Year: 2019

WINDHOEK - The rich history book of Namibian cattle breeding will add another inscription on February 15 with the first ever Namibian-bred Wagyu cattle selling  at the  Platinum Wagyu Auction at the Castle de Wildt, Limpopo, South Africa. 

WINDHOEK – It cannot be much of a holiday for most farmers given the devastating  grip   under which the country is and has been finding itself, farmers who met last December to wind up the year concluded.

WINDHOEK – A national workshop is planned in response to concerns raised regarding the operational efficiency of the Central Procurement Board as well as Procurement Policy Unit.

LÜDERITZ - The N$400 million Lüderitz Waterfront development project represents the single largest business development in Lüderitz since independence.

OPUWO - It was a joyful event when the Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) handed over 29 confirmation letters for the award of its scholarships to seven constituencies in Kunene where 29 learners from poor households got scholarships.

OPUWO - A new classroom block consisting of five classes and a storeroom has been inaugurated and it was handed-over at Etoto West Primary School by the Langer Heinrich Uranium (Pty) Ltd and Nedbank of Namibia.

RUNDU - Dominga Isala, 43, arrested a week ago with five boxes of dagga weighing 103 kg with a street value exceeding N$1 million was denied bail in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court where she was arraigned last Wednesday while her co-accused Erastus Munango, 24, was granted bail of N$3 000.

SWAKOPMUND - The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Walvis Bay branch says contractors and engineers should also play their part to address the shortage of classrooms, instead of looting from government through inflated prices when awarded tenders. 

WINDHOEK  - The Omusati regional police has expressed concern about the incident in which an eight-year-old girl was allegedly brutally raped by a 29-year-domestic man of Angolan origin at Oshimanangombe village in Omusati Region.

OMUTHIYA -A 49-year-old woman was on Friday night viciously chopped to death with a panga by a man who also allegedly earlier raped her. The incident happened around 22h00 at nearby Shebeens of Emanya village in Oshikoto Region.