WINDHOEK - “Our situation is dire. We are facing one of the worst droughts in recent memory and the critical state of the local economy as well as a dilapidated sheep export scheme have thrown Namibian
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2019-06-112024-05-07Farmers Forum
Rangeland project kicks into high gear …aims to recover devastation in five years
WINDHOEK - The National Rangeland Management Policy and Strategy Project (NRMPS) is in its last phase of conclusion and permission has been asked from the European Union and Namibian agricultural ministry to focus on the development of a five-year recovery plan.
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2019-06-112024-05-07Farmers Forum
Dark days looming for //Kharas farmers
KARASBURG - The current devastating effects of the severe drought has almost brought some communal farmers in the far south of Namibia on their knees due to heavy livestock losses.
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2019-06-112024-05-06Business
Kunene Region allocated N$400 million for 2019/21 development budget
WINDHOEK – The Kunene Region in the far northwest corner of the country has been allocated just over N$400 million in terms of the Development Budget for the 2019/20 financial year. The total budget for the
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2019-06-112024-05-06Business
Businesses bemoan state-of-affairs at Air Namibia, call for intervention
WINDHOEK – The age-old adage ‘time is money and money is time’ relates more often than not to the business community. It is in this regard that the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has
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2019-06-112024-06-18Crime and Courts
Mob justice murder accused dies
WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court has withdrawn a murder charge against one of the 11 people accused of killing a 27-year-old Congolese refugee in June last year.
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2019-06-112024-06-18Crime and Courts
New lawyer for double-murder accused Nikodemus
WINDHOEK - Lukas Nepela Nikodemus, the man accused of killing two women by shooting them and then burning their bodies at a dumpsite near Pionierspark, will now be represented by Vernon Lutibezi.
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2019-06-112024-05-07National
Lawyers clash on guilt of woman accused of trafficking
WINDHOEK - The two lawyers involved in the trial of a woman accused of luring two under-aged girls from a village in northern Namibia under false promises of employment and then sold them into sexual slavery,
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2019-06-112024-05-07National
Otjozondjupa regional address highlights drought and developments
OTJIWARONGO - Drought, crime and safety, and gender based violence were among the concerns highlighted in Otjozondjupa governor Otto Ipinge’s 2019 State of the Region [Sora] address last week.
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2019-06-112024-05-07National
Drought: //Kharas farmers forced to move livestock
KARASBURG - “We do not know if it will work,” remarked Benedictus Ortman with uncertainty on whether moving his animals to other areas will be a solution to the devastating effects of the current severe drought.