Year: 2023

The Namibian Police in Mukwe constituency in the Kavango East region on Friday arrested a 31-year-old man after he was found in possession of controlled wildlife products – two elephant tusks.

The Namibian Police in the Kavango East region reported that a 14-year-old girl was hit by a government vehicle and died on the spot, while another was rushed to the hospital after sustaining serious injuries at Ndiyona village on Thursday afternoon. The duo are cousins and from the same household.

The ministry of labour, industrial relations and employment creation yesterday said it was with great sorrow that it learned about the passing of Daan Strauss, secretary general of the Namibia Employers’ Federation (NEF), a federation registered under the Labour Act. 

January is when children return to school and parents are back on their grind after yet another extensive spending festive season.

Namibia is part of several emerging markets and developing economies that activated escape clauses, modified fiscal rule limits and suspended fiscal rules in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

 The state of our education sector demands that a critical turnaround strategy be sought to rescue the system from total failure. 

It is estimated that 70% of the Namibian population depends on agriculture in terms of employment, income and food security. The value added to the sector in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 was estimated to be N$3.2 billion in nominal terms, representing 6.4% of the GDP, according to the NSA.