ǂAnsa mā!kharus ministers, Emma Theofelus ge ǂoa ge wekheb di Denstaxtsēs ai ge ǂanan, ǂhanub ge N$40 miljunsa a mîǁguisa ǂans tsî ǁnâuǂharugus Texnoloxib (ICT) sîsenǀgauga Namibiab !nâ khoraǂuis !aroma nî sîsenūhese. Nē ǁguiris ge dītsâdi ǀnâi hâ -ǁnâugu !gaeǁaredi xa ra dīhedi, !hūb di dixitale texnoloxib ǂnamipede ǀgaiǀgai!nâs ase. Theofelus ge nē ǂanǂansa Huawei...
Ministeris ge ǀaeǂhuwigu !oagu ǁkhaubade ra ǂgan
Ministeris ǂNamipeba !ûi!gâs, Haiǀgoms tsî !Narisarimas (MEFT) dis ge Namibiaǁîna ge ǂgan, in ǂkhaigari tsî ǂōǂgae hâse hâ, !napetamase ra hâ ǀaeǂhuwigu !aroma ǂhâbasa ǁkhaubade ūhâse. Nē !khâikhomsa ra hirihiri!nâ !khais ge, ôa!nâdi hîa ge !hūb a ǂhabase īǁkhā xūn ǂnamipeb !nâ ǀaeǂhuwiba a !aroma ǁkhān xa dīhe hâ isa xu ge !gāsa !khais ge...
Rundu council plans new building
Sawi Hausiku RUNDU – The Rundu Town Council (RTC) plans to begin the first phase of constructing its new building during the 2025/26 financial year. Council staff currently work from government-owned offices, housed in one of the town’s oldest structures located on land belonging to the Ministry of Works and Transport. These offices, constructed from...
Kavango Cattle Ranch strategy devised
Lylie Joel NKURENKURU – The Kavango West Regional Council and Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) met on Thursday to discuss a new strategy to transform the Kavango Cattle Ranch at Mangetti Farm into a profitable venture. The ranch is in the Tondoro constituency. The initiative seeks to improve cattle health and market quality, revamp farm...
Namibia engages US on tariffs – Naanda
Linea Dishena The government is having discussions with the United States of America (USA) regarding president Donald Trump’s 21% import tariffs on Namibian goods as from April 2025. This was confirmed by International Relations and Cooperation executive director, ambassador Penda Naanda, in an interview last week. The US has increased import tariffs to all its...
Otjiwarongo approves N$226m budget
OTJIWARONGO – The Otjiwarongo Municipality unanimously approved the 2025/26 capital and expenditure budget of more than N$226 million at its special meeting on Friday. This is a N$82 million rise from the N$144 million budget that council tabled in 2024. Tabling the budget, which was supported by all the local authority councillors, the chairperson of...
Govt advised to emulate Rwanda’s housing initiatives
Andreas Thomas The National Council’s committee on housing has urged the government to play a more active role in land servicing to accelerate the formal development of housing across various local authorities in Namibia. The committee recommended that the government draws lessons from Rwanda’s land and housing programmes, which facilitate the provision of affordable housing...
Farmers’ Kraal with Erastus Ngaruka – Rangeland productivity, utilisation and degradation
Rangeland is defined as an area of land with natural forage materials used by livestock and wild animals. Its productivity depends on rainfall and utilisation. Rangeland plants require favourable environmental conditions and protection for their establishment, distribution and resilience in agro-ecosystems or on livestock farming lands. In particular, the most important attributes to consider about...
Agra partners SwiftVEE to elevate online auctions
Namibia’s leading agricultural enterprise Agra recently joined forces with SwiftVEE, Africa’s largest online livestock and game trading platform, to elevate and bring a new dimension to online livestock and game auctions. The newly-formed partnership between Agra and SwiftVEE will merge the reliability and expertise of traditional livestock auctions with the scale and power of online...
Historic Genocide Remembrance Day tomorrow
Zebaltd Ngaruka Namibia is set to commemorate its inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day tomorrow, honouring the victims of the 1904-1908 massacre of the country’s indigenous populations. A report was presented to the National Assembly recommending 28 May, a date supported by the affected communities, to honour those who died in the brutalities. Historically, it marks the...