Year: 2018

WALVIS BAY – Tunacor Fisheries and Corvima Fishing have diversified their business models by partnering and venturing into the processing and export of squid, also known as calamari, in their quest create more jobs and add value to the Namibian fishing industry.

WALVIS BAY - There will be no lone rangers or selling of fishing rights by people who merely want to make a quick buck as has been the case in the past, warned the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhardt Esau.

WINDHOEK – The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Dr Peya Mushelenga has urged chiefs to practise transparency and fairness when appointing the next members of the Council of Traditional Leaders.

ONGWEDIVA - A female correctional officer at the Oluno Correctional Facility was on Sunday morning detained for allegedly smuggling drugs and prohibited items into the facility to dish out to offenders.

BRAKWATER - Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president, McHenry Venaani has suggested the expropriation of land without compensation from ‘unproductive’ foreign nationals who reportedly own about 250 farms across the country.

WINDHOEK – For the past four years, Namibia was hit hard by seasonal upsurges in malaria cases and by June 2018, over 29, 524 cases had been reported-ten times more than the 2012 cases, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Bernard Haufiku said on Friday.

WALVIS BAY - A state-of the-art N$45 million fish processing plant that will see fresh fish available within two days both locally and internationally after being caught, officially opened its doors at Walvis Bay on Friday.

The history of Namibian football would be totally incomplete and grave travesty of justice if written without mentioning exciting Khomasdal outfit Atlanta Chiefs Football Club – let alone ignoring the contribution of footballers from that neck of the woods towards the overall growth of domestic football.

WINDHOEK - The popular Tony Rust racetrack south-west of Namibia’s commercial capital Windhoek will be a hive of activity this weekend when local cyclists hit the road for the Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power (WPP) Series 5.

WINDHOEK – Approximately 250 learners joined by 50 schoolteachers and supervisors and a large number of organizers as well as sponsors are burning the midnight oil to put the final touches to the much-anticipated Sports Olympiad.