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New Year's Bash bigger and better - CoW

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With two days to go before the cross-over to 2024, the City of Windhoek (CoW) has promised a bigger and better New Year's Bash.

Windhoek residents have been promised a spectacular show of fireworks and performances lined up.

Lack of employment sparks creativity

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Lack of job opportunities and economic hardships motivate Namibians to use their creativity and start businesses on the streets of Windhoek.

Luwien Basson, 37, makes living room table sets from recycled tyres to make ends meet. From old tyres to comfortable sofas, furniture sets for your home.

CoW launches pilot project to build Waste Buy-Back Centres

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In order to curb unemployment, reduce waste, and promote recycling in the city for the next five years, the City of Windhoek Solid Waste Management Division has launched a pilot project to build and operate Waste Buy-Back Centres in two residential areas in Windhoek.

Travel Local campaign yields positive results

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Team Namibia and other stakeholders have joined hands to promote the local tourism industry within the country for the festive season through the Travel Local campaign, which is coming to an end.

ECB grants 10 electricity licence holders amnesty

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Ten of the electricity licence holders who have not applied for their annual review with the Electricity Control Board (ECB) were accorded amnesty.

ECB initiated to adjust their annual tariff from October 1st, 2023, for post-paid and prepaid; the effective date is October 24th, 2023.

Trade between Namibia, Russia declines

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Russia Federation Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev met with International Relations and Cooperation Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to discuss areas of cooperation and strengthen their trade relations.

BoN maintains repo rate at 7.75%

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The Bank of Namibia has announced the maintenance of the repo rate at 7.75 percent, a decision coming on the heels of the recent drop in local fuel prices.

This move is expected to bring a sigh of relief across the nation amid economic challenges.

Security guards still undervalued - SAN

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Employers are urged to be just in the way they treat security guards, particularly when it comes to remuneration and conditions of employment.

This call was made when the Security Association of Namibia celebrated the men and women in uniform in the security cluster at its 31-year anniversary.

Communities reminded to plant more trees

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Namibians have been urged to plant more trees than the number of those they cut down.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, made the call at the celebration of National Arbor Day at Osona village in Okahandja.