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Bank Windhoek ‘s managing director, Christo de Vries, officially launched the 2012 Candidate Bankers Training Programme this week. The initiative provides school leavers with an opportunity to pursue a career in banking. The selected trainees will participate in a six-month training programme. Two courses are run per year. The group will be the 20th since the programme’s inception. It was first launched in 1996. (Picture): De Vries (seated in the middle) together with the trainees. (Photograph by Johanna Absalom)
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