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‘Debt crippling public servants’ …PDM wants Bank Institutions Act amended
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‘Debt crippling public servants’ …PDM wants Bank Institutions Act amended

Rudolf Gaiseb Half of the Namibian population, largely public servants – teachers, nurses – is crippled by debt and parents are forced to borrow, not to invest but to eat and survive.  Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Inna Hengari raised the concern in parliament this week, highlighting the financial hardship and unsustainable debt levels citizens endure....

Oral evidence in Nkata case ruled inadmissible
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Oral evidence in Nkata case ruled inadmissible

Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan on Wednesday declared that oral admissions made in a case involving a murdered child who was severely burned and discarded in a rubbish container are inadmissible. The judge ruled that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the oral evidence obtained from Caroline Nkata,...

Erongo disability forum deliberates on challenges
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Erongo disability forum deliberates on challenges

Rauna Kalola SWAKOPMUND – People with disabilities, civil society and other members of the public this week convened in Swakopmund for the Erongo Regional Disability Networking Forum (RDNF). The event was hosted by the National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia, and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities(OPDs).  The gathering highlighted ongoing challenges faced by...

Editorial – Time ripe to grow our own food
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Editorial – Time ripe to grow our own food

Despite its obvious benefits, the noble initiative of subsistence crop farming, which enables a family to feed right off their own fields, has not been successfully replicated across the country.  Many of us still rely on getting supplies from the shops for our daily needs ranging from maize meal to even a bulb of onion. This begs the...

Letter – Celebrating World MSME Day 2025 …a Namibian perspective on progress and possibilities
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Letter – Celebrating World MSME Day 2025 …a Namibian perspective on progress and possibilities

Today, the world gathers once again to celebrate World Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day. This annual event, declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2017, is more than just a symbolic occasion. It is a global call to recognise the indispensable role of MSMEs in job creation, economic growth, innovation, and sustainable...

Dino Vezepa Karita Open tourney starts today
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Dino Vezepa Karita Open tourney starts today

Zebaldt Ngaruka  GOBABIS – The second edition of the late Dino Vezepa Karita Open football tournament will kick off today at the Komasdal Stadium in the capital.  About 24 football teams from various parts of the country will compete in the N$30 000-worth competitions to honour the late Karita. He passed on December 2020. One...

Kamwe ka monika vali ocholera mOpuwo 
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Kamwe ka monika vali ocholera mOpuwo 

Auleria Wakudumo  Ouminsteli wouhaku nonghalonawa owa holola kutya okaana kokamati kamwe vali oka monika omukifi wocholera mOpuwo.  Okaana aka komido 13, oka weda komivalu dovanhu va monika omukifi ou, nova ninga vatano.  Kuyele, okwa li kwa lopotwa okaana kamwe ka xulifa novanhu vatatu va tambulilwa meembete moshipangelo mOpuwo, molwocholera.  Ouministeli owa ti okamati aka ka...

Nzira zomuheke moEpukiro kwazonauka unene kapi zina wapa kovaruganesi nzira 
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Nzira zomuheke moEpukiro kwazonauka unene kapi zina wapa kovaruganesi nzira 

Zelbaldt Ngaruka  Epukiro-Mvhura zina roko sinkwa ntani momukundahorowero gwaEpukiro kuna retesapo mazonauko gomanene kononzira dononzi dogarawe edi ava ruganesa vatungimo. Zimwe zononzirz domuheka hawe kwazizonagura unene mvhura ezi zaroka zonene po Ouetu Atuhe mo Otjombundiro road. Nzira zina kara asi 6km kuna kara asi kwagawanekedesa nonzira dononzi datunda konomukunda peke, momukunda horowero googo gumwe tupu,...

SUN kuna hara eyereko simaliwa sav ava vana kukara komwedi awo mosure 
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SUN kuna hara eyereko simaliwa sav ava vana kukara komwedi awo mosure 

Mbunga zakarerapo vana sure vana kutumbura asi Students’ Union of Namibia (SUN) kuna kuhundira epangero lyaNamibia asi vatulisepo simaliwa asi vanona kadona vana kukara kokwedi awo mosure depangero vahepakugwanayi;ivateresoyomawokowoko. Sinzi sovarongwa mwaza Namibia kuna kugwanekera nomaudigu merongo morwa gahepa posiruwo simwe kuhageka tanko kuza mononkondwarongero morwa paukanguki kapi ana awapa. Nomvhura dina pitipo McHenry Venaani...

Epangero kuna kutara asi ngapi nalizangura mema gomvhura 
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Epangero kuna kutara asi ngapi nalizangura mema gomvhura 

Rudolf Gaiseb  Mberewa zankuru ministera kazitente asi epangero, mokupitira moministeli zonondima, kuna kukaza vakazangure mema, goruhanzo naga gomvhura yipo vagaruganese kutekera yikunwa yonoprojeka. Apa nye kahuyungire mombongarero zanavenye, nkuru ministera Elijah Ngurare katente asi eyi kuna kara nye asi posiruwo somurokwa, mema vahepa kugazangura vagapungure monondama edi vana rugana devhu. Moprojek nye zangesi, kudika nondama...