Podcasts about Windhoek

Misdaad in Windhoek toon gemengde tendense in 2026, met moorde, rooftogte en inbrake wat afneem, maar gewapende rooftogte, voertuigdiefstal en ernstige aanrandingsake wat toeneem. Volgens Stad Windhoek het die stad 'n daling van 14 persent in moorde gedurende die eerste vyf maande van die jaar aangeteken, terwyl verbeterde veiligheidsbewustheid en buurtwagprogramme gehelp het om huisinbrake met 27 persent te verminder. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Michael Nieuwoudt van Namibia Investigation Services gepraat.

Jean-Louis gesels met leerlinge van Windhoek Hoërskool oor die opwinding, voorbereiding en gees rondom Interhoër. In hierdie gesprek deel hulle hul gedagtes oor die groot week wat voorlê, die uitdagings wat wag en wat hierdie tradisie so besonders maak. 'n Interessante blik op die ervaring van die leerlinge wat deel vorm van een van die hoogtepunte op die skoolkalender.

Die vervoerministerie se besluit om spoedbrekers op Windhoek se B1 Westelike Verbypad en die A1-hoofweg te installeer, lok steeds kritiek uit. Die spoedbrekers, wat ingestel is as 'n maatreël om voetgangerongelukke te verminder, het eerder gelei tot swaar verkeersopeenhopings en groeiende frustrasie onder motoriste. Die aktivis Michael Amushelelo voer aan dat voetgangerbrûe en strenger handhawing teen onwettige padkruisings meer doeltreffend sou wees. In 'n gesprek met Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het Amushelelo gewaarsku dat die maatreëls noodvoertuie kan vertraag en sê regstappe sal geneem word indien dit nie verwyder word nie.

Jean-Louis gesels met leerlinge van Windhoek Gimnasium oor die opwinding, voorbereiding en gees rondom die jaarlikse Interhoër. Luister hoe hulle hul verwagtinge vir die groot week deel, wat Interhoër vir hulle beteken en waarom hierdie gebeurtenis so 'n belangrike hoogtepunt op die skoolkalender is. 'n Interessante gesprek vol entoesiasme, trots en skoolgees.

Electric Vehicles Namibia verwelkom die regering se besluit om die ontwikkeling van 'n landwye laainetwerk vir elektriese voertuie te ondersoek, en beskryf dit as 'n positiewe stap in die rigting van die uitbreiding van die aanvaarding van elektriese voertuie in die land. Dit volg op die bekendstelling van 'n proeflaaistasie by die vervoerministerie se hoofkwartier in Windhoek, wat as 'n toetsgeval vir 'n moontlike nasionale bekendstelling sal dien. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Jens Denk van Electric Vehicles Namibia gepraat:

Copps 94.1 het Vrydagaand, saam met lede van die regsbank, het Vrydagaand na die minderbevoorregtes in die hoofstad uitgereik en gesorg vir iets warm met Junie wat Windhoek stewig in ‘n koue greep het. Francois Lottering van Kosmos 94.1 was daar en vertel meer:

Jean-Louis gesels met Jolanda Amoraal, organiseerder van die ATKV Applous Streeksfees, oor die oudste skoolkoorkompetisie in Suidelike Afrika wat hierdie week in Windhoek plaasvind. Hulle bespreek wat gehore kan verwag, hoe Namibië se skoolkore vanjaar vaar, en watter geleenthede wag op die kore wat droom van 'n plek in die nasionale finaal in Kaapstad. 'n Inspirerende gesprek oor talent, toewyding en die krag van koormusiek.

Die ineenstorting van Wealth Management Systems onder besturende direkteur Hanjo Schlabitz, 'n finansiële adviesfirma in Windhoek wat geld namens beleggers in buitelandse valuta belê het, het vrese laat ontstaan dat die beleggers, wat pensioenarisse insluit, miljoene Namibiese dollar verloor het. Namfisa het 'n verklaring uitgereik oor die kwessie en Namfisa se korporatiewe kommunikasiepraktisyn, Joanette Eises, sê hulle is besig met hulle eie ondersoek.

Die plaaslike klerevervaardiger Dinapama sê die regering moet die openbare verkrygingstelsel verskerp om te verhoed dat individue regeringstenders vir persoonlike gewin misbruik. Besturende direkteur David Namalenga het die opmerkings gemaak tydens 'n besoek aan die maatskappy se Windhoek-fasiliteit deur IKT-minister Emma Theofelus, en gesê sommige Namibiese besighede buit die verkrygingsproses uit.

Pogings om geslagsgeweld te bekamp duur plaaslik voort. Die One Economy-stigting het die #BeFreeBallers: Next Gen Men"-geleentheid in Windhoek aangebied om die Internasionale Dag van die Seun te vier. Plaaslike leiers, mentors en finansiële bestuurders het by die #BeFree Jeugkampus bymekaargekom om oop gesprekke met jong mans oor konstruktiewe manlikheid en geestesgesondheid te begin. Sleutelsprekers het hul persoonlike lewenstryd gedeel. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die One Economy-stigting se woordvoerder Paulina Moses gepraat.

Die Stad Windhoek stel die publiek gerus dat die stad se water veilig is om te gebruik, nadat die lyk van Euhudt Timbo in die Stad se Gammams-afvalwaterbehandelingsaanleg beland het. Die afvalwater kom die aanleg deur die siftingsfase binne, wat die eerste stap in die behandelingsproses is waar groot vaste stowwe en puin verwyder word. Stad Windhoek se woordvoerder, Lydia Amutenya het meer.

Huurbedrog, veral in Windhoek en Swakopmund, is aan die toeneem omdat bedrieërs die hoë vraag na bekostigbare behuising uitbuit. Hulle doen hulle dikwels voor as wettige verhuurders of eiendomsagente om slagoffers deur middel van verskeie sleuteltaktieke te bedrieg. Kenners meen dat wetgewing kort en die huurbeheer-wetgewing wat in die vorige parlementsjaar ter tafel gelê is, terug op die tafel moet wees. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met George Kambala, parlementslid van die AR-beweging gepraat.

Die Namibiese Instituut vir Openbare Bestuur en Administrasie, Nipam, hou tans die tweede jaarlikse konferensie van die African Management Development Institutes' Network in Windhoek tot 20 Mei. Die driedaagse konferensie word onder die tema “Transformatiewe Staatsdiensleierskap vir Volhoubare Ontwikkeling en Inklusiewe Groei in Afrika” gehou. Tydens Maandag se verrigtinge het eerste minister Elijah Ngurare gesê lewering reg oor die kontinent moet verbeter.

Die Khomanin tradisionele owerheid het Saterdag 'n stem-vergadering onder die gemeenskap in Windhoek gehou oor die voorgestelde verwydering van die huidige Khomanin leier en hoof, Julienne Gawanas. Daar word gekla dat sy gemeenskapsgrond aan welgestelde nie-gemeenskapslede verkoop en ook donasies aan die gemeenskap vir haarself hou. Volgens die voorlopige uitslae was daar 634 stemme vir Gawanas se verwydering en 69 daarteen, met vier bedorwe stembriewe. Nog stemmings sal gehou word. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die Khomanin bestuurskomiteelid Shaun Gariseb gepraat, wat verduidelik wat vorentoe sal gebeur.

Cran het 'n amptelike uitnodiging aan belanghebbendes uitgereik vir 'n raadplegende openbare verhoor. Die sessie fokus op die voorneme om die regulasies rakende lisensiegelde en regulatoriese heffings te wysig. Die geleentheid sal plaasvind op Vrydagmiddag, 22 Mei, by Droombos buite Windhoek. Cran se woordvoerder, Mufaro Nesongano, het met Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gepraat oor die belangrikheid van die sessie.

Lüderitz het sy grootste buitelandse direkte belegging ter waarde van 1,5 miljoen euro, sowat 28 miljoen Namibiese dollar, deur VNG International, 'n internasionale samewerkingsagentskap van die Vereniging van Nederlandse Munisipaliteite, verseker. Die ondertekeningseremonie het in Windhoek plaasgevind tydens die Namibië-EU-sakeberaad 2026 verlede week, onder leiding van die voorsitter van die bestuurskomitee. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Elwin !Goaseb gepraat, die woordvoerder van die dorpsraad. Hy gee 'n oorsig oor hoe die fondse gebruik gaan word.

Die afvaardiging van die Europese Unie en die Namibiese regering het amptelik ooreengekom om die EU-Namibië Strategiese Vennootskapspadkaart tot 2030 te verleng. Dit is aangekondig deur Jessika Roswall, die EU-kommissaris vir die omgewing, waterveerkragtigheid en 'n mededingende sirkulêre ekonomie, tydens die Tweede Namibië-EU Sakeforum in Windhoek. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met politieke ontleder dr. Ndumba Kamwanyah gepraat, wat Namibië maan om nie net 'n uitvoerder van natuurlike hulpbronne te wees nie.

NamRA het begin om verskeie doeane- en aksynskantore in Windhoek na die nuwe Eenstop-doeane- en aksynsentrum in die Suidelike Industriële gebied te verskuif. Woordvoerder Steven Ndorokaze sê dat slegs beperkte dienste tans beskikbaar is, insluitend motorvoertuigklaringsertifikate en fisiese inspeksiebesprekings. Betalings en die druk van doeanedokumente kan tydelik by die Eros-lughawekantoor gedoen word.

Stad Windhoek vra alle eiendomseienaars binne sy uitgebreide munisipale grense om hul titelaktes by die afdeling eiendomsbelasting en -tariewe in te dien. Dit is nodig om die munisipale faktureringstelsel vir eiendomme wat geraak word deur die grensuitbreidings wat op 1 Augustus 2018 in werking getree het, op te dateer. Dit sluit in Finkenstein Estate, Sungate, Regenstein, Omeya en die Brakwater-gebied, saam met verskeie ander gespesifiseerde plase en industriële parke. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Stad Windhoek se woordvoerder, Harold Akwenye gepraat.

Namibia sits on the south-west coast of Africa. Below Angola, above South Africa, with Botswana to the east.Portuguese explorers first reached the coast here in the 1480s. No natural harbour, brutal surf, cold Atlantic fog, the Namib Desert running straight into the sea, little access to fresh water. They planted crosses to mark their claims, turned around and went home again, never to return.Today that coast is known as the Skeleton Coast because of shipwrecks and whale bones.Three hundred years later, having decided there was too much tropical disease in Gambia, the British looked at Namibia as a possible penal colony. They decided it was too inhumane.It was Germans and Finns who eventually settled on the coast another hundred years on.Namibia is about three and a half times the size of the UK, and yet its population is only 3 million. It is big and empty. Most of it is desert.I've got more endless expanse shots than I know what to do with. Here is just one of them. Plus a short vid shot from a hot air balloon which gives you an idea of the sheer endlessness of the place.Even in the capital city, Windhoek, there is just so much space.The only two places in the world that are less densely populated are Greenland and Mongolia. Namibia beats even Australia and Mauritania, which is mostly Sahara desert.Demographically, the country is roughly 87% black, 6% white and 5% mixed race, with the Ovambo people to the north making up about half the population. I saw a few Asians while I was there too.A country of extremesThere are still bushmen and other ancient hunter-gatherer people living as they have lived for centuries, yet other parts of the country are extremely modern. There are shopping centres to rival our own, good roads (the best in Africa, I was told), great restaurants, commercial farms and more. About half the population is urban. The national language is English, adopted after the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, but I found that people, black and white, would as often speak amongst themselves in Afrikaans and, up north, Ovambo. On the coast German is widely spoken. (The country was a German colony from the 1880s until World War I, when South Africa, then British, invaded. Hence it has great beer.)The controlling political force is the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), which has governed since independence in 1990. SWAPO is nominally social democratic, but there are still strong liberation-era left-wing instincts, as evidenced by streets in the capital renamed after independence: Fidel Castro Street, Robert Mugabe Avenue and so on.All being said, Namibia functions well.It is a stable democracy with rule of law, an independent judiciary (the government sometimes loses cases), relatively free markets and low crime by African (and European) standards. Immigration law is tight too. Having seen the problems stemming from mass immigration into South Africa, Namibia has taken a more controlled approach.Indeed I heard repeated frustrations from mining companies trying to obtain visas for geologists and mining engineers where the local expertise either does not exist or is employed elsewhere.Official unemployment is 37%, but I heard from several different sources that the real number is above 50%. 50%! Very sad.Nominal GDP per capita sits around US$5,000, roughly double that adjusted for purchasing power, which puts it above most of sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank classifies Namibia as a lower-middle-income country, alongside countries such as Albania, Argentina and Belize. But these numbers are misleading.The country has vast wealth through its natural resources and related industries: uranium, copper, diamonds, fishing and tourism. Spread that revenue across just 3 million people and the averages look impressive.There is also serious rural poverty.Namibia combines first-world infrastructure with third-world unemployment.The currency is pegged to the South African rand, not one I would have chosen. Official inflation sits in the 2-3% range.About 88% of the country's sovereign debt is held domestically, and there appears to be healthy demand for its bonds. The country has also recently begun a sovereign wealth fund, which is reportedly growing at an impressive 16% since 2022. The central bank has recently also implemented a gold acquisition programme. Kudos.The country has high institutional savings and one the larger stock exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa.Food is cheap, protein in particular. The country has an enormous cattle herd, almost as large as its population. Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in neighbouring countries are therefore a cause for concern, as you can imagine. (Not my bag, but I reckon there is an opportunity exporting Namibian biltong to the UK, where it is expensive. I brought back loads). Other goods, however, can be expensive because the country relies heavily on imports.If you live in a third world country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound will be further devalued, as will the euro and dollar. The bullion dealer I use and recommend is The Pure Gold Company. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. More here.The main industries - tourism and natural resourcesPorts are expanding. The railways are not great, though I hear they will be improved. The roads, however, are excellent, as I said. Namibia is also the world's third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada. Chinese interests hold majority stakes in the country's three largest uranium mines, not to mention other metals.Oil and gas have recently been discovered offshore. Shell plc is one of the pioneers.As for gold, Namibia only really became a meaningful gold player after independence, since when roughly 15 million ounces have been discovered, much of it alongside copper. Among the larger players is B2 Gold (BTO.TO), which is well known in the country. Large parts of the country remain un- or under-explored. And I think that is where a lot of the big opportuities lie.There also appear to be rare earth deposits in some abundance. Kendrik Resources (KEN.L) recently made some progress here. Solar, wind and hydrogen projects are also attracting investment tooChinese money helped build the SWAPO headquarters, and they are investing significantly in mines in the country. Of note is that the USA recently spent heavily developing their embassy. It is big. Former Trump attorney John Giordano is now ambassador, a surprisingly high -profile appointment for such a low-profile country.One theory I heard repeatedly was that, given deteriorating US relations with South Africa, Washington increasingly sees Namibia as strategically important in terms of Atlantic access, energy routes and influence in the south Atlantic. Not quite the Panama Canal or Strait of Hormuz, but it could be something of a chokepoint. Namibia feels like a country at the cusp of something.It has space, resources, energy, political stability and strategic importance.Next week I want to look in more detail at Namibia as an investment destination, particularly its mining sector, where some very interesting things may be developing.My thanks go to to Rowland Brown and Chanel Marais of Cirrus Capital for bringing me to Namibia and for organizing what was a brilliant and instructuve conference.Thank you for reading the Flying Frisby.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Die tweede Namibië-EU Sakeforum sluit vandag in Windhoek af, onder die tema “Op pad na Sterker, Groener en Meer Gediversifiseerde Ekonomieë: Katalisering van Sake- en Handelsgeleenthede tussen die EU en Namibië”. Die geleentheid fokus op volhoubare waardekettings vir lande in die EU en Namibië. Tydens die forum het ekonoom, Robin Sherbourne 'n voorlegging gedoen wat onder andere op Namibië se uitvoere gefokus het. Sherbourne het oor die land se hoof-handelsvennote gepraat en die belangrikheid van die EU uitgelig.

Namibia sits on the south-west coast of Africa. Below Angola, above South Africa, with Botswana to the east.Portuguese explorers first reached the coast here in the 1480s. No natural harbour, brutal surf, cold Atlantic fog, the Namib Desert running straight into the sea, little access to fresh water. They planted crosses to mark their claims, turned around and went home again, never to return.Today that coast is known as the Skeleton Coast because of shipwrecks and whale bones.Three hundred years later, having decided there was too much tropical disease in Gambia, the British looked at Namibia as a possible penal colony. They decided it was too inhumane.It was Germans and Finns who eventually settled on the coast another hundred years on.Namibia is about three and a half times the size of the UK, and yet its population is only 3 million. It is big and empty. Most of it is desert.I've got more endless expanse shots than I know what to do with. Here is just one of them. Plus a short vid shot from a hot air balloon which gives you an idea of the sheer endlessness of the place.Even in the capital city, Windhoek, there is just so much space.The only two places in the world that are less densely populated are Greenland and Mongolia. Namibia beats even Australia and Mauritania, which is mostly Sahara desert.Demographically, the country is roughly 87% black, 6% white and 5% mixed race, with the Ovambo people to the north making up about half the population. I saw a few Asians while I was there too.A country of extremesThere are still bushmen and other ancient hunter-gatherer people living as they have lived for centuries, yet other parts of the country are extremely modern. There are shopping centres to rival our own, good roads (the best in Africa, I was told), great restaurants, commercial farms and more. About half the population is urban. The national language is English, adopted after the country gained independence from South Africa in 1990, but I found that people, black and white, would as often speak amongst themselves in Afrikaans and, up north, Ovambo. On the coast German is widely spoken. (The country was a German colony from the 1880s until World War I, when South Africa, then British, invaded. Hence it has great beer.)The controlling political force is the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), which has governed since independence in 1990. SWAPO is nominally social democratic, but there are still strong liberation-era left-wing instincts, as evidenced by streets in the capital renamed after independence: Fidel Castro Street, Robert Mugabe Avenue and so on.All being said, Namibia functions well.It is a stable democracy with rule of law, an independent judiciary (the government sometimes loses cases), relatively free markets and low crime by African (and European) standards. Immigration law is tight too. Having seen the problems stemming from mass immigration into South Africa, Namibia has taken a more controlled approach.Indeed I heard repeated frustrations from mining companies trying to obtain visas for geologists and mining engineers where the local expertise either does not exist or is employed elsewhere.Official unemployment is 37%, but I heard from several different sources that the real number is above 50%. 50%! Very sad.Nominal GDP per capita sits around US$5,000, roughly double that adjusted for purchasing power, which puts it above most of sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank classifies Namibia as a lower-middle-income country, alongside countries such as Albania, Argentina and Belize. But these numbers are misleading.The country has vast wealth through its natural resources and related industries: uranium, copper, diamonds, fishing and tourism. Spread that revenue across just 3 million people and the averages look impressive.There is also serious rural poverty.Namibia combines first-world infrastructure with third-world unemployment.The currency is pegged to the South African rand, not one I would have chosen. Official inflation sits in the 2-3% range.About 88% of the country's sovereign debt is held domestically, and there appears to be healthy demand for its bonds. The country has also recently begun a sovereign wealth fund, which is reportedly growing at an impressive 16% since 2022. The central bank has recently also implemented a gold acquisition programme. Kudos.The country has high institutional savings and one the larger stock exchanges in sub-Saharan Africa.Food is cheap, protein in particular. The country has an enormous cattle herd, almost as large as its population. Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in neighbouring countries are therefore a cause for concern, as you can imagine. (Not my bag, but I reckon there is an opportunity exporting Namibian biltong to the UK, where it is expensive. I brought back loads). Other goods, however, can be expensive because the country relies heavily on imports.If you live in a third world country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound will be further devalued, as will the euro and dollar. The bullion dealer I use and recommend is The Pure Gold Company. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. More here.The main industries - tourism and natural resourcesPorts are expanding. The railways are not great, though I hear they will be improved. The roads, however, are excellent, as I said. Namibia is also the world's third-largest uranium producer after Kazakhstan and Canada. Chinese interests hold majority stakes in the country's three largest uranium mines, not to mention other metals.Oil and gas have recently been discovered offshore. Shell plc is one of the pioneers.As for gold, Namibia only really became a meaningful gold player after independence, since when roughly 15 million ounces have been discovered, much of it alongside copper. Among the larger players is B2 Gold (BTO.TO), which is well known in the country. Large parts of the country remain un- or under-explored. And I think that is where a lot of the big opportuities lie.There also appear to be rare earth deposits in some abundance. Kendrik Resources (KEN.L) recently made some progress here. Solar, wind and hydrogen projects are also attracting investment tooChinese money helped build the SWAPO headquarters, and they are investing significantly in mines in the country. Of note is that the USA recently spent heavily developing their embassy. It is big. Former Trump attorney John Giordano is now ambassador, a surprisingly high -profile appointment for such a low-profile country.One theory I heard repeatedly was that, given deteriorating US relations with South Africa, Washington increasingly sees Namibia as strategically important in terms of Atlantic access, energy routes and influence in the south Atlantic. Not quite the Panama Canal or Strait of Hormuz, but it could be something of a chokepoint. Namibia feels like a country at the cusp of something.It has space, resources, energy, political stability and strategic importance.Next week I want to look in more detail at Namibia as an investment destination, particularly its mining sector, where some very interesting things may be developing.My thanks go to to Rowland Brown and Chanel Marais of Cirrus Capital for bringing me to Namibia and for organizing what was a brilliant and instructuve conference.Thank you for reading the Flying Frisby.Until next time,Dominic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Die tweede Namibië-EU Sakeforum vind plaas van 11 tot 13 Mei in Windhoek, onder die tema "Op pad na Sterker, Groener en Meer Gediversifiseerde Ekonomieë: Katalisering van Sake- en Handelsgeleenthede tussen die EU en Namibië". Die geleentheid fokus op groen industrialisering, insluitend volhoubare waardekettings vir grondstowwe, hernubare waterstof, landboubesigheid, motorvervaardiging en kulturele en kreatiewe nywerhede. Tydens die forum het Alexandre Baron die hoof van die EU-afvaardiging gesê hulle is besig om Namibië te help met beleidsraamwerke vir groenwaterstof-ontwikkeling.

'n Groot globale waterorganisasie maak Namibië sy nuwe tuiste. Die Global Water Partnership sê dat hy later vandeesmaand amptelik met bedrywighede sal begin vanuit hul nuwe hoofkwartier in Windhoek, wat Namibië in die middelpunt van globale waterbelegging en klimaatsveerkragtigheidspogings sal plaas. Die uitvoerende hoof, Alex Simalabwi, sê die skuif erken Namibië se leierskap in waterbestuur, innovasie in waterhergebruik, en toewyding om droogte- en klimaatsuitdagings reg oor Afrika en die wêreld aan te pak.

Die vervoerministerie is tans in 'n soek-en-reddingsvergadering na 'n Cessna 210 met drie passasiers aan boord, Sondagmiddag op 'n vlug van Windhoek na Keerweder in die Hardap-streek vermis geraak het. Die Direktoraat van Vliegtuigongeluk- en Voorvalondersoeke se interimdirekteur, Ben Engelbrecht het met Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gepraat oor die insident.

Windhoek-inwoners kan binnekort groot veranderinge in Otjomuise en Hadino Hishongwa sien nadat die stadsraad dorpsontwikkelings- en formaliseringsprojekte goedgekeur het wat na verwagting meer as 1 100 nuwe erwe sal skep en toegang tot behuising, dienste en gemeenskapsfasiliteite sal uitbrei. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die woordvoerder van die Stad Windhoek, Lydia Amutenya, gepraat, wat sê die projekte is deel van die stad se pogings om grondsekuriteit te verbeter.

Copps 94.1, in samewerking mat die Namibiese polisie, het Vrydagaand gelyktydig in Windhoek en Otjiwarongo ‘n wakende oog gehou. Op Otjiwarongo het sake seepglad verloop met sjebiens wat by die reëls gehou het en partytjiegangers wat hulle gedra het, berig Darren Smith van Kosmos 94.1. In Windhoek, daarenteen, het die Copps 94.1-span hul hande volgehad met klipgooiery, traangas en ‘n gru-ongeluk waarin drie voetgangers betrokke was. Francois Lottering van Kosmos 94.1 het meer:

Die Bloedoortappingsdiens doen 'n dringende beroep op alle Namibiërs om vandag se Rooi Saterdag-bloedskenkingsklinieke te ondersteun, aangesien nasionale bloedvoorraadvlakke steeds daal. Gesonde burgers tussen die ouderdomme van 16 en 70, wat minstens 50-kilogram weeg en aan die skenkingsvereistes voldoen, word aangemoedig om by klinieke in Windhoek, Oshakati en Walvisbaai te skenk. Die diens se onderwysbeampte Frieda Vatileni-Asino is aan die woord:

Die derde been van die Namibië Nasionale Karting-kampioenskap vind môre plaas by die Tony Rust-baan in Windhoek. Francois Lottering van Kosmos 94.1 sê die land se topbestuurders sal meeding en die toegangsprys is 50 Namibiese dollar. Hy het meer.

Wêreld-persvryheidsdag word vandag in die hoofstad herdenk. Die dag word op 3 Mei jaarliks gevier na die Windhoek-deklarasie op daardie dag in 1991 deur Afrika-joernaliste onderteken is. Die verklaring definieer 'n vrye pers as onafhanklik van regerings-, politieke of ekonomiese beheer, wat die basis vorm vir wêreldwye persvryheid voorspraak. Tydens vanoggend se geleentheid het veteraan joernalis en direkteur van die Namibia Media Trust, Gwen Lister, die regering aangemoedig om so gou moontlik die Toegang tot Inligtingswetsontwerp te implementeer.

Die Nasionale Speenkalfkampioenskap is by die Bank Windhoek-ring op die Windhoek skougronde geloods. Die kampioenskappe is al sedert 2011 'n vaste instelling op die veilingkalender. Met veilings landswyd bring Agra Veilings produsente bymekaar. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus was by die skougronde en het met Paul Klein, die uitvoerende hoof van die Agra-veilings gepraat. Hy het meer oor die land se bestendigheid met bek-en-klouseer bekamping.

Die Stad Windhoek het amptelik die Windhoek Sonkragsentrum ingewy, 'n nuwe fasiliteit wat daarop gemik is om toegang tot hernubare energie te bevorder en die aanvaarding van sonkragtegnologieë regoor die hoofstad te ondersteun. Die sentrum in Ericksonstraat sal konsultasies, opleiding en leiding oor sonenergie-oplossings bied, met 'n besondere fokus op die verbetering van toegang vir gemeenskappe sonder elektrisiteit. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het reaksie by energiekenner Harald Schütt, wat aan die konsultasies deelgeneem het, gekry.

Ons kry koud en dit gaan vir die volgende paar dae voortgaan met ‘n rits koue stelsels wat oor die land in beweeg en teen môreoggend, kan Windhoek ryp verwag. Weerkenner George van der Merwe.

In April 1991, journalists from 38 African countries came together in Namibia for a week-long seminar to discuss the need for a free, independent and pluralistic press on the continent.When discussions ended after five days on 3 May, they had created the Windhoek declaration - a declaration of free press principles.Later that year, Unesco's general conference endorsed the declaration.In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 3 May as World Press Freedom Day.It is marked annually around the world.Gwen Lister was a newspaper editor at the time and chaired the seminar.She tells Jen Dale about the conference and the personal costs of standing up for press freedom.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and curious about the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from how the Excel spreadsheet was developed, the creation of cartoon rabbit Miffy and how the sound barrier was broken.We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: the moment Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva, Haitian singer Emerante de Pradines' life and Omar Sharif's legendary movie entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, like the invention of a stent which has saved lives around the world; the birth of the G7; and the meeting of Maldives' ministers underwater. We cover everything from World War Two and Cold War stories to Black History Month and our journeys into space.(Picture: Gwen Lister with former Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob at the Windhoek seminar. Credit: The Namibian)

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. This week, we hear from a perfumer who in 1990 helped create the world's first perfume archive in Versailles France. Our guest is Dr William Tullett, a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and author of Sniff, History of Smells.Then, we hear how in 1991 African journalists created the Windhoek declaration - a set of free press principles. It led to World Press Freedom Day marked annually on 3 May.Next, the global oil crisis of 1973. A former Dutch politician tells us how the Netherlands became the first country in Europe to introduce car-free Sundays.Plus, the philosopher on how his 1972 essay on the Drowning Child thought experiment inspired the Effective Altruism movement.And President Obama's speech writer on how secret negotiations in 2014 improved relations between the US and Cuba.Finally, a Sporting Witness on the Juventus match-fixing scandal in 2006.Contributors:Jean Claude Ellena - perfumerDr Will Tullett - Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and author of Sniff, History of SmellsWim Meijer - State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Den Uyl Labour GovernmentPeter Singer - philosopherBen Rhodes - Barack Obama's speech writerPaddy Agnew - journalist(Photo: Perfume bottles. Credit: Walter Zerla via Getty Images)

Good Sunday to youI'm still finding my feet having just got back from Namibia. I've got a full country report coming, as well as a portfolio piece. But I've been thinking further about the country's potential since Wednesday's note.Namibia has almost everything. Resources. Location. Roads. A small population. On paper, it should work.And yet.Driving through Windhoek, the capital, my guide pointed out a hospital: the Katutura State Hospital.“You don't want to get sick here,” he said.It didn't look too bad from the outside. A bit craggy. But I've seen worse.The place is infamous apparently. Rats. Endless waits. People lying untreated in corridors. People deliberately go at 3 in the morning, because it betters your chances of being seen the next day. My guide described his own time there when he broke his arm last year. Oof. It makes NHS Accident and Emergency waiting times look slick.Across the road, stood a gleaming monstrosity - the SWAPO (ruling party) headquarters. Brand new. Vulgar. Expensive. Impossible to miss.It wasn't discreetly tucked away. It was right there, bearing down on the hospital. My first reaction was simply how ugly it is. A few years and that will look truly horrible, I explained to my guide, who seemed baffled by my prediction.His point, however, that I hadn't yet thought of, was simply how the building had attracted controversy: all that money being spent on what is essentially a vanity project, with the hospital over the road.It was built by the Chinese, funded through a grant from the Chinese government, rather than a commercial loan, at a cost of $50–60 million (figures vary). Because it's a grant, it doesn't sit as formal public debt. What could the Chinese possibly want in Namibia. (Clue Namibia, among other things, is the world's 3rd largest uranium producer and the Chinese pretty much control the 3 largest uranium mining companies operating there. Then there are all those other resources too)There, in a single snapshot, lies the problem. A classic of the resource curse genre. Easy money distorts behaviour. In theory, natural resources should make a country rich. In practice, they often do the opposite. Incentives determine the outcome.If a government can fund itself from its natural resources, from its oil or metal, what does it care about tax payers? If it doesn't rely on its citizens, it doesn't feel accountable to them. Instead of serving the public, the state begins to serve itself.Money flows in. It gets spent badly, siphoned off, used to entrench power.At the same time, the rest of the economy suffers. Why build a broad industrial base when the ground is already doing the work for you? You end up with a narrow, fragile system built around extraction.Two countries with similar resources can end up in completely different places.Norway built institutions, saved its oil wealth, invested for the long term. Venezuela (which has greater oil resources than even Saudi Arabia), spent it, politicised it and hollowed out everything else.Don't get me started on what the UK did with its oil. (First thing the government should do Monday morning by the way is renegotiate North Sea division with Norway). Same starting point. Opposite outcomes. One has one of the lowest GDP per capitas in the world, the other has one of the highest. The difference is governance. Incentives. Culture.Namibia now has some choices to make. It is somewhere near the beginning of that path. It has oil discoveries offshore. It is already a major uranium producer. It has copper, gold, rare earths, diamonds, zinc, lithium and tin. Fish. The opportunity is obvious.But so is the risk. The easy choice is to follow the same path as most of the rest of Africa. The harder choice now, but one that will result in better outcomes, is one of good governance.The debate around that SWAPO headquarters touches on exactly this point. Despite what I've said, there is no single scandal you can point to and say “there it is”. It's all a bit more murky. But the criticism you hear, quietly and repeatedly, is about priorities. Why spend heavily on political infrastructure when basic services are under strain? Why is the party so well housed while public systems struggle? There are major questions too, as with much infrastructure in Africa, about foreign financing and influence, especially from China. You don't need a formal corruption charge to expose everything. You can see it in how capital is allocated.Oddly, the countries that often do best are those with very little as far as natural resources are concerned. Hong Kong, Singapore, even Venice a millennium earlier. There was no safety net. They were forced to trade, to manufacture, to compete. They had to create value because there was none sitting in the ground.Namibia doesn't have that pressure. So it has to choose discipline, and that is the hard part. When you see a failing hospital on one side of the road and a gleaming party headquarters on the other, it tells you something about priorities. Never mind what politicians say, look at what they do.I'll be back with more later this week.Thank you for being a subscriber to the Flying Frisby.Until next time,DominicIf you live in a third world country such as the UK, I urge you to own gold or silver. The pound will be further devalued, as will the euro and dollar. The bullion dealer I use and recommend is The Pure Gold Company. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. More here.PS Here is this week's piece. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Ongelukke en besope bestuurders in Windhoek het Vrydagaand die Copps 94.1-span en hul vennote, die Namibiese polisie, die grootste kopsere veroorsaak. Francois Lottering van Kosmos 94.1 het oudergewoonte sy Copps 94.1-baadjie aangetrek en doen verslag van die toneel:

Die derde been van die 2026 Nasionale Veldfietskampioenskappe vind vandag by die Gallina Motocross Park net buite Windhoek plaas. Sowat 42 ryers gaan vir ‘n dag propvol aksie sorg, sê Kosmos 94.1 se Francois Lottering:

April is die maand om dieremishandeling te beveg – 'n tyd om te besin oor hoe diere behandel word en wat dit oor die samelewing openbaar. Die syfers van die Dierebeskermingsvereniging van Windhoek is skokkend: Van die meer as 4 000 diere wat elke jaar ingeneem word, is 90 persent reeds verwaarloos, verlate, siek of beseer. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met DBV direkteur Silke Van der Merwe gepraat oor die mees algemene vorme van mishandeling in troeteldiere.

TransNamib het meer oor sy ses maande lange proeflopie van 'n dubbelbrandstoflokomotief, aangedryf deur waterstof en diesel, in vennootskap met CMB.TECH. Die proeflopie sal oor ongeveer 50 retoerritte langs die Walvisbaai na Windhoek-korridor strek. TransNamib-woordvoerder Alina Garises het aan Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gesê hoewel die maatskappy se vloot tans op diesellokomotiewe loop, dit moontlik kan oorweeg om 'n deel daarvan na dubbelbrandstoftegnologie oor te skakel, afhangende van die uitkoms van die proeflopie.

Namibiërs kan solank hulle jassies nader trek soos tekens van winter al ander kom. 'n Koue stelsel maak vandag sy opwagting in die Suide. Windhoek-meteoroloog Albertina Anderson het meer.

Die Copps 94.1-span het 'n memorandum van verstandhouding met Stad Windhoek en die Stadspolisie onderteken om waarde tot die uitsending van Copps 94.1 en Road Watch toe te voeg. Die ooreenkoms hernu Kosmos 94.1 se toewyding aan verantwoordelike uitsendings en polisiëring. Darren Smith, die koördineerder van die program, het tydens sy toespraak by die ondertekening die belangrikheid van die ooreenkoms uitgelig.

Namibië se FNB Eagles het 'n goed gebalanseerde span aangewys wat ervaring en opwindende jong talent kombineer vir die komende IKR Krieket Wêreldbeker Liga 2-reeks in Windhoek, wat van 2 tot 12 April teen Oman en Skotland plaasvind. Die veelsydige JJ Smit sal die span lei tydens die reeks en neem oor as kaptein terwyl die gereelde kaptein, Gerhard Erasmus, 'n blaaskans van leierskapspligte neem. Die groep sluit ook twee nuwelinge in, naamlik William Lottering en Zacheo Jansen van Vuuren. As deel van hul voorbereiding sal die FNB Eagles vandag en Woensdag eendag-internasionale wedstryde teen Uganda in Windhoek speel. Gerhard Erasmus en JJ Smit het meer:

Die naweek was die eerste been van die knortjor nasionale kampioenskappe op die Tony Rust-renbaan buite Windhoek. Daar was 27 inskrywings van die bambino klas tot die DD2 klas. Die geleentheid is moontlik gemaak deur Sema Racing en Momentum-korttermyn Versekeraars. Kosmos 94.1 se Francois Lottering het die uitslae.

'n Nuwe inisiatief gemik om Windhoek as 'n strategiese kleinbesigheidstreek te vestig, word gedryf deur Accelerate36. Die inisiatief poog om klein besighede op die aandelebeurs te noteer. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met Ben Bertolini van die maatskappy gepraat wat verduidelik watter besighede hulle teiken.

Groot go-kart-aksie vind vandag op die Tony Rust-baan buite Windhoek plaas, wanneer die eerste been van die nasionale kampioenskappe afskop. Altesaam 27 jaers gaan mekaar die stryd aansê. Francois Lottering van Kosmos 94.1 het meer:

Die toerismeministerie sal volgende week, op 24 Maart, konsultasies in die hoofstad hou rakende die vernuwing van die 2008 Nasionale Beleid oor Toerisme vir Namibië. Industrieleiers en belangstellendes word uitgenooi om die gesprekke by te woon en insette te lewer. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die woordvoerder van die lynministerie, Vilho Hangula gepraat.

Nanso se #LosDieTjoef-veldtog is terug, ondersteun deur Stad Windhoek. Volgens Nanso se statistieke kom damprook onder jongmense die meeste in die Khomas- en Erongostreke voor. Hulle het selfs die tendens by laerskole aangeteken. Die Stad Windhoek het al damprook in openbare spasies verbied. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het met die woordvoerder van Nanso, Jessy Abraham oor die veldtog gepraat.

Visepresident Lucia Witbooi het ‘n beroep op die Raad van Kerke in Namibië gedoen om hul lede aan te spoor om meer aktief in hul gemeenskappe betrokke te raak. Witbooi het tydens die Wêreldbiddag vir Vroue in Windhoek gesê kerke speel ‘n belangrike rol om eenheid en transformasie in gemeenskap te bewerkstellig. As sulks is kerke belangrik in die bekamping van geweld.

Die eerste been van die Enduro-nasionale motorfietskampioenskappe is in volle swang by Yellowstone Trails in Windhoek, waar 63 jaers met hul vernuf op hul ysterperde spog. Kosmos 94.1 se Francois Lottering is op die toneel en het met die verdedigende kampioen, Quinton Z van Rooyen, gepraat: