region in recent months as western nations tried to isolate it over its invasion of Ukraine. US two-way trade with subSaharan Africa was US$44.9 billion last year, a 22% increase from 2019, while foreign direct investment into the region fell by 5.3% to US$30.31 billion in 2021.
The summit “is really about the US and Africa enhancing economic ties in its own right. Sarah Bianchi Deputy US trade representative for Africa
AfCFT In January 2021, the African Continental Free Trade Area — which would be the world’s biggest free-trade zone by area when it kicks into full gear in 2030 — became operational. The initiative is likely to become a key pillar in facilitating trade between the US and Africa. The bloc has a potential market of 1.3 billion
people with a combined gross domestic product of US$2.6 trillion. The role of the bloc will be discussed at the summit, Wamkele Mene, the secretary general of AfCFTA, said recently. US Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa Chris Van Hollen and Chair of the House Foreign Afairs Subcommittee on Africa Karen Bass on Friday proposed the strengthening the AfCFTA Act. That would require Biden to develop an interagency long-term strategy on infrastructure development and technical support to promote African continental trade. This summit provides a “sweet spot on AGOA going forward” to have a conversation on the implementation of the free-trade agreement, said Constance Hamilton, the assistant US trade representative for Africa. About 50 heads of state and senior government oicials from African countries are expected to attend this year’s summit, the second since former President Barack Obama hosted the event in 2014. Democracy, food security, the climate crisis and promoting investment in infrastructure, health and renewable energy projects will also be discussed. Biden is also due to throw his backing behind the African Union getting permanent membership in the Group of 20 during the summit. The summit “is really about the US and Africa enhancing economic ties in its own right,” Bianchi said. “That’s the focus.” - Fin24
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World of-track to curb warming Catastrophic loods, cropwilting droughts and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality and this is “just the beginning”, experts say, as international eforts to cut planetheating emissions founder. The year did see some important climate progress, with major new legislation particularly in the United States and Europe as well as a deal at the UN climate talks to help vulnerable countries cope with an increasing onslaught of devastating climate impacts. But the goal of keeping warming within a safer limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius since the pre-industrial era appears increasingly in peril, with carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels - the main driver of global heating - on track to reach an all-time high in 2022. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned world leaders at a climate summit in Egypt in November that humanity faces a stark choice between working together in the battle against global warming or “collective suicide”. They opted to put of the most important decisions for another time, observers say. This year UN climate science experts issued their strongest warning yet of the dangers facing people and planet, with a landmark report on climate impacts in February dubbed an “atlas of human sufering”. Since then a series of extreme events has illus-
trated the accelerating dangers of climate change, at barely 1.2°C of warming. Record heatwaves damaged crops from China to Europe, while drought has brought millions to the point of starvation in the Horn of Africa. Floods super-charged by climate change engulfed Pakistan, afecting 33 million people and causing some US$30 billion in damage and economic losses. “The year 2022 will be one of the hottest years on earth, with all the phenomena that go with higher temperatures,” said climate scientist Robert Vautard, head of France’s Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute. “Unfortunately, this is just the beginning.”
Impact This year is on track to be the ifth or sixth warmest ever recorded despite the impact, since 2020, of La Nina - a periodic and naturally occurring phenomenon in the Paciic that cools the atmosphere. When this phenomenon reverses, potentially within months, the world will likely climb to a “new level” in warming, said Vautard. Economy-battering climate extremes, which ampliied the energy price surges for many countries as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, provided the backdrop to last month’s high-stakes UN climate talks in Egypt. The negotiations did make history, with wealthy polluters agreeing to a fund to pay for climate damage increasingly unleashed on
poorer countries. Pakistani climate minister Sherry Rehman called the move a “down payment on the longer investment in our joint futures”. But vulnerable nations and campaigners said the Egypt conference failed to deliver on the emissions reductions needed to curb climate losses and damages in the future. “COP27 tackled the consequences of climate change, but not the cause - fossil fuels,” said Harjeet Singh of Climate Action Network. To keep the 1.5°C limit in play, planet-heating emissions need to be slashed 45% by 2030, and be cut to net zero by mid-century. At 2021 UN talks in Glasgow, nations were urged to ramp up their emissions reduction commitments. But only around 30 countries have heeded that call, leaving the world on track to hot up by about 2.5°C.Guterres decried the failure of the climate talks to address the drastic emissions cuts needed, adding: “Our planet is still in the emergency room.” He has also urged nations to urgently address the other main existential crisis facing humanity and the planet - the loss of biodiversity - which is the subject of a crunch meeting in Montreal from December 7 to 19. Nature has been gravely damaged by human activity and the UN talks are tasked with outlining a roadmap for protecting the land and ocean ecosystems that provide Earth’s life - Fin24 support.
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Over decade
David Malpass, President of the World Bank.
Developing economies’ debt more than doubled Global growth is slowing sharply this year, with an increased risk of world recession in 2023.
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he external debt of developing economies has more than doubled from a decade ago to US$9 trillion in 2021, the World Bank said Tuesday, warning the debt crisis facing these countries has intensified. The pandemic has forced many countries to take on more borrowing, and World Bank President David Malpass earlier warned that the world is facing a fifth wave of debt crisis. Many countries are already facing or at risk of debt distress with surging global inflation and rising interest rates. And global growth is slowing sharply this year, with an increased risk of world recession in 2023 amid “one of the most internationally synchronous episodes of policy tightening” in 50 years, the World Bank said. “A comprehensive approach is needed to reduce debt, increase transparency, and facilitate swifter restructuring so countries can focus on spending that supports growth and reduces poverty,” Malpass added.
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The World Bank said in a release that the poorest countries eligible to borrow from its International Development Association (IDA) now spend more than a tenth of their export revenues to service their long-term public and publicly guaranteed external debt.
A comprehensive approach is needed to reduce debt and increase transparency so countries can focus on spending that supports growth and reduces poverty. David Malpass President: World Bank Many countries are already facing or at risk of debt distress with surging global inflation and rising interest rates.
This is the highest proportion since 2000, added the Washington-based development lender. The external debt of IDA countries also nearly tripled in the decade
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leading up to 2021. “On the surface, debt indicators seem to have improved in 2021,” the
World Bank said, adding that “this was not the case for IDA countries.” Vulnerabilities underscore an
urgent need to improve debt transparency, the bank said.
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he most wonderful thing about Mother Nature is that she’s consistent. When we take care of her, she takes care of us. Sadly, we’re not always consistent when it comes to taking care of Mother Nature, and yet she always keeps up her end of the bargain. According to horticulturist Eugene le Roux who has been with Pupkewitz for the past six years, his job also entails being an entomologist and soil scientist. “Horticulture refers to plants, their propagation and also their care, with a special focus on plant diseases. Technically, you’re a plant doctor. “Since there are so many plants and it’s such a broad ield, you learn something new every day. It’s a very interesting career.” So, what does a day in his life look like? “Apart from being a horticulturist, I’m also the procurement manager, which means I do all the orders for horticulture-related items; fertilisers, pesticides and pots. I source them from South Africa and elsewhere. I see suppliers to stock all our branches across the country. “This is our lagship branch. We also established a garden centre in Walvis Bay in December last year, and things are running smoothly. I trained a young man, Julian, for about two and a half months, and he’s doing a great job there. There are challenges because the coastal climate is much
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diferent from in the mainland.”
Holiday care When it comes to caring for your plants, Eugene says it’s diicult to leave everything behind when you’re away for the holidays. “It’s just like leaving a pet behind. You need somebody to come in ever so often. Even if you have an irrigation system, someone needs to make sure that there wasn’t a power failure, because timers tend to reset and don’t reactivate. Also, we never know if it’s going to rain or not and it’s always extremely hot in December. “You’ll also need someone to at least
mow your lawn once or twice while you’re away.” The reason for this is that otherwise, it will grow too high. “When you cut it down suddenly, the root system that was in full shade for some time is fully exposed, and it could become weak and burn, and it will struggle to recover.” He adds that it’s important to make sure that your irrigation system is working properly and that no micro heads are blocked or clogged with limescale. For indoor plants, he suggests grouping them together to make things easier for the person taking care of them. When it comes to plant suggestions
Edible plants and herbs are increasing in popularity and garden section salesperson Andimba de Klerk, says they have a variety of edible plants on sale. “Lettuce, spinach, chillies, strawberries, tomatoes – you have a lot to choose from and what suits your taste.” When it comes to “pretty” plants that are easy to grow, he says you’ll be spoiled for choice. These include petunias and celosia. They also have bonsais – both for indoors and outdoors. “The indoor bonsais are sensitive to sunlight, although they still do need light, while the outdoor ones are generally easy to maintain. You just need to keep the soil moist and transplant them once a year or every two years, so that you can get fresh growth.” If you’re a irst-time plant owner, which would he suggest? “The easiest are spekboom or aloe vera. They are very low maintenance. You just need to give them water. We have a variety of sizes of the spekboom – even bonsai sized. They grow throughout the season and they are just as easy to transplant. So, if you have one spekboom and you want ive, you can just take cuttings
from an existing tree and put it in an easy-growing medium. It’s really that easy.” When it comes to plants that are less easy to maintain, Andimba says that generally, roses are quite diicult and require more attention. “And also softer plants, like fuchsias. They require more care, more moisture, more water, and even more food to produce better quality lowers.” He encourages Namibians to start their own gardens because it brings more life to their home. “And if you plant vegetables or herbs, you’re basically eating from your yard and you don’t continuously have to run to the shops.”
Maintenance
When it comes to maintaining your garden with tip-top implements, the Pupkewitz Garden Centre has just what to you need. According to Sem Shimoshili, a salesperson in the garden section, if you’re new to gardening, an essential implement is a spade for digging and toiling the soil. “A pitchfork can also be used to loosen up the soil. For planting, a small hand spade is best.” There are also pots of all sizes to choose from and depending on what you’d like to plant. There are also starter kits for hydroponic farmers. These systems don’t only save you water and space, they also save you time. “Once you’ve started with hydroponics, you realise it’s really easy,” Sem says, adding that these systems are especially ideal for small spaces. Finally, to keep your plants healthy, there are also various types of compost and fertilisers available, delivered to you by helpful and knowledgeable staf. See you at the Centre!
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Gingerbread houses are a favorite holiday pastime with families, be it with parents, grandparents, or even both! But these delicious, decorative bread houses have always been a staple of the holiday season for as long as people can remember. Where did they come from? Who came up with the idea? To answer those questions, we must follow the ghost of holiday’s past into the history of Gingerbread House Day!
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