WALVIS BAY – The government has tightened its grip on the fishing industry by cutting the bycatch limit from 5% to 2% and raising penalty fees from 15% to 50%. This is in a bid to curb illegal landings and safeguard Namibia’s marine resources. The stringent measures were announced last week by information minister, Emma...
WALVIS BAY – The state of harbour town Walvis Bay was at the centre of salvos between Swapo and the Independent Patriots for Change as they jostled for power and influence ahead of November’s polls. The IPC wrestled Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and other key towns out of Swapo hands back in 2020. It was unprecedented,...
SWAKOPMUND – The return of erstwhile Swapo Arandis constituency councillor Benitha Imbamba as chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council is imminent. This is after her reinstatement was placed on the agenda. The special council meeting where Imbamba’s fate will be determined is set for tomorrow. This is according to a statement issued last week by...
SWAKOPMUND – Long queues, overcrowding and a lack of privacy greeted members of the National Council’s Standing Committee on Health, Social Welfare and Labour Affairs during their oversight visit to health facilities in Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on Tuesday. These challenges were observed at the Tamariskia Clinic, which is currently servicing all residents of Swakopmund...
SWAKOPMUND – Arandis constituency councillor Benitha Imbamba has scored a legal victory after the High Court ruled in her favour. The court ordered that she be reinstated as chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council. She was removed in April this year after a vote of no confidence was tabled against her by Walvis Bay Urban...
Namibia’s journey towards local value addition and economic empowerment reached another milestone last month, as 111 young people graduated from the Gemstone Cutting and Polishing Training Programme in Karibib. These graduates, from the 2023 and 2024 intake who underwent a six-month training programme are now equipped with practical skills that could transform not only their...
WALVIS BAY – Residents in the Erongo region will no longer have to travel hundreds of kilometres or endure long waiting periods for diagnostic scans, thanks to the donation of a state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanner to the Walvis Bay State Hospital. The scanner, valued at approximately N$5 million, was officially handed over on Friday...
WALVIS BAY – A group of approximately 50 people, evicted from a privately owned plot in Walvis Bay last week, say their cries for help have fallen on deaf ears despite seeking assistance from the municipality since 2020. Their makeshift homes were demolished by the messenger of the court last Wednesday after the landowner, a...
!GOMENǁGAMS – !Hūb di ǁûs, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwahs ge ǁîs di ǂâiǂhansensa ai!gû ra ǁama!khunis ǀkha hâ ǀhôakao!narib hîa ǂhanub xa a ǀhonkhoe-aihe ǂnûiǂgādi (SOEs) !nâ hâb !oagu ge gowaǂuisen tsî !ereamxasib tsî !gôasib ǀkha hâ ǂgaeǂguisa ra ǂgao. !Hūb ǁûs di haisi-ams hîa ge Sîsengu tsî !Nari!oabadi Ministeri, Veikko Nekundib xa !Gomengams !nâ ge ǂoa...
WALVIS BAY – Cabinet has approved a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 10 000 metric tonnes of pilchards for governmental objectives for the remainder of the 2025 fishing season, ending in September. This was announced by the information minister Emma Theofelus last week. The resurgence of pilchards, after being placed under a moratorium, has become...