Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

RUNDU – Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has said suggestions made by the leaderships of the two Kavango regions will be looked into, but there is a need to discuss conditions about outsourcing and leasing.

The Embassy of Japan, in collaboration with UNFPA under the Leaving No One Behind Project, handed over dignity kits to 250 pregnant and lactating women in Katima Mulilo last week. 

A total of 760 qualifications were conferred by the International Training College-Lingua last week. This year’s graduation took place under the theme, ‘Access, Equity Diversity and Inclusion in Education: 21 years reflection’.

A group of 240 girls from 12 high schools in the Khomas region recently attended a girl in engineering (GirlEng) micro workshop.

A former hostel caretaker, currently serving 68 years imprisonment for sexually violating 10 minor boys, is heading to the Supreme Court to appeal his conviction and sentence.

Seacope Freezer Fishing, a joint venture between the Fishcor-owned Seaflower White Fish and Spanish fishing company Copemar, has not paid salaries to their 50 fishermen, whom they allegedly ditched without prior notice.

The Namibia Local Business Association has pleaded with government to consider providing tax relief to civil servants, which would help to increase their net salaries on an interim basis until economic challenges have dissipated.

Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi will undertake stakeholders consultative meetings on mid-term budget review to northern regions.