A ruling in a legal battle between prominent local defence lawyer, Sisa Namandje and the Law Society of Namibia (LSN), is expected to be made public in the High Court on Friday. Initially, High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen, who is presiding over the matter, was scheduled to give his ruling on 24 July 2020. However,...
David Adetona Khomas governor Laura Mcleod-Katjirua recently handed over equipment and material worth N$700 000 as part of the development programme dedicated to small-scale entrepreneurs or for the self-employed to participate in local economic activities and to also create employment in the region. The governor’s development programme partnership since 2014 with Namsov Fishing Enterprises through...
ONDANGWA – The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta officially launched the Namibia Integrated Landscape Approach for Enhancing Livelihoods and Environmental Governance to Eradicate Poverty (NILALEG) project at Ondangwa in Oshana on Friday. The NILALEG project is being implemented jointly by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, the University of Namibia and...
Moses Magadza Members of parliament, who represent their countries on the SADC PF Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, are cracking their heads over how to help revive the agriculture sector to ensure there is regional food security. This, as evidence, mounts that the on-going global Covid-19 pandemic has sent the sector in...
Let me start by making it very clear that our protracted liberation struggle has never been against racial groups, in this case particularly the whites. The struggle was against inhuman exploitation, unjust and oppressive colonial occupation and apartheid rule. The fact, however, was that under the apartheid system, the exploited were supposed to be the...
Michela Pakarae The Chinese metropolis Shenzhen is often perceived as one of the most advanced urban places in China because of both its technology and dynamics. This perception is grounded in the story of the ‘fisher village’ that was transformed into a Special Economic Zone within a few years to metropolitan town of high-rise buildings,...
The Covid-19 pandemic has made people realise how important information and communication technology (ICT) is and also led to the sector intensifying its service delivery efforts. This was said by Director of ICT Development in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Linda Aipinge during Thursday’s information session at the Covid-19 Communication Centre. The theme...
CAPE TOWN – Most trade unions representing staff at South African Airways (SAA) have agreed to retrenchments that will see 2 700 employees laid off as the department of public enterprises (DPE) pushes for the adoption of a business rescue plan for South Africa’s broke national carrier. The department said the National Union of Metalworkers...
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta has appointed five members to serve as the board of directors of the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) for a period of three years. Speaking at the appointment ceremony on Thursday, Shifeta said the EIF was established in 2011 to mobilise funding for the maintenance...
Ivona Frans Is King Elegant still in the music game? Yes, he is! He blessed us with a hit album, with great visuals and a December full of live performances. Just like that, he took a hiatus and he was no longer the light in the dark – as his lyrics state. Whether it was...