2024-02-05Otniel Hembapu Nigeria’s former foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyema has strongly denied damning allegations of corruption and embezzlement of funds at the Namibian and Jamaican High Commissions during his tenure as that country’s foreign affairs minister. View more
2024-02-06Otniel Hembapu Various experts who attended the recent Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics (SPARS) assessment findings workshop concluded that empowered farming communities and a thriving agricultural sector cannot optimally function without the dissemination of accurate statistics. View more
2024-02-06Otniel Hembapu Namibia’s cattle exports increased by 57.46% from the 15 902 heads exported during November last year to almost 152 000 cattle exported mainly to the South African, Angolan, Zambian and Zimbabwean markets. View more
2024-02-06Otniel Hembapu Agribank, the country’s leading agricultural financial lender, is placing special emphasis on small-scale remote farmers through its latest initiative Branch-on-Wheels, which takes its services closer to prospective and existing clients. View more
2024-02-07Otniel Hembapu The untimely passing of president Hage Geingob last Sunday was the biggest test to the country’s democracy and to the unity of society as a whole, but Namibians from all walks of life once again chose calmness and love for their motherland above all. View more
2024-02-13Otniel Hembapu The Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency (AMTA) and August 26 Holdings recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will see both State-owned entities collaborating in areas of food production and logistics. View more
2024-02-14Otniel Hembapu The latest statistics from the land reform ministry reaffirms government’s refined internal systems and the continued delivery of productive land to previously disadvantaged Namibians, with over 5 480 beneficiaries resettled across the country to date. View more
2024-02-15Otniel Hembapu Laziness, a lethargic attitude and a sloppy response when attending to critical community cases were some of the issues which got Otjozondjupa regional police commander Henrich Tjiveze hot under the collar during a recent community meeting at Coblenz village. View more
2024-02-16Otniel Hembapu Reflecting on his close-knit friendship traversing four decades with the late Hage Geingob, defence minister Frans Kapofi says rekindling relations between Geingob and the late Hidipo Hamutenya and Theo-Ben Gurirab remains one of his proudest moments. View more
2024-02-19Otniel Hembapu Namibia will take a leading role in a separate case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, fiercely challenging Israel’s decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territory. View more
2024-02-20Otniel Hembapu The Namibian meat sector, which is acclaimed worldwide for its premium health standards and superiority, has once again received a massive boost after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) endorsed the country’s status as a bovine-tuberculosis free zone. View more
2024-02-23Otniel Hembapu On Sunday, 25 February, thousands of mourners at home and from around the world will swamp Heroes’ Acre to bid their final farewell to Namibia’s third democratically-elected president, the late Hage Geingob. View more
2024-02-27Otniel Hembapu German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has acknowledged that it is high time for his country to take full responsibility and tender a formal apology to Namibians for the atrocities committed during the 1904/08 genocide. View more
2024-03-06Otniel Hembapu From the consummate facilities on offer at the various competition venues to the warm hospitality and overall organisation; Namibia’s chef de mission at the 2023 All Africa Games (AAG), Tjeripo Musutua, says the conditions are perfect for Team Namibia to produce the desired results. View more
2024-03-07Otniel Hembapu Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema, through the Lusaka City Council, has delivered on his promise to rename two prominent roads in that country’s capital city after Namibia’s late president Hage Geingob and founding president Sam Nujoma. View more
2024-03-11Otniel Hembapu Its sea of supporters and once-dominant blue and yellow colours might have vanished from the local political arena, but Congress of Democrats’ president Vaino Amuthenu insists the party is still alive and on the comeback trail. View more
2024-03-13Otniel Hembapu From the Damara Living Museum to the Palmwag tourism concession area and Brandberg mountain and the gigantic Omaruru River, Namibia’s Damaraland remains one of Africa’s last renowned wildernesses. View more
2024-03-15Otniel Hembapu Holed up in the sprawling Erongo Mountains on farm Omandumba, the San Living Museum is a truly organic reflection of its name, a living, breathing gallery of actual life on the move. View more
2024-03-20Otniel Hembapu With the school already grappling with ageing infrastructure and ill-discipline amongst its learners, the continuous water crisis at the settlement of Okombahe is further compounding matters for the Gaob Justus Garoeb High School. View more
2024-03-26Otniel Hembapu High input costs and unfavourable climate conditions are some of the key factors that continue to threaten the livelihood of wheat-producing farmers and the country’s agronomic sector, which has posted a 50% decline in production output. View more
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