In pursuit of its strategic objective of ensuring economic growth and development, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) recently recommended five areas in the Kavango East and West regions with the potential to contribute significantly to employment creation while ensuring food security for the country.
Year: 2021
Trade ministry warns of fake Facebook account
The Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade has cautioned the public about a bogus Facebook account, created in the name of Minister Lucia lipumbu. Ministry spokesperson Elijah Mukubonda warned that the account was created by perpetrators committing cybercrimes.
Opinion – Understanding the functions of NamRA
History was made on 7 April 2021 when the Namibia Revenue Authority (NamRA) opened its doors for business.
Opinion – The myth of economic liberation in Namibia
Apartheid was brutal and premised on three practices: a minority suppressing the majority of a nation’s people; it controlled the country’s wealth and productive resources through violent and non-violent means, legalised and institutionalised racism of humanity.
Endola-Eembo district road construction to commence
Deputy minister of works and transport Veikko Nekundi officiated at the ground-breaking for the construction of the Endola-Eembo district road in Ohangwena region on Thursday.
Tribute – Veicko Hausiku: A true unsung hero
Cde Veicko Hausiku was born in Simanya village, Nkurenkuru, in the Kavango West region. He left his parents at the age of 16 to join his elder brother Japie in Gobabis.
Poverty eradication ministry equips Oshana SMEs
More than 25 people from the Oshana region have received equipment and materials from the ministry of gender equality, poverty eradication and social welfare.
Poverty stalks San family
A San family from Kavango West’s Mpungu constituency continues to languish in abject poverty. The family of three, including a five-year-old child, sleep in one of the wooden structures that only has wooden poles on the sides and with a bit of grass and a huge plastic sheet on top.
Onandjokwe gets medical equipment from Debmarine
The Onandjokwe state hospital became the latest beneficiary of much-needed medical equipment from diamond company Debmarine, worth N$ 1.3 million.
Operation Kalahari murder accused to be tried in September
Namibian Defence Force (NDF) officer, accused of shooting and murdering a 32-year-old civilian in 2019, is set to go on trial in September.
