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Logistics manager keeps on deliveringMichelline Nawatises She has the logistics and distribution sector covered with full confidence. Martinique Triskey was born and raised in Windhoek where she also matriculated. Her first permanent job after completing school was at MultiChoice Namibia (MCN). She left the company for a year, returned a year later and since then she has been a part of the goal-driven company for almost ten years now.

Triskey is a logistics and distribution manager and the job entails procuring and managing the dispatching of stock.

“I have to make sure that all regulatory type approvals are done timeously to make sure MCN can import the required equipment needed,” she says.

One of the challenges in her job is having trucks deliver stock on time.

“When things are out of your control, they become very challenging,” she adds.

Triskey also ensures that there are no stock losses or outages. It is her responsibility to make sure that there is enough stock available and to check what needs to be replenished.

“I also make sure stock orders are fulfilled to customers and the correct quantity of equipment is dispatched to all our agents and branches across the country,” she says.

During her free time, she loves motorcycling with her husband. “This activity makes me feel free and gives me time to clear my mind,” she adds.

What inspires her is knowing that she does a good job, be it at work or home, and being acknowledged for something she has done well.

The advice she would give to aspiring young people out there is to pursue what they want and not let others decide their future. “If you apply your mind to it and you know you can do it, then go for it,” she advises.

She plans to become one of the best logistics and distribution managers this country has ever seen. “People must know my name,” she says boldly.

Flying an aeroplane is one thing she wishes she knew how to do. Triskey mentions that it would be satisfying to know that she is in control and people can trust her with their lives.

Her greatest fear? Not belonging anywhere and not being needed.

When asked about the best phase in her life, Triskey mentions when she started earning her own income, this enabled her to assist others and become independent.

If she was granted an opportunity to change something in the world, she would make abandoning one’s baby, unborn or born, undoable. “It breaks my heart to see and hear about mothers abandoning their babies,” Triskey adds.

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Women in the construction industry Taking the bull by the horns Michelline Nawatises





Eva Tomas grew up in a large family and was raised by her parents who gave her most of what she needed through a lot of sacrifice and hard work. She had a fair chance to make new friends as she attended five primary schools, namely International Primary School, Oranjemund Private School, Opawa Primary School, Francis Galton Primary School and Afrikaans Medium, now known as Tsumeb Secondary School and one secondary school, Etosha Secondary School.

The phrase “old habits die hard” are evident with Tomas as her tertiary education was at three South African universities, namely Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of Johannesburg (UJ) and University of the Free State (UFS) where she obtained qualifications in architecture and town planning.

“I am currently a town planner in training and I have worked in the building/construction industry for 12 years now. I’ve also done events management in the past, through which we hosted women empowerment events and I also love farming which I currently do as well,” she says.

Her job is to supervise the architectural function from design to the production of drawings before submitting them to local authorities for approval and ensuring that design and documentation of drawings are completed on time and efficiently. It also consists of working with town planning consultants on the approval of subdivisions and consolidation proposals.

Challenges and Achievements

According to Tomas, studying architecture was one of her biggest challenges and accomplishments to date. “It was a challenging course and not many of us made it to the finish line,” she says. Tomas says there was a time she told her parents that she would rather drop architecture and go study psychology at the University of Namibia.

The second challenge was getting retrenched from an architectural firm due to a lack of work.

“A few of us were let go. I stayed at home for six months. It was a hard time but it passed. Finding my feet again career-wise wasn’t easy. I had to take up employment where I was earning three times less than what I was earning before. I persevered, and I made my way to a place where I am happy with my progress.”

“My daily routine involves checking and replying to emails, attending to queries and providing the required support on the projects we are busy with and provide required inputs to the Projects Department. Furthermore, checking drawings for correctness and signing them off and submitting them to my line manager for approval as well as local authorities. I sort out due payments and ensure the department has all it needs to progress efficiently.”

What inspires her is reading autobiographies. “Right now I’m busy reading Basetsana Khumalo’s, ‘Bassie, My Journey of Hope’. Seeing the world through the eyes of someone who has overcome so much and achieved so much inspires me and it opens one’s mind,” she says.

Corona causing first drop in oil use in decade

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Corona causing first drop in oil use in decade‘Widespread shutdown’ in China The IEA has slashed its forecast for the increase in global consumption by nearly a third to 825 000 barrels per day, the smallest increase since 2011. Richard Lein - Global oil demand will suffer its first quarterly drop in a decade as the COVID-19 virus lashes the economy in China and its impact ripples throughout the world, the IEA said yesterday.

"Global oil demand has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and the widespread shutdown of China's economy," the International Energy Agency said in its latest monthly report.

"Demand is now expected to fall by 435 000 barrels year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, the first quarterly contraction in more than 10 years" when it dropped during the global economic crisis, it added.

While the IEA still expects demand for oil to grow for this year as the outbreak is contained, it slashed its forecast for the increase in global consumption by nearly a third to 825 000 barrels per day, the smallest increase since 2011.

The outbreak of the new coronavirus spurred China to take drastic measures such as placing in quarantine over a dozen cities and extending the Lunar New Year holidays in order to try to stem its spread, nearly shutting down key parts of its economy.

‘Short lived’

Although markets have rebounded in recent days as investors grew confident that China could quickly contain the virus and its economic impact would be short lived, the IEA warned against complacency by comparing today's crisis to the 2003 SARS outbreak.

"While steps taken in China to reduce its spread were adopted earlier than in the SARS crisis and have been far more extensive, the profound transformation of the world economy since 2003 means China's slowdown today is bound to have a stronger global impact," it said in the report.

The IEA noted that since 2003 China has become more integrated in global supply chains, its tourism sector has dramatically expanded and Chinese are the largest contingent of world tourists, and the country's share of global GDP has jumped from 4% to 16%.

With it estimating that China's international air travel having fallen by 70% and domestic travel by half in the early part of the crisis, the IEA expects double digit drops in jet fuel demand in the country.

A similar drop in diesel demand is expected due to other travel restrictions.

Beijing growth

The IEA chopped its forecast for China's GDP growth in the first quarter of this year by 1.5 percentage points to 4.5%. It also made large cuts of over 0.5 percentage points to its forecasts for China's trading partners in the region, as well as the United States and Russia.

The IEA doesn't forecast changes in oil prices, but said consumers were unlikely to get much of a boost from cheaper petrol and diesel at the end of the day.

"The effect of the Covid-19 crisis on the wider economy means that it will be difficult for consumers to feel the benefit of lower oil prices," it said.

With China being a big consumer of oil and the source of most of the growth in oil demand in recent years, the crisis will have a major impact on oil producers.

At the end of last year, OPEC and its allies including Russia, called OPEC+, agreed to further cuts in oil production in order to compensate for rising production in the United States and avoid excess supplies that would depress prices.

They are now considering an additional cut of 600 000 barrels per day to compensate for the drop in demand due to Covid-19.

The IEA estimates that the demand for OPEC crude has dropped from 29.4 million barrels per day (mbd) in the final quarter of 2019 to 27.2 mbd in the first three months of this year.

It noted that this is 1.7 mbd below what what OPEC produced in January when the new production cuts came into force.

OPEC on Wednesday cut its forecast for growth in global oil demand as well due to COVID-19. – Nampa/AFP

Smoke, soot and sweat: Egypt's charcoal workers

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Smoke, soot and sweat: Egypt's charcoal workers For my kids, I hope they can get well paid jobs. - Said Mahrous, Labourer: Inshas Inshas, Egypt - To fuel Egyptians' love for shisha pipes and barbeques, Said Mahrous and his men toil in an open-air furnace, inhaling thick plumes of smoke day in, day out.

Covered in soot and sweat, their faces blackened, they labour in a village near Cairo over burning mounds of charcoal, without gloves, facemasks or health insurance.

Health and environmental concerns fall by the wayside when lumps of charcoal must be bagged at the end of the day and transported across the country.

"The smoke doesn't really affect me - I've gotten used to it working here for over 35 years," says Mahrous.

"I'm an old fahham from way back," adds the 48-year-old, using the local term for a coal worker.

"My father plucked me out of school, and I have continued the tradition because he was one too."

US$125 a month

The site in Inshas, in the fertile Nile River delta north of the Egyptian capital, employs dozens of men working for about 2 000 pounds (US$125) a month.

The workers take tree trunks sourced from nearby towns, clear them of branches and stack them according to their girth.

They then throw them on 40-square-metre patches of field that become smouldering furnaces.

The trunks must be dried out first, a task that takes about a year, says Mahrous.

"Then we build the furnace, add rice straw and start the fire, which burns for about 10 to 15 days."

Dirt and rice stalks trap the heat and stop the fire from spreading.

‘Taking a toll’

Mahrous explains that different trees produce specific types of charcoal.

Wood from mango and orange trees is charred for smoking shisha, while the charcoal from casuarina, camphor and olive trees is used for barbeques.

The mounds are then hosed down with water to cool them, but the tinders still smoulder underneath as smoke rises up into the air.

Using shovels, the workers dig down and break up the charcoal, sifting and then bagging it.

About two tonnes of wood produce one tonne of charcoal.

Mahrous admits the work is taking a toll, telling AFP that "the heavy lifting of tree trunks sometimes hurts my back".

"For my kids, I hope they can get well paid jobs," he says.

"But if they can't find any, then they will work with me."– Nampa/AFP

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SPYL wants youth quota in Swapo The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has urged the ruling party to introduce a 'youth quota' for inclusion in the party's central committee as well as parliament, as gerontocracy – a state where old people rule - continues to worsen in the party.

The league's secretary, Ephraim Nekongo, speaking to Namibian Sun's 'The Evening Review' show this week, said the dynamics of the current structure of the party did not allow a free flow of young blood into the party. Swapo won 63 seats in the National Assembly following a performance to forget in the November 27 general election, in which the party lost its two-thirds parliamentary majority. None of those going to parliament is under the age of 35. President Hage Geingob can nominate eight more members to parliament, which presents an opportunity for more young politicians to be appointed. But speaking to 'The Evening Review' last week, former SPYL spokesperson Job Amupanda remarked that even if all eight nominees were young people, they would still have no voting rights in parliament to influence key decisions. At the age of 24, Landless People's Movement (LPM) politician Utaara Mootu will be the youngest person in the National Assembly.

Nekongo and others in the SPYL leadership have been accused of not having done enough to ensure the nomination of more young candidates at last year's Swapo electoral college.





At the electoral college, the Swapo youth were again outfoxed by elders and elbowed to the tail-end of the parliamentary list – to the chagrin of the SPYL.

Nekongo believes this exclusion will persist as long as the structures and policies in the party remain unchanged.

“The dynamics of our party structure are such that you have the Central Committee which has many MPs. These people are in the majority and they have interests. You can blame me, but it's really the dynamics,” he told the show.

“We need to think of a quota for young people to close that gap. At the moment we have more elders in parliament and the Central Committee, which is the body that decides. Let us have a quota to allow the injection of new blood.

“We are not up in arms against the elders, nor want to get rid of them, but we have to let the pipe flow. Currently the pipe is blocked and I am happy that the president (Hage Geingob) has recently urged some of them to retire.”

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Rescue plan for Mass Housing

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Rescue plan for Mass HousingPohamba's legacy project to be revived Brand new, affordable houses stand empty across the country, creating the impression that the government is not serious about housing delivery. The ministry of urban and rural development says it will “expedite” the completion of hundreds of houses built under the Mass Housing Development Programme (MHDP) that were abandoned some years back.

The ministry admitted on Friday that 1 122 of the 3 958 houses built before the programme grounded to a halt were still incomplete. The executive director of the ministry, Nghidinua Daniel, said the ministry would oversee the full completion of the 1 122 houses built under the initiative. He said the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) would allocate completed houses that were ready for occupation to “avoid further unnecessary damage”.

Daniel said NHE would make arrangements to “encourage” buyers to take occupancy without delay.

The ministry said 2 836 houses were already occupied.





A new spotlight was thrown on the mass housing project when members of the public demanded to know what would happen to the houses.



The origins of the programme

The mass housing project was launched in November 2013 by outgoing president Hifikepunye Pohamba as his 'legacy project'.

So much weight was placed on the project that a ministerial committee, chaired by Pohamba himself, was created to steer the process.

Others on this committee were the then minister of regional and local government, housing and rural development, Charles Namoloh, minister of presidential affairs Albert Kawana, minister of finance Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, and the director-general of the National Planning Commission, Tom Alweendo.

The NHE was directed to develop a concept paper and a blueprint for the initiative was adopted by the cabinet in July 2013, about five weeks after the project was hatched.

Outlined in the blueprint was the intention to build 185 000 affordable houses by 2030 at a cost of N$45 billion; 10 278 houses were to be built yearly over the next 18 years at an annual investment of N$2.5 billion.

It was later decided to kickstart the project as a two-year pilot phase between 2014 and 2016 in which 5 000 houses per year – or 10 000 over the two-year period – were to be built.

With the emphasis on affordable housing, and because of high input costs, the government undertook to subsidise these houses by 40% to 60%. With these subsidies, the houses were priced at N$220 000 on average, with smaller houses priced at less than N$90 000.

After Pohamba launched the programme in November 2013 the housing ministry invited construction tenders and indicated that the houses were to be built at an “accelerated and rapid approach”.

In conformity with a cabinet resolution, the advertisement also indicated that the NHE was to do the contracting in accordance with NHE tender regulations.

With that, 216 companies applied and by January 2014 the NHE had signed contracts with 25 companies to build the houses and 11 companies to service the land. By February 2014 all contractors were on site and construction started.



Trouble brewing

At a meeting that February, however, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila insisted that the NHE did not have the mandate to award tenders. She insisted that the MHDP was a government project and that tenders should be approved by the then national tender board, which fell under her ministry.

Her interpretation carried the day and Namoloh instructed the NHE to cancel the contracts, stating that certain agreements were unlawful and unenforceable because they “did not meet the requirements of NHE's own tender procedures and policies and that certain terms of such agreements [were] against public policy and interest”.

More importantly, no money was forthcoming from the treasury despite the fact that contracts had already been entered into between NHE and the contractors.

An attempt by NHE to borrow N$2 billion from the Swiss bank Credit Suisse was shot down by finance permanent secretary Ericah Shafudah.

Shafudah held that Credit Suisse was “unknown” and questioned the bank's “capacity and capability to mobilise the funding when needed”.

She also raised concern over the foreign-exchange risk and proposed that NHE approach “reputable international financiers” like the African Development Bank (AfDB), or alternatives such as Shelter Afrique, Afreximbank, and other “similar institutions”.

Unbeknownst to everyone the NHE decided to move ahead with the mass housing initiative and the contracts it had already signed with contractors, and obtained a N$220 million loan from Bank Windhoek to save the project.

In May 2014 it surprised even Pohamba, who was allegedly under the impression that nothing was happening on the project.

In May 2014 Pohamba was at the coast to inaugurate the Husab uranium mine and the Walvis Bay harbour expansion. The NHE used this opportunity to show some of the houses built under the mass housing scheme to Pohamba, who at that stage was allegedly unaware of any developments in the initiative.

Furious at conflicting reports on the project, Pohamba gave instructions that money from the treasury be released. Only by July 2014 – six months after the project had commenced – was money beginning to be released to the ministry of urban and rural development.

Kuugongelwa-Amadhila this week said the allegation that she had “starved” the mass housing project was false and malicious.

“Payments under approved government programmes are made in terms of state laws and regulations, and never on the basis of the discretion of the minister of finance,” Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said.

She said the funds that were provided for the mass housing programme were disbursed by the finance ministry to the line ministry responsible for housing under the said governing framework.

An NHE official who preferred anonymity concurred, and stressed that not a single cent was given directly to the NHE.

“Treasury advanced the money to the line ministry, which took the responsibility to pay the contractors after payment certificates were approved by the ministry,” this source said.

Although the housing ministry denies that the mass housing scheme was suspended, President Hage Geingob, when reporting on his first 100 days in office on 29 June 2015, officially informed the nation that the initiative had been stopped “due to numerous irregularities reported”.

A total of 4 880 jobs were lost as a result.



Alleged irregularities

During the implementation of the mass housing scheme, the NHE was accused of having inflated or negligently accepted inflated construction prices.

Vinson Hailulu, the former NHE CEO, was accused of having received bribes from contractors with which he allegedly bought a Mercedes-Benz CL500 SUV in cash. He was also accused of having corruptly allocated tenders to his relatives.

The government appointed two firms of quantity surveyors to investigate the inflated pricing allegations. They found that the construction prices the NHE had agreed with the contractors were in line with market rates, if not below market rates in some cases.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) launched two investigations into Hailulu but according to documents seen the ACC did not find any evidence to support the allegations against him.

Subsequent to these investigations, Hailulu wrote to Geingob to express his “humble expectation” for the government to vindicate him and help repair the damage inflicted upon him and the former management of the NHE. No response has come from Geingob to date.

What cannot be removed easily are the hundreds of houses standing empty and derelict across the country.



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Geingos to give away her wealth

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Geingos to give away her wealth First Lady Monica Geingos has promised to bequeath all her worldly belongings to charity when she dies.

A director in her office, Dr Veronica Theron, confirmed this yesterday. During a fundraising gala dinner in 2016 for her charity, the One Economy Foundation, Geingos pledged to give 50% of her wealth to vulnerable children.

In May 2015, Geingos declared that she had assets worth between N$45 and N$60 million.

“If I can de-risk my children's future a little more, then it is 100%,” she said at the time.

Her husband, President Hage Geingob, has declared assets of about N$50 million.

Efforts to get comment from State House this week about whether Geingob would be declaring his assets when his second term as head of state begins on 21 March proved futile. This week Geingos told the Thompson Reuters Foundation that all her wealth would go to charity.

“If I'm telling poor children that they must be well educated, have the right attitude and they must stay away from self-destructive behaviour and they'll be fine, then surely that message should apply to my kids too?” Geingos said.

The first lady, who has for long held the belief that inheritance is one of the biggest drivers of inequality, has in the past called for an inheritance tax.





In 2018 she tweeted: “[A] key aspect of wealth accumulation is that it operates in a self-reinforcing way... inherited wealth is unearned and therefore unfair. Again I ask, why does a country like Namibia, with the second highest inequality rate in the world, not have an inheritance tax?”

Geingos, a former businesswoman, said her net worth included shareholding in a number of companies.

jemima@namibiansun.com



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Esh-Ham Business Consultants reflectsCelebrating seven years in the industry Founder Ester Hamukoto speaks to Careers Hub on growth, aspirations for the future and improving service delivery. Tunohole Mungoba





Esh-Ham Business Consultants, a secretarial service provider, celebrated seven years in the business on 1 February and according to founder and customer relationship manager Ester Hamukoto, their biggest achievement is brand loyalty.

“To date, we have created brand loyalty amongst clients around the country. Customers now choose us over other start-ups due to the fact that the trust and belief in our services has grown over the years, and also the level of expertise my team and I have in the SME industry has also grown,” she said.

Esh-Ham Business Consultants offers services such as registration of new businesses, accounting and taxation services, business consulting and tender filling services, and boasts clientele all over Namibia.

“Young and new entrepreneurs are often in a vulnerable stage of their business, especially when they do not have anyone to turn to for a second opinion when pursuing their dreams. The second group of people we focus on are companies that have to make their sales and marketing teams more effective. This includes companies who are receiving a lot of poor customer service complaints and need to upgrade their customer service experience.”

To celebrate their anniversary, Esh-Ham Business Consultant handed over donations to seven learners from Ella Du Plessis High School, which included stationery and a uniform. “This was an initiative part of our corporate social responsibility. I was a learner at Ella Du Plessis, thus I saw the need to plough back to my former school. We also awarded our long standing clients with appreciation certificates and this was done to show our clients that we as a company do appreciate their support,” she said.

With a degree in business administration, specialising in strategic marketing, from the University of Namibia, Hamukoto was exposed to the spirit of entrepreneurship and invention from a young age as she grew up with her grandmother, who was an entrepreneur herself.

“While in high school, I was introduced to the Junior Achievement Programme which I joined and eventually my entrepreneurship skills were developed. I am a firm believer in female empowerment and, as a young woman, it is our responsibility to take up positions that were stereotyped to be traditionally only reserved for men,” she said.

So what is the importance of the youth being involved in entrepreneurship? As a young entrepreneur herself, Hamukoto believes that there are ample opportunities in our county for young people to become self-employed and create job opportunities in the fields they are working in.

“Despite the challenges in the economy we are currently facing, our company has managed to stay afloat and survive. I believe it is due to the consistency from both me and my team as we give our work 100% commitment,” she said.

“I can confidently say Esh-Ham Business Consultants has become a household name in Namibia and this was all due to the dedication we have put in as a team.”

She told Careers Hub that customers are always their biggest asset and they ensure that they are giving a good experience as referrals are the cheapest marketing medium, and also can be regarded as a success.

“I also see to it that my employees are trained and well vested with good command of customer service and good knowledge of our services on offer. I am also financially disciplined as I try to stick to the budget and save for rainy days. When there are no sales, at least the staff is paid on time. Furthermore, I do self-studying a lot. I always try to equip myself with the latest techniques on how to run an SME and how to survive on a tight budget so self-education is very important to me and it’s part of my lifestyle,” said Hamukoto.

Besides the harsh economic climate, Hamukoto also lists working in male-dominated industry as a challenge. “Sometimes, I need to work extra hard to convince clients that we are equally as good as a company owned by male counterparts, therefore compromise on customer service is not even on the agenda as we need to go all out.”

She added that access to finances to grow the company, customers paying on time and industry regulations are other challenges they face.

As she looks towards the next seven years, Hamukoto’s long-term goal is to open branches in other towns in Namibia as they currently only operate from Windhoek. “Even though our services are available to all clients around Namibia and to foreign nationals who want to set up businesses in Namibia, growing and expending has always been my main goal and I see Esh-Ham Business Consultants as a place where aspiring entrepreneurs can come for all their business start-up needs.”

“I believe we still have a long way to go, but I strongly believe in not changing our model.”

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How to draft a perfect CV

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How to draft a perfect CV Chantelle Reid



So, you have finally attained your qualifications, and you plan on ­becoming independent by entering the workforce. As you embark on your career, you will have already imagined the perfect job to suit your desired lifestyle, a position that will afford you that latest car or an opportunity of traveling the world. But how do you go about getting that perfect job?

Firstly, you need to find a vacancy that matches your academic qualifications, experience, and interests. Then comes the critical part: drafting your curriculum vitae (CV), which will stand out amongst the hundreds, if not thousands, that usually end up on a recruiter's desk or inbox.

“Curriculum vitae” is a Latin phrase which means “course of life”. As such, it is a comprehensive document highlighting your professional and academic history. CVs typically include information such as work experience, achievements, scholarships, or grants you have earned, coursework completed, research projects, and publications of your work. An employer will ask you for this document when you apply for possible employment.

Below are a few tips to help you draft your CV:

• Use your legal names, not nicknames.

• Ensure that your correct contact number and email address are visible. Never use an email address like partygirl@goodtimes.com. Your potential employer is not likely to take your application seriously.

• The length of your CV is significant. Less is more when it comes to CVs, and while you should ensure that all the relevant information is available, irrelevant information is not necessary. Recruiters do not look at CVs longer than two to three pages.

• Only include copies of your qualifications if explicitly asked to do so.

• The modern CV does not necessarily need to include details like your relationship status; this is the detail that can be divulged during the interview if required.

• If you want to use a picture on your cover page, please ensure that it is a clear head-and-shoulders picture only. For each position you apply for, write a different cover letter. Nothing puts recruiters off more than recycled letters addressed to the wrong person or organisation.

• Ensure that your application reaches the organisation before the actual closing date.

• Use the method of application as prescribed. If the instruction is to email the application, do not personally drop off your application and insist on placing it in the recruiter's hands yourself.

• Avoid excessively bright colours and many pictures on your CV, unless you are a graphic designer and applying for a position that requires a display of your work.

• Align and justify your CV ­correctly, then save it in a ­Portable Document Format (PDF) file before sending it; this decreases the size in the recruiter's inbox.

Several excellent websites can provide you with a free CV template that is both professional and modern. All you have to do to make sure your CV stands out is to find one that works for you. Remember, you only get one chance at a first impression.

*Chantelle Reid is Bank Windhoek's recruitment manager.

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Masisi: SACU must be ‘stellar pace-setter’ Augetto Graig - The president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, spent the better part of the morning on his one-day state visit to Namibia yesterday at the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) headquarters in the capital.

He left for his meeting with president Hage Geingob at the statehouse at around midday.

The visiting head of state was briefed at length by the SACU executive team before he later addressed the entire workforce.

Masisi told the gathered SACU secretariat staff members of his deep desire to visit the offices of the oldest customs union in the world and how “we feel the impact of your work in every SACU member state”.

SACU was founded in 1910 and consists of Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. The customs union pool benefits from customs and excise duties on trade in and among member states and shares this resource among member states based on a predetermined formula.

Big responsibility

Speaking of its rich history, Masisi said SACU has a heavy burden of deep responsibility to carry. “Pioneering has its challenges,” he said, “but we must be found to be a stellar pace-setter. All are watching and competing with you. I want you to be the best customs union secretariat in the world,” he told the officials.

According to him, “it is essential for SACU to work to its maximum potential”. He said “the world is not going to wait” and that competition will only increase.

“Everybody expects a dividend out of peace and relative cooperation in the region,” he said. Masisi advised sharpening collaboration with leading relevant institutions in the region, “to advance your work.”

The executive secretary of SACU, Paulina Elago, elaborated on the work programme adopted for the rejuvenation of the organisation, which is slowed awaiting finalisation of issues through bilateral discussions between heads of state.

The last Summit of SACU Heads of State was held in Botswana in June 2018. Since then, “the issues escalated to the summit are mainly related to architecture for tariff-setting and on the review of the revenue sharing agreement,” she said.

The work programme demands the secretariat also attend to a regional industrial development policy, review the revenue-sharing arrangement, facilitate trade, develop SACU institutions, ensure unified engagement at trade negotiations and strengthen the capacity of the secretariat. Achievements in carrying out the work plan Elago listed include the areas of trade negotiations, trade facilitation and revenue management.

Trade agreements

Specifically the secretariat has helped SACU members negotiate trade agreements with third parties as a bloc. Negotiations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was recently completed and SACU secretariat’s negotiation agenda also includes the Comesa-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area, the SACU-India Free Trade Area and the SADC protocol on trade, as well as SACU-US relations, she said.

Facilitating trade SACU has been pushing for the SACU customs modernisation programme to be rolled out.

“The key objective of the programme is to enhance efficiency in order to facilitate cross border movement of goods while securing borders to curb the scourge of illicit trade, as well as to ensure seamless movement of legitimate trade,” she said.

The United Kingdom agreed last month to provide initial funding for this project amounting to £158 690 (almost N$22.3 million), she said.

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‘Januaworry’ brings inflation relief

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‘Januaworry’ brings inflation reliefHousing hits deflation Last January, Namibia’s annual overall inflation rate was 4.7%. It fell to 2.1% a year later. Jo-Maré Duddy – The price monster lost more than half its punching power in January compared to a year ago as the recession continues to takes its toll on the property market.

Figures released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) yesterday show annual overall inflation in Namibia in January was 2.1% - down from 4.7% a year ago.

Commenting on the drop, Capricorn Asset Management (CAM) said it was largely due for the negative rate for housing. The NSA figures show January’s annual inflation rate for rental payments for dwelling (both owners and renters) was -1.5% compared to 2.3% a year ago.

“The deflation in the property market is having its impact,” CAM said.

Rental payment is categorised under housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels in the consumer price index (CPI), which carry the biggest weight in the Namibian consumer basket. According to the NSA, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels weight 28.36, which means the average consumer spends N$28.36 out of every N$100 in his pocket on this.

Price dynamics

Namibia entered recession for the first time in 2016 in the current economic slump. January’s annual inflation rate for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels peaked at 9.7% in 2017. The following year it plummeted to 2.6%.

FNB Namibia’s latest Rent Price Index recorded a contraction of 1.9% at the end of the third quarter last year.

“The price dynamics in the rental market have brought the national rent price at the end of September to N$7 163.94 per month. The rental market remains overall negative owing to the persistent weak domestic economy,” FNB Namibia’s group economist, Ruusa Nandago, said when she released the latest data last month.

“We expect rental price growth to remain in contraction for the remainder of the year and to move into positive territory early next year, likely settling in the range of 1-2%,” Nandago said.

Heavyweights

Food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco – the other heavyweights in the consumer basket – also retreated significantly.

Annual food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation – with a weight of 16.45 – last month was 2.2%. A year ago it was 5.7%.

January’s figure for transport was 5.0%, down from 7.3% in January 2019. The category carries a weight of 14.28.

Alcoholic beverages and tobacco recorded an annual rate of 2.6% compared to 6.4% in January 2019. The average consumer spends N$12.59 out of every N$100 on alcohol and tobacco.

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Shareholders of FirstRand Nam smile

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Shareholders of FirstRand Nam smile FirstRand Namibia expects its earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2019 to be between 10% and 15% higher that of than the previous half-year.

Earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) – a gauge for profitability - will be “materially higher” than the prior period, the group yesterday said in a trading statement on the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX).

FirstRand Namibia´s unaudited interim financial results will be released on or about 10 March 2020.

FirstRand Namibia is the second biggest company on the Local Index of the NSX in terms of total market capitalisation.

At the close of business on Wednesday, the group had a total market capitalisation of N$8.938 billion. Namibia Breweries, the heavyweight on the Local Index, had a total market capitalisation of N$9.806 billion.

FirstRand closed Wednesday at N$33.40 per share. It ended 2019 at N$33.41 per share.

City to appeal unsurprising two-year Champions League ban

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City to appeal unsurprising two-year Champions League ban Staff Reporter

Manchester City say they are disappointed but not surprised by an announcement by the Uefa Adjudicatory Chamber yesterday that the Premier League powerhouse club has been banned from participation in the Uefa Champions League for the next two seasons.
They have also been fined €30 million for what the adjudicatory chamber calls “serious breaches of the Uefa club licensing and financial fair play regulations”.
Manchester City said in a statement: “The club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position.
“In December 2018, the Uefa chief investigator publicly previewed the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to Manchester City, before any investigation had even begun. The subsequent flawed and consistently leaked Uefa process he oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the result that he would deliver. “The club has formally complained to the Uefa disciplinary body, a complaint which was validated by a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling.
“Simply put, this is a case initiated by Uefa, prosecuted by Uefa and judged by Uefa. With this prejudicial process now over, the club will pursue an impartial judgment as quickly as possible and will therefore, in the first instance, commence proceedings with the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity.”
The investigation into Manchester City’s compliance with financial fair play regulations has been going on for years, and the club has been accused of misrepresenting the value of sponsorship deals that, according to the club, offset the organisation’s massive spending to attract an all-star roster of the best talent in the world. In 2018, German publication Der Spiegel published documents that suggested owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan was funding sponsorship deals for the club, leading the Club Financial Control Body to investigate. -additional reporting by usatoday.com

Legendary photographer John Liebenberg dies

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Legendary photographer John Liebenberg dies OGONE TLHAGE

Legendary photographer John Liebenberg passed away today.
Liebenberg was hospitalised since last week, according to his daughter Jessica, who had started a GoFundMe page to raise money for his hospital stay.
Liebenberg was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Olivedale Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He was rushed to hospital following a fall and underwent an emergency operation.
Announcing his death, Jessica thanked those who had supported the Liebenberg family following the incident.
“It is with great sadness that I must tell you that my father passed away following complications in his recovery from the surgery,” she said.
The funds raised would be used to cover hospital costs, she said.
“Your support meant a lot to my dad, and he said as much on Friday when I last spoke to him. Your support, financial or otherwise, means a lot to us as a family,” she said.
Liebenberg was born in Johannesburg in 1958. He was conscripted into the South African Defence Force (SADF) and was sent to the Ondangwa air force base.
He later returned to Namibia and in 1985 was appointed as a photographer for The Namibian.
Liebenberg was a senior and established news photographer whose work has been exhibited in Africa and Europe. His Namibian photographic collection documenting Swapo’s war of liberation and the South African occupation is widely used by historians, researchers and filmmakers.
Following independence he and his family moved to Johannesburg, from where he covered the Angolan civil war as freelancer for Reuters. He later joined Media24 magazines, mostly working for Drum.
He is survived by his three children Joseph, Jessica, Max and grandson Leo.

City face chaos after ban

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City face chaos after ban Manchester City have been barred from the Champions League and Europa League from the start of next season and fined €30 million after being found to have committed “serious breaches” of financial regulations.

The heavy sanctions relate to an alleged overstatement of sponsorship revenue in the club's efforts to get around Financial Fair Play rules.

City, currently second behind runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool, have said they will appeal against the punishment through the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

But the damage to City on and off the field could be immeasurable if the ban is upheld. And ex-England forward Marsh, ranked as one of City's greats after his spell there in the 1970s, is concerned the club's Abu Dhabi-based owner Sheikh Mansour could walk away in that case. “If this decision is upheld it would not surprise me to see owner Sheikh Mansour sell the club,” he tweeted.

“He has been superb for City and this is a huge kick in the balls. I wouldn't blame him.” City face an anxious wait to discover if their appeal is successful and in the meantime there will be speculation about Mansour and the futures of City manager Pep Guardiola and his star players.

Guardiola and company may not want to stay at City if they are denied Champions League action.

But former City midfielder Michael Brown expects Mansour to fight to save the club's reputation and preserve their successful squad.

“What they've done as a football club, what they've done on the pitch, the way they've gone about it, I think they've been first class,” Brown told the BBC.

“They've been honourable how they've gone about it, as usual like Manchester City. This will be a shock for them but it will be something that they'll come out fighting.

“The owners aren't here for the short term, they will take it on. If any owners will take this adversity, it will be these.”

Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Ince disagrees with Brown and suggested the ban may convince Guardiola and his players to look for a way out.

Guardiola has won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, and twice lifted the League Cup since arriving at the Etihad Stadium in 2016.

His current contract runs until 2021 amid reports he has a release clause that can be triggered at the end of this season.

“Manchester City are one of the biggest clubs in the world,” Ince told BT Sport. “The best players want to go to the best clubs because of the Champions League. If they're not in it for the next two years, are they going to be able to get the best players?

“For Pep, they've got to win it this year. If they're not in it for the next two years, the question is what Pep's going to do and what players they're going to be able to attract.”

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Habana honoured by Laureus

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Habana honoured by Laureus LAUREUS MEDIA



South African rugby legend Bryan Habana has been inducted into the Laureus World Sports Academy ahead of today’s landmark 20th anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest rugby players of all time, Habana was inspired to take up the sport when he saw Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar lifting the Rugby World Cup in 1995.

Sitting in the stands at Ellis Park, he dared to dream and went on to become one of the most prolific try scorers the game has ever seen.

Habana was the star of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, scoring eight tries to help his country become World Champions, equalling Jonah Lomu’s single tournament record in the process. His efforts led to him being named 2007 IRB World Player of the Year.

With 67 Test tries, Habana is second in the all-time international try scoring list. As well becoming a World Champion, he has won the Tri Nations, a British and Irish Lions Series and the European Champions Cup.

In 2009, Habana was announced as an Ambassador for Laureus Sport for Good and in the past decade he has visited programmes around the world, raising both awareness and funds to support the transformational work of these programmes.

Habana joins the 68 current members of the Laureus World Sports Academy.

"Sport has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Whether being inspired by it, playing it or using it as a medium to give back. To be able to witness first hand both as a fan and as a player the power that sport has to bring about change, as big as I dreamt, I never in my wildest dreams imagined how much sport would impact my life," Habana said.

"It is an incredible honour for me to become a Laureus Academy member, alongside sporting icons that are not only legends of the sporting world but have also brought so much joy to so many people across the globe, is something that I am extremely humbled by. The values which Laureus, its academy and ambassadors stand for, are values which I hold very dear to my heart. In my new role as an academy member, I hope that I can continue making a difference, no matter how small, in children’s lives around the world.

Laureus Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick welcomed Habana to the family.

"Bryan was a world-class rugby player and he has been an outstanding Ambassador and supporter for Laureus Sport for Good for the past decade. He believes in what we are trying to create in the Laureus World Sports Academy, and I’m looking forward to working with him in the future as we focus on using sport to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people around the word. Welcome to the team, Bryan," he said.

Blockbuster fight on the cards

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Blockbuster fight on the cardsFury and Wilder get ready for war A thrilling heavyweight rematch is on the cards for 22 February. Britain's Tyson Fury vowed to deliver a career-best performance in his upcoming heavyweight title rematch with American Deontay Wilder, while expecting a “war” in their February 22 showdown at Las Vegas.

Fury was knocked down twice by Wilder in the first fight but the 31-year-old Englishman plans a more aggressive approach for the rematch.

“Never have I been as ready and focused for one fight as I'm for this fight,” Fury said in a conference call Thursday. “You're going to see the best Tyson Fury that Tyson Fury can be.

“I'm match fit. I'm ready. I'm confident. I'm injury free. I'm ready for a war, one round or 12.”

Fury, the lineal champion, is 29-0 with one drawn and 20 knockouts while Wilder enters 42-0 with one drawn and 41 knockouts.

“If I beat Deontay Wilder, I'll be the best heavyweight of my era, standing alone,” Fury said.

Fury backed up prior comments saying he would knock out Wilder in the second round, saying he felt he needed a knockout to keep the outcome from the hands of the judges.

“Won't have to wait long to find out, will we?” Fury said. “We'll see if I'm man enough to back it up.

“My own destiny lies within my own two fists. I'll be letting them fly very aggressively.”

Fight promoter Bob Arum said victory would seal Fury's place among such all-time heavyweight legends as Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield.

“Everybody would have to recognize him as one of the great heavyweight champions of all time,” Arum said. “He definitely will belong with those immortals.”

Fury says he learned from the first fight that he must press the attack when he senses weakness from Wilder. “The mistake I made last time was not making him pay when he was hurt. This time when I get him hurt, I'll throw everything but the kitchen sink at him and he won't know what hit him,” Fury said.

“I learned he can be hit and hurt quite regularly. That's the biggest thing I learned from fighting him. He's a one dimensional fighter and I'm going to prove that. I took his best shots and fired them back into him. He's a one trick pony. He's a knockout artist but he couldn't finish me.

“It's not when we get put down. It's what happens when we get back up and keep moving forward.”

Wilder's speed plays a bigger role in his knockout blows than his power, Fury said.

“I felt the power. Ain't so bad,” Fury said. “I don't think it's so much his power. It's the speed he brings. It's tricky when you don't see it coming.”

Fury claimed he wanted the victory more than Wilder, saying the champion was growing more concerned about opportunities outside the ring.

“He's what I call a social climber. He wants to be something he's not,” Fury said. “None of that stuff means anything to me.”

Fury also dismissed any notion of where he might rank among the all-time greats.

“I'm not really too concerned about the legacy. The fact of the matter is I care about being active and I care about winning now,” Fury said.

“What someone thinks about me when I'm gone doesn't really matter. When I'm gone, somebody comes along to replace me. That's how the food chain works.”

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Korean great Park In-bee wins 20th title

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Korean great Park In-bee wins 20th title South Korean great Park In-bee joined an illustrious group as a 20-time LPGA Tour winner yesterday with a commanding victory at the Australian Open - her first title in almost two years.

The seven-time major champion In-bee took a three-stroke lead into the final day at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club over Korean teenager Ayean Cho and despite a late wobble was never seriously threatened. She stroked a one-over-par 74 in difficult, windy conditions to claim her first Australian Open by three shots from American Amy Olsen (70), and four ahead of France's Perrine Delacour (73). Cho shot a 77 to end six off the lead. “It was a tough day out there today, really different from the last days,” she said after throwing her arms in the air and being showered with champagne by fellow Korean players on the 18th. “It has been a thrill to play this week. The moment I came here and saw this golf course I fell in love with it.

“Whether I played good or not I knew I was going to have a fantastic time,” she added. “I really enjoyed myself out there.”

It was Park's 20th career title, joining an exclusive club to achieve the feat including Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb and South Korean trailblazer Pak Se-Ri. The 31-year-old has endured injuries and travel fatigue in recent times and it was her first win since the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in mid-March 2018.

But she is now back in the winners' circle as she chases a spot on the Korean team for the Tokyo Olympics this year so she can defend the gold medal she won at the Rio Games four years ago.

Only the world's top 15 are automatically eligible for Tokyo, with a limit of four from each country. As of this week, she was sixth in the Korean pecking order.

Usually inscrutable, the former world number one, now ranked 17, couldn't stop grinning and wiped a tear away as she walked to the scorer's tent and the feat sunk in.

Making it extra special was having long-time caddie, Australian Brad Beecher, on her bag.

“I've been working with him for 14 years. Being able to present him with the trophy (in his home country) is a great present for him,” she said.

At one point on the front nine, Park's lead was five shots but bogeys at the ninth, 14th and 16th brought her back to the field, and Liu Yu made a run that narrowed the margin to three.

But as the young Chinese attacked the final holes, she stumbled with bogeys at the last three while Park steadied, making a birdie on the 17th and a par on the 18th to ensure victory.

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South Korean great Park In-bee joined an illustrious group as a 20-time LPGA Tour winner yesterday with a commanding victory at the Australian Open - her first title in almost two years.

The seven-time major champion In-bee took a three-stroke lead into the final day at the Royal Adelaide Golf Club over Korean teenager Ayean Cho and despite a late wobble was never seriously threatened.

She stroked a one-over-par 74 in difficult, windy conditions to claim her first Australian Open by three shots from American Amy Olsen (70), and four ahead of France's Perrine Delacour (73).

Cho shot a 77 to end six off the lead. "It was a tough day out there today, really different from the last days," she said after throwing her arms in the air and being showered with champagne by fellow Korean players on the 18th.

"It has been a thrill to play this week. The moment I came here and saw this golf course I fell in love with it.

"Whether I played good or not I knew I was going to have a fantastic time," she added. "I really enjoyed myself out there."

It was Park's 20th career title, joining an exclusive club to achieve the feat including Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb and South Korean trailblazer Pak Se-Ri.

The 31-year-old has endured injuries and travel fatigue in recent times and it was her first win since the Bank of Hope Founders Cup in mid-March 2018.

But she is now back in the winners' circle as she chases a spot on the Korean team for the Tokyo Olympics this year so she can defend the gold medal she won at the Rio Games four years ago.

Only the world's top 15 are automatically eligible for Tokyo, with a limit of four from each country. As of this week, she was sixth in the Korean pecking order.

Usually inscrutable, the former world number one, now ranked 17, couldn't stop grinning and wiped a tear away as she walked to the scorer's tent and the feat sunk in.

Making it extra special was having long-time caddie, Australian Brad Beecher, on her bag.

"I've been working with him for 14 years. Being able to present him with the trophy (in his home country) is a great present for him," she said.

At one point on the front nine, Park's lead was five shots but bogeys at the ninth, 14th and 16th brought her back to the field, and Liu Yu made a run that narrowed the margin to three.

But as the young Chinese attacked the final holes, she stumbled with bogeys at the last three while Park steadied, making a birdie on the 17th and a par on the 18th to ensure victory.

I don't intend to pay bribes: Doeseb

February 16, 2020, 2:00 pm

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I don't intend to pay bribes: Doeseb Johnny Johnson Doeseb (JJD), Namibia Football Association (NFA) presidential candidate for the upcoming NFA elections, has called on NFA members to vote for him based on his manifesto.

He said this on Thursday when he launched a 10-page election manifesto containing five pillars aimed at transforming football in the country.

Doeseb, who was the chairperson of the Namibia Premier League for eight years, says in his manifesto: “I speak of ethics, moral integrity, honesty and rebuilding the trust of the public and stakeholder.

“If you start paying bribes you will pay until the end of time; therefore, I'm not intending to pay bribes during this election campaign.”

He added that a breeding ground for bribes is created when leaders exclude others from being part of the set-up and, in the end, people pay bribes to get votes.

“I have a manifesto that I put out to the nation so that they can judge me based on my manifesto come 22 February,” Doeseb said.

He also stated that the Namibian football constitution at the moment is not pro-development and it has therefore created a way for leaders to fight against each other all the time. The five-pillars are: change and development, change and NFA structures, change and leadership, change and cooperation, and trust and financial management.

The NFA congress is slated for 22 February and will see Doeseb vie for the presidency alongside Ranga Haikali, Izak Joseph Fredericks and Johannes Jacob Vries.

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