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45 Minutes Ago Following the tabling of Namibia’s FY ‘25/26 Mid-Term Budget, it was revealed that the budget deficit this year has increased by just under N$3 billion as revenue projections were lowered, while expenditure for the year remains largely unchanged. In addition to the N$15.8 billoin deficit that must be funded, Government faces a range of other cash requirements for which money must be borrowed.
Namibia’s goods exports remain mineral-heavy
Namibia’s goods exports remain dominated by mineral commodities. Diamonds have historically accounted for an average of 18.9% of exports, with other mineral commodities making up... Wenn Sie ein aktiver Abonnent sind und der Artikel nicht angezeigt wird, Bitte melden Sie sich ab und wieder an. Kostenloser Zugriff auf Artikel ab 10:00 Uhr. Bitte beachten Sie: Um den Artikel zu lesen, geben Sie bitte unten Ihre Daten ein. Bei zukünftigen Besuchen müssen Sie sich nicht erneut registrieren.
Namibia’s goods exports remain mineral-heavy
1 Hour Ago Namibia’s goods exports remain dominated by mineral commodities. Diamonds have historically accounted for an average of 18.9% of exports, with other mineral commodities making up around 27.1% of total goods exports. However, this has shifted in recent years. Diamond exports peaked at N$5.1 billion in Q4 2022, representing 22.4% of total goods exports. This was driven by rising production and strong diamond prices at the time.
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1 Hour Ago Namibia’s mining sector is a backbone of the economy, contributing to employment, export earnings, inward investment, and tax revenues. The Ministry of Finance’s budget tables show that mining corporate taxes and royalties contribute on average 4.1% of Government’s annual revenue.Mining companies face higher corporate profit tax rates than non-mining companies, while also paying a royalty on the commodities they produce.
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Namibia is one of a handful of countries that boasts pension fund assets in excess of the size of its economy. For 2024, Namibia’s total pension fund assets equated to 106.6% of ... Wenn Sie ein aktiver Abonnent sind und der Artikel nicht angezeigt wird, Bitte melden Sie sich ab und wieder an. Kostenloser Zugriff auf Artikel ab 12:00 Uhr. Bitte beachten Sie: Um den Artikel zu lesen, geben Sie bitte unten Ihre Daten ein. Bei zukünftigen Besuchen müssen Sie sich nicht erneut registrieren.
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1 Hour Ago Namibia is one of a handful of countries that boasts pension fund assets in excess of the size of its economy. For 2024, Namibia’s total pension fund assets equated to 106.6% of nominal GDP. These long-term savings are highly regulated, both in terms of what they may be invested in, and where they may invest. Following changes gazetted in August 2018, Namibian pension funds have been required to invest at least 45.0% of their total assets in Namibia since 31 March 2019.
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1 Hour Ago Last week Statistics South Africa presented the Q4 2024 GDP data for South Africa, revealing that the South African economy grew by just 0.6% (in real terms) in 2024. This is its lowest growth rate since the large contraction in 2020 (-6.3%). Over the past ten years, South Africa’s real GDP growth has only equalled or exceeded its population growth levels (about 1.3% p.a.) twice: in 2015 (1.3% growth) and its initial post-COVID recovery in 2022 (4.9%).
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Last week Statistics South Africa presented the Q4 2024 GDP data for South Africa, revealing that the South African economy grew by just 0.6% (in real terms) in 2024. This is its l... Wenn Sie ein aktiver Abonnent sind und der Artikel nicht angezeigt wird, Bitte melden Sie sich ab und wieder an. Kostenloser Zugriff auf Artikel ab 12:00 Uhr. Bitte beachten Sie: Um den Artikel zu lesen, geben Sie bitte unten Ihre Daten ein. Bei zukünftigen Besuchen müssen Sie sich nicht erneut registrieren.
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The Fraser Institute measures economic freedom using five major areas, namely: The size of a government, legal system and security of property rights, sound money, freedom to trade... Wenn Sie ein aktiver Abonnent sind und der Artikel nicht angezeigt wird, Bitte melden Sie sich ab und wieder an. Kostenloser Zugriff auf Artikel ab 12:00 Uhr. Bitte beachten Sie: Um den Artikel zu lesen, geben Sie bitte unten Ihre Daten ein. Bei zukünftigen Besuchen müssen Sie sich nicht erneut registrieren.
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The Fraser Institute measures economic freedom using five major areas, namely: The size of a government, legal system and security of property rights, sound money, freedom to trade...
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1 Hour Ago - 2024-10-07 00:00:00 The Fraser Institute measures economic freedom using five major areas, namely: The size of a government, legal system and security of property rights, sound money, freedom to trade internationally and regulation.
Flower Delivery Grangemouth: Florist & Flowers - Free 7-Day Delivery, including Sundays
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Implementing 70E in the Electrical Construction Workplace
The development of NFPA 70E–2000 provides a roadmap for any employer to develop an extremely effective electrical safety program, which if followed, would most probably eliminate future electrical injury and fatalities. I believe there would also be a side benefit of increasing both management’s and their electricians’ overall safety awareness of other hazards as well.
Viscosity 101
Most people in the adhesives and sealants industry are aware of viscosity and realize that it characterizes the way a material will flow. More technically speaking, viscosity refers to a material’s resistance to flow; it can be measured in various ways, depending on the nature of the application. An evaluation of how the material is being processed in manufacturing or how the end user will try to apply it is the basis for determining the type of viscosity test that should be performed.
Testing the Rheology of Adhesive Materials
Ease of application when removing the product from a container and initial bonding force after placement are two critical adhesive behavioral properties. Viscosity and yield stress are measurable properties that quantify the former; tack and cure time the latter.
How Fresh Is Your Bread? Quantifying How Fast Bread Will Get Stale
Purchasing a loaf of bread is a near-everyday experience for many consumers. Choice of brand depends primarily on what is important to the consumer in terms of taste and texture. One additional consideration is how fresh the bread remains for an extended period of time after it is bought. Aging of bread is referred to as “staling.” The average person thinks of it as hardening of the bread with a firmer and less-desirable texture. Texture Tests Figure 1. Texture analyzer with cylindrical probe.
Preventing Flow Stoppages in Powder Handling Processes
Predicting powder flow behavior is important to successful solids-handling processes. Provided here is a review of shear-cell testing and how the technique can be used to predict arching, ratholing and other behaviors The phrases “failure to discharge” and “erratic flow in the hopper” are sometimes heard from frustrated production-floor workers when powder processes start to misbehave.
This Bottomless Pit Effect Using The iPhone X's Face-Tracking Parallax Is Super Trippy
YOUR PHONE IS NOW TRULY A BLANK VOID This Bottomless Pit Effect Using The iPhone X's Face-Tracking Parallax Is Super Trippy We're not sure how convincing this effect is in person, but it's disconcertingly convincing in this video.
Rheological Creep Test Simulates Sag and Leveling Phenomena
“Creep” is the technical expression used to describe deformation or flow of a material under a constant force. When paint is applied to a horizontal surface with a brush, lines created by the bristles are visible immediately afterwards. Within a short amount of time, the lines may disappear and leave a perfectly smooth surface. This flow behavior is referred to as “leveling”. When paint is applied on a wall with a brush, paint droplets may suddenly coalesce and appear to slide down the wall.
A snapshot of history on show
HISTORY buffs were among those who took a walk back in time at a display of historical pieces in Terang over the weekend. Locals Robert McGregor and Doug Pollard displayed a cross-section of their respective collections for the first time at the Terang Returned Services League (RSL) on Saturday.
3 tests a dairy processor should perform to make a better ice cream mix
Ice cream is everyone’s favorite dairy food. Demand for ice cream has proliferated and manufacturing has responded with mechanized processes for volume production. Formulations have evolved to encompass a variety of flavors, some of which include additives like chocolate chips, fruit, coconut, marshmallow, candy pieces and peanut butter. Use of instrumentation to measure product consistency has become critical in manufacturing to ensure that high-quality standards are achieved.
Robert 'Bob' McGregor - The Herald Palladium : Obituaries
Posted: Saturday, January 14, 2017 6:00 am Robert 'Bob' McGregor Robert 'Bob' McGregor Robert “Bob” McGregor, 87, of Niles passed away Monday, Jan, 9, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in its entirety. Login Or, use your linked account: Choose an online service. Current print subscribers Need an account? Create one now. Or, use your linked account: kAmq@3 H2D 3@C? @?
Fox 5 DC - Tidslinje
Okay, this HAS to be the cutest Halloween costume we have ever seen-- thanks for sharing (and brightening our day) Tiffany Thomas! Have an adorable pic of your little goblin or ghoul? Share it with us in the comments!
Fox 5 DC - Tidslinje
BUS CRASH UPDATE: Baltimore Police Department provide update regarding the school bus, MTA commuter bus crash. We are also learning that other vehicles may have been involved. 6 people are confirmed dead - no children were on the school bus at the time of the accident.
Fox 5 DC - Tidslinje
Day. On a typical school day if you want to go to school you must get buzzed in to the office, tell them why you are there, sign in and with get escorted to where you need to go or your kids comes to you but on Election Day hundreds if not thousands of people stand in the hallways and walk around while kids are there with out anyone knowing who any one is. Ids don't get check until you are in the voting area.
Interview: Ruth Davidson
There's no hiding Ruth Davidson's unashamed loyalty to British unionism. Even the teacup the Scottish Conservative leader gives me has a Union Jack on it. "The Scottish conservatives are proud of our British institutions and our Britishness," she says. "We know some on the left are uncomfortable with that." Unlike Scottish Labour, who welcome Yes voters, Davidson has said if any Tory members voice support for Scottish independence, there should be an "amicable parting of ways".
The SNP government is drifting towards authoritarianism
It may seem inappropriate to compare the SNP with right-wing nationalist governments in Poland or Hungary. Unfortunately as the Scottish government, led by Nicola Sturgeon, heads in an ever more authoritarian direction, such comparisons are increasingly justified. Examples of this tendency range from the trivial to the far more serious. Most recently, Donald Trump's comments about Muslim immigrants, led to calls from the SNP for him to be banned from entering the country as a "hate preacher".
Commentary: Oculus Wasn't Prepared For Room Scale With Rift CV1
Um, I want to explore a few ideas here for a moment and I ask that you keep your footwear on your feet if you can help it. This is about two products that I care deeply about, and the curious state we find ourselves in as we head to retail with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What I want to do here is tell you a little story about Oculus, Valve and HTC and how odd they all really are. September 2014, I sat watching John Carmack give his talk during the first Oculus Connect keynote.
George Galloway interview: Labour should be begging me to return
''An accent I love to hear' George Galloway says of my Scottish intonation as I entered his London home. He spent 18 years representing Labour in Glasgow and was quick to point out that "when Blair expelled me it was Scottish Labour that lost an MP, not London Labour". Galloway speaks with genuine sadness about the recent collapse of Scottish Labour and contrasts the current state of the party with the political heavyweights it once boasted.
New Oculus Touch Photos Released
As part of their pre-order announcement this morning, Oculus launched a brand new splash page prominently featuring their Touch input solution. It was only four days ago that we learned that Oculus had recently pushed back their Touch rollout plans to sometime in the second half of the year. The world can be a cold dark place sometimes. Oculus pre-orders are here! But what about Touch?
Robert McGregor - Development Blog
Let me try to write something here that's been bothering me for a couple of years now. I've attempted to write a post on it a few times but always ended up thinking it was too self indulgent. There's always a danger when you write that you are doing it for the simple pleasure of hearing your own self prattle on. That's probably the case here, but it's a Saturday morning, I just made coffee and you've been warned.
Marketing VR in the year 2016 - Beyond Imagination
The sights and sounds in this time may be loud and confusing to you, do try to stay calm and not give yourself away as a visitor from such a deprived and backwards time as 2015. Not a developer kit, no. I mean the honest to God, real deal, commercial release. A real box sitting on a shelf at a real store that you can exchange money for and they let you take home.
Robert McGregor - Development Blog
I sometimes imagine a group of Facebook employees sitting around a table and asking themselves: "What exactly do a billion people do in VR?". They are idly twirling an Oculus Rift headset on their polished conference table, looking back and forth between it and an open Facebook page, trying to plan their next move. These are experts in human communication and behavior. They have a pretty damn good handle on how their Facebook application is used and under what context. Now what of VR?
Implementing 70E in the Electrical Construction Workplace
The development of NFPA 70E–2000 provides a roadmap for any employer to develop an extremely effective electrical safety program, which if followed, would most probably eliminate future electrical injury and fatalities. I believe there would also be a side benefit of increasing both management’s and their electricians’ overall safety awareness of other hazards as well.
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