Auleria Wakudumo ONGWEDIVA – The Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) is set to welcome a growing international presence this year. Countries such as Ghana, Japan, Indonesia and others are confirmed to participate in the 2025 edition of the iconic trade event. This development marks a significant milestone for the trade fair, which has grown from...
Rudolf Gaiseb Pharmaceutical giant Fabupharm, which had been manufacturing medicines without a valid licence for over a year, has come out guns blazing, denouncing allegations that its children’s paracetamol syrup is of inferior quality and life-threatening. The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) Registrar of Medicines Fransina Nambahu recently issued a statement. “Fabupharm Namibia (Pty) Ltd,...
The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in Oshana has confiscated over 776 000 litres of illegal fuel between January 2024 and May 2025 with an estimated retail value of N$17 million. Oshana crime investigations coordinator Fredrick Ndjadila in an interview with Nampa last week said the confiscation of such a large volume of fuel suggests a...
Rudolf Gaiseb It is the government’s objective that all green schemes operate at 100% capacity this year, Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has said. The administration seeks to improve the nation’s food security by planting on all the available hectares. Addressing the National Assembly last week, Ngurare said the government also plans to introduce agro-processing facilities...
JM Kretschmer The local poultry industry is not one without a diverse range of challenges, the primary and most enduring one being imports and smuggling. In 2019, it was reported that 4 816 tonnes of chicken, most likely destined for transit, remained in Namibia, illegally. The presence of smuggled chicken in the retail market in...
No one can cure a virus with a virus. Only medicine can treat a virus. In other words, you cannot solve a problem by creating another problem. But some people do not understand this simple logic. Some people are now celebrating as if they had just found a cure for cancer. But there is nothing...
Honourable James Sankwasa, some town councils, 35 years after Independence, are deliberately violating the Namibian Constitution, in broad daylight by requesting unemployed Namibians to submit, among other things, a certified copy of their voter registration card when applying for jobs. This, happening in an independent Namibia is very sad, very heartbreaking and disappointing, to say...
Kuzamaisa nama ye omile ya lifolofolo za taku (ze cwale ka likomu, lingu, lipuli, likulube ni lifolofolo zeñwi za naheñi) se kulumelelwa kwa lineku la mubamba lelisina butuku bwa taku ni mulomu, kusina liñolo kuzwelela kwa ofesi yebona zakupenda limunanu, kubona feela nama yeo itatehilwe mi hailoti mali. Likolo la Njimo, Bundui, Mezi ni Cafanzo...
Auleria Wakudumo Ominista yehongo, oungoba nomaudano Sanet Steenkamp oya holola kutya vamwe vomovahongi ovo vali vehe na oilonga ve fike po1 300 ova mona oilonga neudo. Minista eshi okweshi holola pefimbo a li ta nyamukula komakemo ovahongi vehe na oilonga ovo vali va tula mo omunyanyo wopambili tava pula opo epangelo li va pe oilonga. ...
Taimi Haihambo Minista womauyelele nomakwatafano opaungoba Emma Theofelus okwa ti efiku eti-12 Mei ota li kala ha li didilikwa alushe onga efiku lopashiwana lokukuna oimeno mokudimbuluka Omukokolipresidente Sam Nujoma. Edi Theofelus okwe dipopya oshivike shadja ko pefimbo kwa li ta yandje ouyelele kombinga yoipambele yepangelo. Nujoma oo a li Omupresidente wotete waNamibia noku li a...