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Lineekela Hamutumwa frames project management as a key leadership
A career expo speaker just told students that managing projects is the cheat code for getting promoted. Project management as a career booster Lineekela Hamutumwa pitched project management as a must-have skillset. She argued it turns regular employees into legit leaders. Hamutumwa said trust from higher-ups is what gets you promoted. The role forces you to get good at talking to teams and clients. The three pillars of the practice Leadership development is one of the core pillars she highlighted. She pointed to collaboration and emotional intelligence as critical human skills. Delivering measurable results builds your street cred at work. The approach flips your mindset from just doing stuff to leading it. Start grinding on it in...
Oshakati State Hospital files rot on the floor
The hospital’s record-keeping is so screwed up that patient files are literally getting soaked on the floor. Oshakati State Hospital’s mess Oshakati State Hospital ran out of proper space for records. Staff had to stash files in a half-finished tin shack. Budget problems stopped them from finishing that temporary storage. Some patient folders ended up on beds nobody can use. Job Amupanda calls it out Amupanda slammed the record-keeping in a Monday social media post. He warned the risk to patient care is seriously not okay. His movement backs the government’s vision but hates the follow-through. He stressed medical histories are getting wrecked by water and pests. The acting superintendent explains Ndawapeka Nhinda said they had to...
Haikola-Sakaria decried the youth hepatitis B spike
A lawmaker just flagged a silent health crisis after young Namibians started popping positive for hepatitis B. MP warns of hepatitis B surge in youth Esther Haikola-Sakaria sounded the alarm in parliament. Routine exams show rising positive cases. The virus spreads just like HIV through fluids. It's way more infectious than HIV but gets ignored. Danger of undiagnosed infections Hepatitis B wrecks livers and can turn deadly. Untreated cases lead to cirrhosis or cancer. People usually find out only at the late stage. The minister got hit with questions on this. Ministry's lack of public outreach No real awareness campaigns from the health ministry. Young people have no clue about prevention. Major HIV progress exists but not for...
Lukato blasts Nandi-Ndaitwah for breaking pension promise
A N$104B budget just threw seniors under the bus with a pathetic N$100 pension hike. Budget debate exposes broken pension pledge Martin Lukato shredded the N$104B budget. It only budgets a N$100 pension increase. That’s far from the promised N$3,000 monthly grant. The president’s earlier commitment got scrapped for youth. Nandi-Ndaitwah’s shifting pension promise Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah originally vowed a N$3,000 pension boost. After her inauguration, she delayed it for youth programs. She previously told seniors the hike would come gradually. Lukato fired back that pensioners raised those young people. Lukato’s moral imperative argument Martin Lukato called pensioners the nation’s backbone. They raised generations while youth got...
CAF sources say Motsepe had no say in the Senegal title strip
The administrative decision handed Morocco the title, but now they’re stuck holding a trophy that feels more like a legal placeholder than a real win. Patrice Motsepe’s hands-off stance on the forfeit The CAF president had zero say in the appeals ruling. He insisted the judicial bodies acted completely independently. Motsepe pointed to split decisions as proof of autonomy. The executive leadership stayed out of the deliberations. Senegal’s title being stripped after the final whistle The CAF Appeals Board gave Morocco a 3-0 forfeit victory. Senegal walked off the pitch briefly during the chaotic final. Officials cited a rule about leaving without authorization. The win was overturned despite the match having ended. Senegal’s fierce...
Broos defends Sibisi selection against social media trash
The coach basically told a bunch of keyboard warriors they don't know ball, torching their entire argument. Hugo Broos’ brutal reality check for haters The Bafana coach dismissed online critics as trash. He argued a single penalty miss is meaningless. Broos said that pressure doesn’t influence his selections. He accused detractors of having zero football knowledge. Nkosinathi Sibisi’s defended spot on the squad Broos cited the defender’s leadership and aerial strength. His experience for club and country sealed the deal. One shootout failure doesn’t erase a solid track record. The coach picked him over FCSB’s Siyabonga Ngezana. The upcoming Panama friendlies as a proving ground These matches serve as key World Cup qualifier prep...
Comoros recovers 17 bodies from a boat bound for Mayotte
Boat capsizing off Comoros coast claims at least seventeen lives as migrants desperate for Mayotte get abandoned at sea. Tragedy strikes near Mitsamiouli Authorities pulled seventeen bodies from waters around Grande Comore. Hospital counts eighteen dead including those who drowned after drifting. Roughly thirty survivors got rescued many unable to swim at all. Smugglers ditch group far short Migrants mostly from Democratic Republic of Congo aimed for Mayotte. Traffickers dumped them hundreds of kilometres from the target island. Overcrowded kwassa-kwassa boats lack life jackets or reliable engines. Mayotte lures with French perks French overseas territory grants access to welfare healthcare and education. Just seventy kilometres...
Tshwane cuts power to 30 schools over unpaid bills
Power outages cripple learning in Gauteng schools as unpaid bills trigger mass disconnections. Tshwane schools go dark At least thirty schools in City of Tshwane lost electricity over massive arrears. Classrooms ditch smart boards and computers for chalk and natural light only. Township kids miss online work widening the disadvantage gap sharply. Ekurhuleni faces similar crunch Six schools already cut off while one hundred thirty-eight others got urgent notices. Collective debt hits roughly eighty-one point nine million rands there. Gauteng Department of Education owes over three hundred fourteen million to Ekurhuleni alone. Budget shortfalls spark crisis Section 21 schools rack up arrears from inadequate utility allocations...
Scopa orders ex-RAF board to repay R11m legal fees
RAF's old board cooked the books with a dodgy accounting switch that hid hundreds of billions in payouts. Switch slashed reported debt massively Former Road Accident Fund board jumped to IPSAS 42 back in March 2021. Liabilities plunged from roughly three hundred twenty-seven billion rands to about thirty-four billion. Long-term claims for medical care and lost income got excluded beyond twelve months. Experts slam it as fake fix Witnesses at Scopa hearings called the move a blatant understatement of real obligations. Proper GRAP rules would show debts topping three hundred sixty-one billion or even five hundred billion. Accounting Standards Board plus Auditor-General ruled the change irregular and invalid. Court fights burned...
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