Namibia’s total fish exports for the second quarter of this year saw a decline in export volumes, valued at N$3.8 billion. This represents a slight decrease from the N$4.1 billion recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2023. The exports include crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates. These figures are contained in the Namibia Statistics Agency’s...
The Namibia Agronomic Board at its annual National Agronomic and Horticulture Awards (NAHA) recognised and awarded the country’s various top producers during a glittering ceremony that was recently held at the Olushandja Marketing Hub in the Omusati region. For this year, the annual awards were held under the theme ‘Enhancing food security amidst climate change...
With access to the European market getting stringent by the day due to several new regulations and policy barriers, now is the right time for Namibia to secure its Halal certification to explore the hugely-lucrative Middle East markets. These were observations of the Bank of Namibia’s director of research and financial sector development, Emma Haiyambo. ...
Amidst deepening cracks of division within the party, the Utjiua Muinjangue-led Nudo leadership appears undeterred, as they have now set the dates for the party’s electoral college and manifesto launch. The dates were officially confirmed by the party’s secretary general Josef Kauandenge, who said they will first hold their national executive committee meeting on 3...
The fight for Nudo’s heart, soul as well as rented headquarters, has taken another twist after the Utjiua Muinjangue-led party’s leadership dragged members of a breakaway group to court over a raft of alleged indiscretions, which include convening an illegal congress and unlawfully occupying party premises. Last weekend, a splinter group of the National Unity...
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has vowed that his party will never deviate from addressing the plight of landless Namibians. At the centre of LPM’s land fight, Swartbooi said, are those affected by the issue of ancestral land. Swartbooi was speaking in Omaheke region at the weekend, where he held public meetings – one...
With less than three months before the national polls, a National Unity Democratic Organisation breakaway faction on Saturday elected Barry Rukoro as the party’s new president during a hastily organised congress, attended by around 300 delegates. But the party’s Utjiua Muinjangue-led leadership has rejected the congress as a hoax. Effectively, the party now has two...
The National Unity Democratic Organisation is a political formation at war with itself. A splinter group announced they will hold an elective congress to identify party leaders to marshal the ship for the next five years. This faction, New Era has established, has not only threatened to elect new leaders tomorrow, but has already taken...
Rukukutu kuna gumu vatungimo momukunda horowero gwaOtjozondjupa unene owo vatunga konomukunda doponze zodoropa, ava vakara asi kugwanenamo mauwa melikwamo lyokugavera nondja dorukukutu. Eyi kayiwizire nye poruzera siruwo oso nkuruministeragona John Mutorwa kakadingwire sinkwa ntani mukunda gwa Otjozondjupa, omu kakagwanekerere kumwe nonompitisili domukunda; omu muna kwatere nguuru James Uerikua, ntani munasipundi gondango zomukunda Marlayn Mbakera, ntani...
Konyara mokuyikondjera eyi yipo yirugana yangesio yisike mouta wakora, ngesi kuna kumoneka asi eyi nye varwamena yo 16th omu sina kukahoroka silika sangesi moOkakarara pevango eli avaninkire eri=udiko ngesi nayinye yina wapa mariongikido kuna kwata moyitji, omu vana ngesefa ntani wokurandesa moyitarata ngesi kuna kuza nye vakalikide eyi ava randesa nomu avayirugana. Munasipundi gokomitiye zerongikido,...