WELCOMING ADDRESS BY ADV. SHAKESPEARE MASIZA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NAMIB DESERT DIAMONDS (NAMDIA), AT THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE NAMDIA BUILDING
DATE: FRIDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2018
Honourable Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy
Honourable Ministers, Members of our Cabinet
Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Captains of Industry,
Our Peers in the diamond industry, locally and internationally,
My fellow Board members
Our Management Team
Ladies and gentlemen of the media
Esteemed invited guests
Ladies and gentlemen
What a journey its been – at once exciting, challenging, visionary, exemplary, full of expectations for the highest levels of corporate governance responsibility, of patriotism and often requiring a tough personality and character. If you were to ask me if I would do it again, I would answer with a resounding yes!