WINDHOEK - Ohorongo Cement recently received recertification on its Quality & Environmental Management Systems, endorsing the fulfilling of standards, ISO 9001: 2015 and ISO 14001: 2015.
Year: 2019
081Everyone project rolls out to Sorris Sorris
WINDHOEK – As part of the 081Everyone project aimed to footprint a 100 percent connectivity countrywide, ICT solution provider MTC connected residents of Sorris Sorris in the Kunene region as of 18 October.
Opinion: Why Turkey took the fight to Syria
ANKARA - It is dismaying that Turkey’s military operation in northeastern Syria is being spun in the American news media as an attack on Kurds, as weakening the fight against the remnants of Daesh (or the so-called Islamic State) and hurting America’s credibility with its allies.
30 new Peace Corps volunteers on two-year assignment
OKAHANDJA - Thirty new US Peace Corps volunteers joined local communities throughout Namibia last week to begin two-year assignments to strengthen education across the country.
Namibia, Azerbaijan establish diplomatic ties
WINDHOEK – Namibia and Azerbaijan, the former Soviet republic bounded by the Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains, which span Asia and Europe, last week signed a joint communiqué in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Swapo has ensured macro-economic stability – Calle
GOBABIS - Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein said Swapo is the only party with a capacity to maintain macro-economic stability and fiscal sovereignty needed to take Namibia on a positive growth trajectory.
PDM refuses to budge …threatens court action over Electoral Act
WINDHOEK - The Popular Democratic Movement says it will approach the courts in a bid to have the contentious section 77 of the Electoral Act of 2014 reviewed.
Hydroponic garden flourishes at Otjomuise school
WINDHOEK - A hydroponic garden adopted at the Otjomuise Primary School at the beginning of this year has been supplementing the school-feeding programme with vegetables as a source of nutrition.
Heita docket sent back to police
WINDHOEK – The prosecutor-general has sent back the docket of a 42-year-old man, who is accused of killing his girlfriend, for further investigations.
Omuthiya bigwigs accused of nepotism
OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI - Local authority councillors of Omuthiya Town Council are once again implicated in allegations of nepotism, following their alleged involvement in the recruitment of a human resources practitioner and an environmental health inspector.