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International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

International Court of Justice Confirms Workers Have a Right to Strike

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) stated that workers have a right to strike. The court was approached by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 2023 for an advisory opinion on the ILO Convention of 1948 and its…

China, USA, Global Powers, Smoothing Economic Interests

China, USA, Global Powers, Smoothing Economic Interests

  By: David Shoombe   In the recent two-day US–China summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the US delegation that “China and the USA should be partners, not rivals. Addressing the USA delegation at the State Banquet, Jinping…

The Answer is Not Aid, but Strategic Investment – EU

The Answer is Not Aid, but Strategic Investment – EU

  By: Dwight Links   The European Union (EU) Delegation to Namibia outlined that the new Global Gateway program is a quest for improved partnerships based on strategic investment offers, not aid. The delegation revealed during the just-ended EU-Namibia Business…

Technology

NADD Joins Continental WhatsApp Banking Wave

  By: Peneyambeko Jonas   Namibia Digital Dollar (NADD) has launched NADD Pay, a WhatsApp-based payment platform that allows users to send, receive and transact with the blockchain-backed stablecoin directly through the popular messaging application.   The platform was announced…

ICT Still the Biggest Disruptive Sector – Huawei Technologies 

  By: Dwight Links   Huawei Southern Africa vice-president, Hannah Hanxu, indicated that the ICT sector is still the largest disruptor sector in that it helps to modify other sectors in their functions. “Think of ICT as a younger sibling…

Africa’s AI Momentum Is Real. The Governance Beneath It Is Not.

    By: Tiffany A. Archer   On 27 April 2026, South Africa’s Communications and Digital Technologies Minister pulled the country’s Draft National AI Policy after it emerged that its reference list contained fictitious academic citations, articles attributed to researchers…

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