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The Namibian
Tue 13 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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| 2013-07-31
Nam records N$38 billion from exports
WINDHOEK – Namibia recorded an increase in exports between the years 2011 and 2012 due to international demand for iron, steel, ore, and animal and vegetable fats.
The country, which is a net exporter of raw materials, recorded an increase in the value of exports from N$37 billion in the 2010/2011 financial year to N$ 38 billion during 2011/2012.
This represent a 2,7% increase.
According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s 2012/2013 Annual Report availed to Nampa, the total exports of manufactured products have increased, albeit slightly from 22,2% to 22,4% in 2011.
In keeping with its trade and export development and promotion mandate, the ministry implemented a number of initiatives geared towards facilitating export and market opportunities for Namibian entrepreneurs and products during the period under review.
According to the report, the ministry provided financial and technical support to local trade fair organisers, local companies and entrepreneurs to participate in trade fairs and exhibitions as well as in business missions at home, in the region and internationally.
Some 199 companies benefited from the support for which the ministry spent some N$2,5 million in the reporting period.
In efforts to create additional market opportunities for Namibian exports, the ministry acquired land in the Republic of Congo during the period under review, with a plan to construct a trade centre in that country.
Similar plans to acquire land and construct trade centres in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are at an advanced stage.
– Nampa
The country, which is a net exporter of raw materials, recorded an increase in the value of exports from N$37 billion in the 2010/2011 financial year to N$ 38 billion during 2011/2012.
This represent a 2,7% increase.
According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s 2012/2013 Annual Report availed to Nampa, the total exports of manufactured products have increased, albeit slightly from 22,2% to 22,4% in 2011.
In keeping with its trade and export development and promotion mandate, the ministry implemented a number of initiatives geared towards facilitating export and market opportunities for Namibian entrepreneurs and products during the period under review.
According to the report, the ministry provided financial and technical support to local trade fair organisers, local companies and entrepreneurs to participate in trade fairs and exhibitions as well as in business missions at home, in the region and internationally.
Some 199 companies benefited from the support for which the ministry spent some N$2,5 million in the reporting period.
In efforts to create additional market opportunities for Namibian exports, the ministry acquired land in the Republic of Congo during the period under review, with a plan to construct a trade centre in that country.
Similar plans to acquire land and construct trade centres in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo are at an advanced stage.
– Nampa
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