Month: November 2022

The World Food Programme (WFP) has embarked on a campaign to improve the nutrition of children during the period from conception to two years.

President Hage Geingob yesterday said he will focus on leaving a lasting legacy before his second and final term as head of state comes to an end in 2025. 

Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has levelled serious accusations of failure against Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, demanding her immediate resignation, if she has any sense of dignity. 

The fisheries ministry has cautioned the industry against illegal unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing as well as fishing within the restricted 200m depth zone.

As the temperature rises on sunny days, the heat becomes unbearable for drenched teachers and learners at Tsintsabis Combined School, but they have no choice but to continue with lessons in their cramped classrooms of over 50 pupils.

A N$15.2 million tax refund scam, uncovered by the Namibia Revenue Agency and revealed at the end of March this year, has now increased to N$104 million. 

Angola’s 47th independence celebrations took place in a jovial atmosphere with various speakers highlighting the path Angola travelled and the gains it made since, as well as the role it played in liberating Namibia. 

The “youthful budget” presented by finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi earlier this year, has been questioned by National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) lawmaker Josef Kauandenge, who calls it a “grandstanding pronouncement”.

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Henny Seibeb has criticised the information ministry, saying that in the current context, the ministry is a total waste of time. 

The agriculture ministry will provide 145 tractors for subsistence farmers, especially in the north as experts forecast a wet 2022/23 rainfall season for the SADC region.