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02 Aug

The importance of appointing a proxy and executor

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“Most of us have probably faced death and thought about our own mortality more often, and however daunting the prospect may be the consequences of not preparing for this inevitability can be devastating for those left behind when a family member passes away, which is something that has unfortunately happened far too often over the last few months,” says Taswald July, FNB Group Legal Advisor The bank has seen an alarming increase in cases where customers are faced with the incapacity or death of a loved one who had handled the finances and the family was left in the lurch…
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02 Aug

A peoples’ cause with no ideology!

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Is the current demand by the Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama for the recognition by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, that its predecessor government of the Imperialist Capitalist State of the Third Reich, committed genocide against their forebears, and to apologise and atone for such, namely pay reparations, based on any ideology or ought it to be based on any ideology? Yours Truly Ideologically is tempted to pose this question after some soul-searching, prompted by the retrogressive legacy Namibia’s liberation struggle, which, by the admission of those engaged in it, was not based on any ideology. Other than…
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Redline case starts end of August
02 Aug

Redline case starts end of August

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Windhoek’s Mayor, Job Shipululo Amupanda, says the Redline case is expected to start end of August in the Windhoek High Court. With the case Amupanda is challenging the continued existence of the Redline, also referred to as the Veterinary Cordon Fence (VCF), for more than 100 years. “The court case in which the Land Minister Calle Schlectwein and the government are fighting and defending to keep the colonial instrument, the 1896 Redline that discriminated more than 60 percent of the Namibian [population] for more than 1245 years, will officially start the case planning, before Justice Shafimana Ueitele on…
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Government concerned about Northern vaccination reluctance
02 Aug

Government concerned about Northern vaccination reluctance

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Andrew Kathindi Minister of health and Social Services Kalumbi Shangula, is raising concern over the low number of people being vaccinated in northern Namibia. The Government has relaxed some of the measures being used to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. “Of the various vaccine sites that I visited, I found no, or only a few persons who have come for vaccination. While vaccination teams were deployed at the sites, members of the public have not showed up,” says Shangula. According to him he was informed by vaccination officials that the daily average of vaccines at their respective…
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30 Jul

Harness TRIPS Flexibilities to Promote access to medicines in Mozambique

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Aquinaldo Mandlate According to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), at least 400 million people lack basic healthcare and 1.6 billion live in countries where there is weak national capacity to deliver basic health services, posing a huge challenge to global health. Mozambique records high deaths due to non-communicable diseases including HIV (24%), malaria (15%), respiratory infections (6%), and diarrhoea (4%). There are challenges accessing essential medicines to treat these illnesses in rural areas and in some urban centres where a capitalist private sector controls distribution and sale of essential drugs. This contribution analyses Mozambique’s legal and regulatory framework on…
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Health Ministry shrugs off reports against J&J vaccine
30 Jul

Health Ministry shrugs off reports against J&J vaccine

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula, says Namibia will go ahead with the procurement of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine despite reports declaring the vaccine to be less effective against the Delta variant. “We don’t base judgment on a single source,” sates Shangula adding that the public will be notified when the ministry has received the dosses and how much the government has forked out to acquire the dosses. The Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), Ben Nangombe, also shruggs of reports that the Johnson & Johnson's Corona virus vaccine, which…
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Opposition parties to challenge Noa re-appointment
30 Jul

Opposition parties to challenge Noa re-appointment

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Andrew Kathindi Opposition parties in the National Assembly will oppose a decision by this chambers to re-appoint Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General, Paulus Noa, and his second in charge, Deputy Director General, Erna van der Merwe, Windhoek Observer can reveal. This was confirmed by Popular Democratic Movement Leader, McHenry Venaani, following a special session of the National Assembly today which approved President Hage Geingob’s nominations of Noa and van der Merwe. “All the opposition [parties] together have just taken a decision that we are approaching the court on an urgent basis to nullify that decision,” Venaani tells Windhoek Observer. Noa…
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ACC’s boss, Parliament debate on hold . . . following chaos in August House
29 Jul

ACC’s boss, Parliament debate on hold . . . following chaos in August House

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Andrew Kathindi The debate on the re-appointment of Director–General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Paulus Noa, is indefinitely on hold after Parliament descended into chaos. Swapo’s Party’s Chief Whip, Hambyuka, Hamunyela, proposed an “end” to the debate after nearly two hours into the debate. “I move in terms of rule 106 A of the standing rules and order that the question be now put to the speaker to close the debate.” The motion, which the Speaker tried to correct as not a motion, was not received well by the members of the Nati0nal Assembly with Speaker of Peter Katjavivi, stating…
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Last will and testament of great importance in these times
28 Jul

Last will and testament of great importance in these times

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“In the wake of the Covid-19 third wave we have seen numerous instances where couples have died, leaving children behind and families reeling with the aftermath,” says Anielle von Finckenstein, Head of FNB Fiduciary. FNB Fiduciary has been part of the challenging and emotional journey of numerous family members who have been left dealing with the administrative duties that need to be sorted if a loved one has passed away. “We have borne witness to families being left in a legal bind as there was either no will to work with or an extremely outdated one. We thus offer some…
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Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement collaborating to fight COVID-19
28 Jul

Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement collaborating to fight COVID-19

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Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement through the Ohorongo Otavi Community Trust partnered to donate 10 hospital beds and installation of oxygen supply points valued at N$300 000.00 to the Tsumeb District Private Hospital on Thursday, 22nd July 2021. The hospital experienced a shortage of beds and oxygen supply points, which prompted the collaborated assistance from Dundee Precious Metals Tsumeb and Ohorongo Cement. The Tsumeb District Private Hospital have their own oxygen generating plant, the support provided will also relieve the pressure on the Tsumeb State Hospital as the private hospital will now assist more patients with a stable…
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