The Windhoek West constituency office recently donated equipment and materials to the value of N$150 000 to self-employed and small entrepreneurs as part of efforts in fulfilment of government policy of job creation through the Income Generating Activities (IGA) programme in all the communities.
Ministry chips in for talented learner
The directorate of education in the Oshana region has assisted a talented Mweshipandeka Senior Secondary School learner who has been struggling to acquire some of the equipment and learning materials used in technical subjects.
Suez canal crisis: Namibia hopes to capitalise … as container vessels detour round southern Africa
Namibia is on standby to provide transhipment services to countries affected by the unfolding Suez canal cargo ship blockage crisis.
Veteran broadcaster laid to rest
Namibians from all occupations at the weekend bade farewell to veteran broadcaster and historian Alexander Jarimbovandu Kaputu who was laid to rest on Saturday near Ovitoto in the Otjozondjupa region.
Strike looms at NBC
A strike appears imminent at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation after the labour commissioner last week issued a certificate of non-resolution to the ongoing dispute pitting a union representing NBC workers and the national broadcaster’s management.
30 000 on land boards waiting list
Communal land boards across the country are facing a challenge of many requests for land in their areas, with over 30 000 applications yet to be processed, land reform minister Calle Schlettwein has said.
Cop, pastor nabbed for possession of rhino horn
An Otjiwarongo-based police constable and a pastor of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church were arrested on Friday in Omuthiya after they were found in possession of a rhino horn.
Nampa hits back at media report
The Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) has taken issue with a newspaper report, which insinuated the agency was a problematic public enterprise.
Butchery owner fingered in stock theft
The police in Oshikoto are hot on the trail of a butchery owner, who allegedly evaded arrest when he and four others were intercepted whilst transporting cattle carcass last week.
Pensioner strangled at coast
A good deed by a Swakopmund pensioner has cost him his life when he was allegedly murdered by an unemployed man he was helping with accommodation by strangulation.
