Barry Rukoro, the president of a National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) breakaway group, has insisted that his faction’s newly-formed coalition with Swanu will not cripple Nudo. The marriage will also have no bearing on the party’s operations nor will it affect Nudo’s relevance, the former football administrator said. Rukoro provided the surety to his followers...
The Namibia National Farmers’ Union (NNFU) has reiterated its call for government to set up a mobile unit abattoir in the Kunene region to create market access opportunities for the area’s farmers. NNFU’s chief executive officer Kuniberth Shamathe, in the union’s latest newsletter, said it is high time for the mobile unit abattoir in the...
GOBABIS – Crowded farms, hopelessness among corridor farmers and landlessness remain growing concerns in the Omaheke region, the regional leadership has admitted. Both Okorukambe constituency councillor Rocco Nguvauva and his Gobabis constituency counterpart, Augustinus Tebele used the Omaheke Regional Council’s recent meeting to table motions aimed at addressing issues of corridor farmers and overcrowding at...
OTJINENE – The turnout at the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday and the united front within the party’s rank and file should be a clear demonstration that Nudo will never be hijacked by outside forces, despite numerous attempts. This was the emphatic message from party secretary general Josef Kauandenge at Otjinene on Saturday, where they...
GOBABIS – The Omaheke Regional Council has set plans in motion to establish the region’s first fully-fledged agricultural college. If it comes to fruition, the college will endeavour to among others address acute food shortage and cases of malnutrition. The plan is to set up the college at Farm du Plessis in the region’s Okorukambe...
GOBABIS – Omaheke Regional Council chairperson wants Buitepos settlement to be upgraded to a town. Ignatius Kariseb, who is the regional councillor for the Kalahari constituency, made the call during a recent council meeting at Gobabis and said such a move will pave the way for much-needed development at the settlement and attract investors that...
The Forum of German-Speaking Namibians, in its message in remembrance of the 120th anniversary of the 1904 genocide extermination order against the Ovaherero, called on the Namibian and German governments to formulate a new and inclusive joint declaration. Yesterday, 2 October, officially marked 120 years since the commander of imperial German troops, general Lothar von...
The Livestock and Livestock Products’ Board of Namibia has set the wheels in motion by making sure that local farmers and beef-exporting abattoirs comply with the new and highly-stringent European Union deforestation regulations. The new regulations, which will come into effect on 1 January 2025, will require all countries, trade partners and companies seeking to...
The politicisation of drought relief, officials’ failure to take good care and lack of public awareness about the ongoing drought relief programme are harbingers crippling the government’s drought relief efforts. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila highlighted these challenges during yesterday’s opening of the two-day National Platform on the Implementation of the 2024/2025 Drought Relief Programme, which...
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...