Year: 2021

For years, Gerhard Mbakoo Tjijeura and others in the Eiseb area of the Omaheke region have been battling many farming challenges such as predators, water shortages and bad access roads.

The business community in the Omaheke region recently showed up in favourable numbers and with the hunger to grasp the basics of financial management. 

The Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition of Namibia, which has been advocating for the last 15 years to implement a universal basic income grant in the country, has questioned government’s invitation for the evaluation of national wealth distribution and poverty eradication. 

The Trans Kalahari Corridor Management Committee (TKCMC) has made good progress despite the pandemic.

Trade minister Lucia Iipumbu yesterday said the main goal of the Buy Namibia campaign is to create a thriving local economy by maximising the potential of local businesses and increasing their market share.

Responsibility… Children at the Omatako Primary School in the Tsumkwe constituency help keep their school clean.

Windhoek High Court Judge Dinnah Usiku yesterday sentenced a now 17-year-old from Rehoboth to an effective 16 years in jail.

An orphan, whose academic results caused an outpouring of assistance when this newspaper ran a story on her plight early last year, has been asked to return some of the items and support good Samaritans gave her.

Two security guards from G4S were charged under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) for their involvement in a N$300 000 theft. 

Over 300 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the US and German governments respectively arrived in the country at the weekend.