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The university was founded by David Namwandi in 1994 with one professor and one student in Windhoek North.Namwandi also served as IUM's vice-chancellor from 2001 until he was appointed deputy Minister of Education in 2010. [5]
Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.
The coal mining town of Dundee is situated in a valley of the Biggarsberg mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). It is part of the Endumeni Municipality, Umzinyathi District. It is very rich in coal deposits. More populous than the town of Dundee is its adjacent township named Sibongile. This township is now being extended with many ...
The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) is a trade union in Namibia affiliated with the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW). In 2020 it had a self-reported membership of 15,000. [ 2 ] NAFAU's organizational strongholds include the fishing industries around Walvis Bay and Lüderitz .
The NDF owns August 26 Group, a holding company for a number of commercial entities related to the military, among them Namibia's only arms manufacturer Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik. [2] The political leader of MODVA is the minister while the accounting officer is the executive director (ED), deputised by a deputy executive director.
[7] [8] In 2010, Weatherly sold the Tsumeb smelter to Dundee Precious Metals Inc. [9] In 2011, Weatherly and East China Mineral Exploration and Development Bureau announced a joint venture named China Africa Resources Namibia to develop the Berg Aukas lead/zinc/vanadium mine, which was previously open from 1959 to 1978.
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) is a department of the Government of Namibia.The ministry is responsible for regional governance (Regional Councils) and local governance (Local Authorities) and therewith plays an important role in the decentralisation process of the Namibian government.
Below is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of Namibia. The respective ministry, named Ministry of Foreign Affairs since independence, was renamed Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation at the start of the 2015–2020 legislative period. [1] 1990–2002: Theo-Ben Gurirab [2] 2002–2004: Hidipo Hamutenya [3]