Year: 2023

The United People’s Movement has come out strongly in support of the Namibian Construction Industry and all its affiliates in their condemnation of the continuous awarding of tenders to foreign owned companies at the expense of Namibians.

President Hage Geingob yesterday bemoaned the historical dominance of the Bretton Woods financial institutions, whose modus operandi he said is built on loan conditionalities and political prescriptions which has, at times, bordered on disregard for national sovereignty. 

A decision by the City of Windhoek to farm out parking meter services to private companies has irked car guards, who say the council took their bread from their mouths and gave it to the rich.

Namibia Revenue Agency commissioner Sam Shivute not only hailed the launch of the Katima Mulilo 24-hour border operation which will see more traffic volumes, but is optimistic that it will lead to improved revenue collection. 

Swapo Secretary General, Sophia Shaningwa, launched the Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) constitution, which was adopted by the party’s Seventh Ordinary Congress last year, in Omuthiya yesterday.

IN a move to enhance and cement historic ties between Cuba and Namibia, Cuban president Mario Diaz-Canel is set to be the guest of honour during tomorrow’s Heroes’ Day celebrations. 

A carcass of a female black rhino was discovered with a bullet wound in the stomach, on 18 August 2023 at a waterhole inside a game farm in the Grootfontein district of the Otjozondjupa region.

THE Road Fund Administration has announced the postponement of its proposed road tolling programme indefinitely.