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...
The Namibia Agronomic Board at its annual National Agronomic and Horticulture Awards (NAHA) recognised and awarded the country’s various top producers during a glittering ceremony that was recently held at the Olushandja Marketing Hub in the Omusati region. For this year, the annual awards were held under the theme ‘Enhancing food security amidst climate change...
With access to the European market getting stringent by the day due to several new regulations and policy barriers, now is the right time for Namibia to secure its Halal certification to explore the hugely-lucrative Middle East markets. These were observations of the Bank of Namibia’s director of research and financial sector development, Emma Haiyambo. ...
Amidst deepening cracks of division within the party, the Utjiua Muinjangue-led Nudo leadership appears undeterred, as they have now set the dates for the party’s electoral college and manifesto launch. The dates were officially confirmed by the party’s secretary general Josef Kauandenge, who said they will first hold their national executive committee meeting on 3...
The fight for Nudo’s heart, soul as well as rented headquarters, has taken another twist after the Utjiua Muinjangue-led party’s leadership dragged members of a breakaway group to court over a raft of alleged indiscretions, which include convening an illegal congress and unlawfully occupying party premises. Last weekend, a splinter group of the National Unity...
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has vowed that his party will never deviate from addressing the plight of landless Namibians. At the centre of LPM’s land fight, Swartbooi said, are those affected by the issue of ancestral land. Swartbooi was speaking in Omaheke region at the weekend, where he held public meetings – one...
With less than three months before the national polls, a National Unity Democratic Organisation breakaway faction on Saturday elected Barry Rukoro as the party’s new president during a hastily organised congress, attended by around 300 delegates. But the party’s Utjiua Muinjangue-led leadership has rejected the congress as a hoax. Effectively, the party now has two...