Germany commits N$2bn to Namibia
WINDHOEK – Germany has committed to provide N$2 billion to Namibia for various joint projects, its embassy in Windhoek said.
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WINDHOEK – Germany has committed to provide N$2 billion to Namibia for various joint projects, its embassy in Windhoek said.
RUNDU – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism have lifted the timber transportation suspension under certain conditions.
WINDHOEK – A young man died on Wednesday at Divundu Correctional Facility after doing a vigorous fitness test where more than 9 000 applicants were shortlisted nationally for the 120 vacant posts in the
GOBABIS – The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare launched the food distribution bank for the Omaheke Region on Monday in the regional capital, Gobabis.
WALVIS BAY – Employees of Embwinda Fishing are accusing the company of victimisation, unfair labour practices and discrimination following the dismissal of 21 supervisors on 30 August this year.
WINDHOEK – Minister of Defence Penda Ya Ndakolo says the army has no deliberate policy of shooting at innocent civilians but the behaviour of some ‘rotten eggs’ amongst the public has contributed to recent
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WINDHOEK - Affirmative Repositioning (AR) activist-in-chief Job Amupanda, who publicly declared his ambitious plan to contest the position of mayor of Windhoek in 2020, has listed urban land, housing, water
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OSHAKATI - The Oshakati Intermediate Hospital continues to experience a shortage of critical medical staff as well as equipment needed to provide sound health care.
OMUTHIYA - The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has come out guns blazing to justify videos and images circulating on social media depicting dilapidated traditional hut classrooms at Omatope Combined
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OPUWO – Okondaunue Primary School (PS) in Opuwo town yesterday became the beneficiary of Debmarine Namibia’s generous donation of 84 chairs and 42 double tables valued at over N$30 000.
OSHAKATI – President Hage Geingob yesterday handed over more than 1 300 houses to beneficiaries at Oshakati. The houses are part of the Massive Urban Land Servicing Programme, which the President
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WALVIS BAY – The Swapo Party Youth (SPYL) has added its voice to the growing opposition against the mooted marine phosphate mining in Namibia.
WINDHOEK – National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) secretary general Job Muniaro has called on Namibians who get awarded huge tenders worth millions of dollars and sell them to foreign-owned
OSHAKATI – American-based organisation Books for Africa yesterday donated over 300 legal books to the Oshakati High Court library.
WINDHOEK - The Construction Industries Federation of Namibia (CIF) has called on lawmakers to come up with a legislation establishing the National Construction Council.
WINDHOEK – Work to alleviate congestion and modernise infrastructure at Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) will commence next Monday, authorities said yesterday.
WINDHOEK – Forty-one suspects have been convicted for wildlife crimes between April and June this year, says prosecutor general, Advocate Martha Imalwa.
WINDHOEK – Government says it has no intention to regulate social media. This contradicts calls by some Swapo members of parliament who in June wanted the National Assembly to adopt a motion which
WINDHOEK - Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Engel Nawatiseb has revealed that Namibia’s legislation that will deal with access to information has been signed off and is
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OMUTHIYA - Hope for a better tomorrow has been restored for Petrina Johannes (21) and her family of five, who are living in abject poverty.
SWAKOPMUND/OMUTHIYA – Namibia experienced one of the bleakest weekends with at least 59 people being involved in five accidents, killing 23 and injuring about 32 others.
LAKE LYAMBEZI – Over 100 hippos stranded at Lake Lyambezi in Zilitene area in the Katima Mulilo Rural Constituency are dying.
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WINDHOEK – Oshikoto Region recorded the highest number of cases of rape involving minors in 2018, with 39 cases reported.
OMBOTO - Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga is irked by increasing incidents of elders being robbed of their pension grant by unscrupulous people around them.
WINDHOEK – Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) General Secretary Justina Jonas-Emvula last week told President Hage Geingob that if nothing radical is done, workers in the construction
SWAKOPMUND – The profitability of commercial public enterprises improved from N$840 million to N$1.9 billion from 2016 to date, Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste said here yesterday.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) yesterday said it has not yet approved the sale of Erindi, Namibia’s biggest privately owned game reserve to Mexican billionaire investor Alberto
WINDHOEK - The government of Botswana yesterday confirmed it will deport 852 remaining Namibian ‘refugees’ who it said have failed to take advantage of the dispensation extended to them to register for repatriation under an existing tripartite agreement.
WINDHOEK – Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Stanley Simataa yesterday said he is deeply confounded by the continued theft and vandalism of information communication technology-
WINDHOEK - One in four Namibian children under the age of five are stunted. Stunting is when a child does not grow or develop properly which results in them having a low height for their age, usually due to
WINDHOEK - State Advocate Dominic Lisulo yesterday conceded that the prosecution did not prove 14 of the 18 charges that Teckla Lameck and her co-accused Jerobeam Kongo Mokaxwa and Chinese national
WINDHOEK- The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) regional executive committee in Khomas and its 15 branches as well as some student representatives from various institutions of high
WINDHOEK - Despite the increasing outbreaks of cholera in the Southern African region which is killing hundreds of people, Namibia did not record a single case of the disease since 2018.
WALVIS BAY – Women, men and children at the west coast have in unison expressed concern about the increasing incidences of gender-based violence in the court by hosting a candlelight vigil in memory of
KEETMANSHOOP - A group of residents hailing from //Kharas Region recently graduated with certificates in early childhood development (ECD) at a ceremony held in Lüderitz.
SHADIKONGORO - The Ministry of Health and Social Services will not tolerate delays in the provision of critical health services to people, says the minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula.
WINDHOEK – The first phase of the N$790 million Windhoek-Hosea Kutako International Airport road is progressing well and is expected to be completed by November.
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WINDHOEK - As fodder and pasture continue to decline and the dry season soldiers on, over 30 000 drought-related cattle deaths were recorded in Namibia between October 2018 and April 2019 – the normal rainfall season.
WINDHOEK – Outspoken Safety and Security Minister (Rtd) Major-General (Retired) Charles Namoloh says he bears no hard feelings following his dismal performance at the weekend’s Swapo electoral college.
KE E T M A N SHO OP - Members of trade unions affiliated to the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu), staged a peaceful demonstration against the mining of marine phosphate in Lüderitz this week.
OSHAKATI - Gerhard Martin Shimwooshili, 21, from Omeege village in Oshana Region is the first beneficiary of the Oshana Regional Council scholarship that would fund his studies toward a Bachelor’s
OTJOMURU - Deputy Minister of Marginalised People Royal J. K. /Ui/o/ oo has urged the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to incorporate San languages into government’s education curriculum, as it faces a threat of extinction.
WINDHOEK – National broadcaster NBC yesterday announced a slew of austerity measures – including switching off live cameras from parliament and abolishing four of its four TV channels from today – due to the dire financial situation the company finds itself in.
WINDHOEK – It was not business as usual at Katutura Magistrate’s Court where a heavily guarded and shielded member of Namibia Defence Force (NDF) accused of shooting and killing a man last week made his appearance yesterday.
WINDHOEK – Out of the N$661.2 million the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) disbursed to 21 companies, by way of equity and debt, between 1995 and 2005 through the now defunct Development
WINDHOEK – The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has called for the revision of the prosecutor-general’s job so that it has a term limit for its incumbents.
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WINDHOEK – Namibia’s Founding President Sam Nujoma has described the late Zimbabwean former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe as one of the continent’s most iconic leaders who fought for the liberation of his country and that of Africa at large.
WINDHOEK – Swapo youth were once again outwitted at the party’s electoral college over the weekend, but President Hage Geingob’s grip on the party tightened further as those perceived to be his staunch
Former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (95), who died in Singapore on Friday morning, has been declared a national hero.
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare has proposed a N$380 basic income grant for unemployed people between the ages of 30 to 59.
WINDHOEK - A member of Namibia Defence Force (NDF) who allegedly shot a 32-year-old man on Thursday in Katutura is expected to appear in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court today.
RUNDU – A tourist died after a Sunshine tour bus conveying 14 passengers, all German nationals, crashed after it was bumped on the side by an oncoming vehicle on Saturday morning.
WINDHOEK - Relatives of the 32-year-old man allegedly shot by a member of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) yesterday in Katutura want the government to take over the cost of burying the victim.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has expressed concern that government green schemes lack capacity for fodder production and directed relevant authorities to ensure such capacity is boosted.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo yesterday again postponed the case of Johannes Lukuwa Hausiku who is charged with multiple counts of rape and one count of murder for the
WINDHOEK - The investigating officer in the murder of Joseph Adriaan (Shorty) Barth yesterday testified that the investigation into the killing of Barth showed the murder was intentional.
WINDHOEK – The most representative body of local businesses, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), has called on local manufacturers and suppliers to increase their capacity and output in order to decrease a historic dependence on South Africa.
WINDHOEK – Namibia has gone beyond achieving the HIV fast-track targets of UNAIDS by ensuring more than 90 percent of people living with HIV know their status and are on treatment while their viral load is suppressed.
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WINDHOEK - A 21-year-old man from Leonardville near Gobabis yesterday denied having slit the throat of his two months pregnant girlfriend. This was entered as his plea to charges of murder read with the
WINDHOEK - Defence lawyer Trevor Brockerhoff yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Naomi Shivute to acquit his client Sakarias (Sacky) Mathias, 58, on all charges when he made mitigatory
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek Regional Court gave a final remand for the trial of a group of foreign nationals accused of carrying out an armed robbery at a shopping centre in Pioneerspark Extension 1, in 2017 and walking away with over N$400 000.
WINDHOEK – Newly elected Namibian National Teachers Union (Nantu) secretary general Loide Shaanika said the union will commit its energies to address love affairs between learners and their teachers that have resulted in some of the learners being impregnated.
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RUNDU – Jesaya Gabriel Chuhunda, 20, accused of bludgeoning to death five family members at Ndama location in Rundu in July last year, was declared unfit to stand trial based on the medical report received by the court.
WINDHOEK - LEFA, the on-demand ride-hailing mobile application and the mobile payment solutions provider, PayToday, have joined forces. Clients using LEFA can now use PayToday mobile app to pay for their safe and secure ride.
WINDHOEK - A Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) investigation has confirmed preliminary findings that Computicket Namibia (Pty) Ltd, a ticketing services provider, abused its dominant position in
EENHANA - The regional council has registered 38 116 Ohangwena residents severely affected by the recurrent drought to benefit from the government’s drought relief programme.
ONDANGWA - In response to the government’s drought relief assistance call, the Sinko Group of companies on Monday donated 700 bales of animal fodder worth N$116 000 to drought-stricken farmers in Omusati and Oshana regions.
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WINDHOEK – A twenty-eight-year-old man was murdered for allegedly spanking his brother-in-law’s child over the weekend.
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) will extend the operating hours at Katutura Health Centre to 24 hours a day.
LÜDERITZ - The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development has, through facilitating high-level meetings, been instrumental in fulfilling the government’s ambition and vision to make Namibian ports the main getaway to regional and international markets.
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OMUTHIYA -The low-learner intake to secondary level education as opposed to higher enrolment of Grade 1, has become a cause of concern for the directorate of education in Oshikoto thus prompting a probe to determine the basis of variance.
WINDHOEK – Of the 57 rape cases recorded during July and August this year, 26 cases involved minors, police said.
BWABWATA NATIONAL PARK – German Minister for Economic Cooperation Development Gert Müller on Saturday announced a donation of 10 million euros (N$167 million) to fightng the drought in Kavango East Region.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Health and Social Services has proposed the creation of 4 612 positions in order to improve the number of health professionals at health facilities, which are known to have serious staff shortages.
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LÜDERITZ - The first ever export of manganese originating from South Africa’s Northern Cape Province was commissioned on Friday at the Lüderitz harbour by Works and Transport Minister John Mutorwa.
WINDHOEK – Namdeb’s mooted closure by 2022 would leave Namibia poorer by billions, and efforts are being made to explore extending the flagship company’s lifespan.
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WINDHOEK- President Hage Geingob has invited Japanese investors in the agro-processing, renewable energy, infrastructure and water supply sectors to set shop in Namibia, saying the country is governed
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WINDHOEK- Two suspected poachers shot and killed by Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Sunday while tracking a rhino they had shot in Moremi Game Reserve, northern Botswana, are not Namibians,
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) will introduce a more effective HIV medicine called dolutegravir, as from October.
WINDHOEK – Rachel Rittmann, the woman dubbed the ‘Gobabis Delilah’ and her former lover Rhyno du Preez were both convicted of murder read with the provisions of the Combating of Domestic Violence Act yesterday for killing her husband, 35-year-old Rudolph Henry Rittmann.
KATIMA MULILO – Zambezi regional police commander Commissioner Karel Theron says the second phase of the Kalahari Desert Operation is progressing well in the region.
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WINDHOEK - Cabinet has approved the proposal by the Ministry of Finance to auction impounded illicit second-hand vehicles diverted into the country from foreign markets without proper customs clearance.
WINDHOEK - Two suspected poachers believed to be Namibians were shot and killed by Botswana Defence Force (BDF) on Sunday while tracking a rhino they had shot in Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana, the media reported.
WINDHOEK – The City of Windhoek has confirmed asking some residents in the Goreangab area to shift their structures out of the way for a planned multi-million dual carriageway planned in the area.
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WINDHOEK – German Minister for Economic Cooperation Development Gert Müller is expected in the country today, the German Embassy in Windhoek said in a statement.
LÜDERITZ - The management of NovaNam/Lalandii fishing company and the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) representing its employees recently reached consensus over conditions of services for the next three years.
ONGWEDIVA - Desperate farmers, particularly those who live on the outskirts of towns in the northern parts of the country, have resorted to collecting cardboard boxes and papers from dumpsites as fodder for their drought-hit animals.
WINDHOEK - Four students have filed an N$800 000 lawsuit against the government, through Namibian Police (Nampol) Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga and the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Namoloh.
WINDHOEK - It is exactly a year today, since Cheryl Avihe Ujaha was murdered in a heinous crime that sparked public outrage. To date, no arrest has yet been made by the police investigators in this case. The
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WINDHOEK- President Hage Geingob was yesterday expected in Japan for the 7th edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) that kicks off today.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg has admitted evidence obtained by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) through summonses.
ONGWEDIVA - Residents of Oshakati East’s informal settlements said they are hungry for services particularly that promote good hygiene.
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ONGWEDIVA -FNB area business manager for the far north Tomas Iindji has appealed to stakeholders to use the Annual Ongwediva Trade Fair to share info that will develop SMEs.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob yesterday beseeched Namibians to safeguard the hard-won freedom by rejecting all forms of hate speech, ethnicity, tribalism, racism and divisive language that incites violence.
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WINDHOEK - Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta has cautioned travellers that export permits for Ekipa also known, as ivory jewellery is still required. He said in response particularly for Namibians travelling to Kenya.
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WINDHOEK- Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein has described the reported loss of around N$600 million in cash belonging to Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) members, as “a sad day for Namibia”.
ONGWEDIVA - The Oshakati East Constituency by-election where Swapo’s candidate Abner Shikongo emerged victorious over the weekend was equally marred by a low-voter turnout.
OMUTHIYA -An investment conference is mooted for Thursday in Tsumeb where the local authorities and business intellectuals from the three maize triangle towns will convene to discuss ways on how they can boost their development and economies.
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WINDHOEK - Experts agree that revenue to be sacrificed in the reduction of trade tariffs by 90 percent, as prescribed by the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), is negligible due to the current low level of trade between Namibia and the rest of the continent.
WINDHOEK – Ovambanderu Chief Kilus Munjuku III Nguvauva says when tribal chiefs request financial or material assistance from the government, it should not be seen as begging.
WINDHOEK - The Affirmative Repositioning (AR) movement has vowed to intervene in the imminent eviction of more than 200 residents of Goreangab in Katutura, mainly shack dwellers, by the Windhoek
WINDHOEK- Leader of the official opposition, Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), McHenry Venaani has called on Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa to step down as the head of the prosecution authority.
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RUNDU - The executive director in the health ministry Ben Nangombe says the Rundu maternity ward that has been under construction since 2014 will soon be completed as the Central Procurement Board recently resolved issues that delayed its completion.
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WINDHOEK – Prosecutor General (PG) Martha Imalwa yesterday confirmed that one person – whose identity she withheld – has been charged under the Insolvency Act and also with fraud into the missing millions of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF).
ENGELA – Renowned ophthalmologist Dr Helena Ndume, with the assistance of five other doctors from Namibia and the United States of America (USA), has been restoring sight at the Engela District Hospital since Saturday.
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WINDHOEK – Swapo functionaries in the Otjiwarongo district are threatening to haul the party’s senior leadership to court for alleged irregularities during the renewal of the mandate in May.
WINDHOEK - The National Federation of People with Disabilities in Namibia (NFPDN) feels the disability sector, starting with the disability department in the Office of the President, is not adequately funded
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WALVIS BAY – Financial Director of Seawork Fish Processors Jurgen Sander, whose vessel caught fire and ultimately caused the death of one of their employees, said in a short statement on Monday that they are still not able to provide further information with regards to the incident.
OMUTHIYA – The rift in the Omuthiya local authority widened further when seven councillors failed to reach consensus on council affairs.
WINDHOEK – Visiting Rwandan President Paul Kagame saw first hand how tribalism almost wiped his country off the face of the earth in the mid-90s and yesterday he cautioned Namibia not to fall into the same trap.
WINDHOEK - President of Rwanda Paul Kigame yesterday called on Rwandese nationals who are hosted as refugees in African countries including Namibia to voluntarily return home and be integrated back into society.
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s housing backlog currently stands at 110 000 housing units and grows at an annual rate of nearly 3 700, Vice-President Nangolo Mumba said last week.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob said the government will not tolerate a situation where people suddenly establish distinct traditional communities and chieftainships, premised on personal motives, preference and ambitions.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday sentenced Lukas Nepela Nikodemus, 49, whom he convicted on two murder counts and one count of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, to two life imprisonment sentences and eight years.
WINDHOEK – The New Era Publication Corporation (NEPC) board should speedily start with the process of identifying and recruiting a substantive CEO, chairperson for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts Mike Kavekotora said yesterday.
WINDHOEK – Over 208 residents of Goreangab in Katutura, mainly shack dwellers, face eviction by the Windhoek Municipality to pave way for a multi-million dual carriageway planned in the area.
ONGWEDIVA - The holding of the Oshakati East by-election this coming Saturday hangs in the balance as it awaits the court ruling on Friday on whether to proceed or not.
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WINDHOEK – New Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairperson, President John Magufuli of Tanzania, has assured the regional bloc that issues pertaining to industrialisation will be top priority during his tenure.
ONGWEDIVA - More than 900 000 Namibians live in informal settlements in urban areas, the Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Derek Klazen revealed.
WALVIS BAY - Acting regional commander of the Namibian police in Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Tobie Gerber says the incident in which one person was shot after robbing a man in Kuisebmond during Operation Kalahari Desert was a regrettable incident.
DAR ES SALAAM – Namibia was roundly applauded for carrying the Sadc chairpersonship baton with resounding success during the past 12 months – during which the regional body circumvented its way past a myriad of challenges.
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WALVIS BAY – A man was shot in Kuisebmond during the second phase of Operation Kalahari Desert that started over the weekend in Erongo Region.
WINDHOEK – An assessment undertaken in Windhoek Rural has revealed the constituency faces a water shortage for humans and livestock while boreholes are dry or have low water yield capacity.
GOBABIS - Fifty-two recognised traditional authority chiefs started gathering in Gobabis, Omaheke region, yesterday for the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Council of Traditional Leaders, which begins today.
WINDHOEK - Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga, has confirmed that the mass housing project is still in full swing, as only one component of the project involving government providing finance and employing a contractor is on hold.
ONGWEDIVA - Given the recurrent drought, selling fodder has become the new business of the day, particularly in the northern regions where grazing is almost depleted.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Chambers of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has highlighted that financing for new business activities remains a challenge, especially for start-ups in greenfield projects.
WINDHOEK - Liberation struggle hero and former Robben Island political prisoner, the late Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, will be honoured posthumously when the Ondangwa Airport is renamed after him.
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WINDHOEK - The City of Windhoek strategic executive head of finance Jerome Davis has warned that the city is facing cash flow problems that requires creativity, cooperation and political will from the executive and senior management teams to resolve.
WINDHOEK – The outgoing chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says the regional bloc has made some progress in
WINDHOEK – As Namibia enters the evening of her Sadc chairpersonship, the country can look with a great measure of pride at the trail of progress the region has made during its time at the helm of the regional bloc.
WINDHOEK - As a mitigation measure, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has drilled a borehole to pump water into drying up ponds to save about 68 stranded hippos that are fighting not only for territorial space but also survival in the Chobe River.
WINDHOEK – Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo last week admitted into record the disputed admissions of one of the accused in the murder of 71-year-old Gerhardus Petrus Koekemoer at his house in Outjo on October 25, 2014.
OMUTHIYA - The Oshikoto Police yesterday conferred longservice awards on 46 of its members in appreciation of their efforts and for their dedication and commitment to protecting and serving the justice
ONGWEDIVA - The Helao Nafidi Town Council has serviced and allocated plots for the construction of 500 houses at Omafo’s extension 1 and 2. Mayor at the town, Eliaser Nghipangelwa, said
WALVIS BAY - The servicing of residential land has become one of the biggest obstacles for shack dwellers at Naraville at the coastal town of Walvis Bay. Although the reality of finally becoming homeowners
WINDHOEK - Nearly 500 workers have been retrenched from various sectors of the economy in the first quarter of the 2019/20 financial year alone, information from the ministry of labour shows.
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WINDHOEK – The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) yesterday lauded the success of the 2019 Economic Growth Summit, saying the series of measures put forward during the event will ensure the
OUTAPI – Omusati governor Erginus Endjala yesterday revealed startling statistics that show that out of 33 930 households identified as needing drought relief assistance in the region, only 2 898 have benefited from the scheme during the months of June and July.
WINDHOEK – Deputy chairperson of the University of Namibia (Unam) council Rosalia Martins-Hausiku has denied involvement in the suspension of the university’s senior internal investigator
RUNDU – Farmers in Kavango East Region on Friday submitted their grievances to President Hage Geingob during a town hall meeting at Rundu stating how they are disadvantaged due to the lack of roads and
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga, has rejected an application by Queen Aletha Nguvauva, who this time around wanted to be recognised as the Chief of the Ovambanderu Traditional Council in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Omaheke Region.
WINDHOEK - The Inspector-General of the Namibian Police Force Sebastian Ndeitunga says officers who are part of the second phase of Kalahari Desert Crime Prevention Operation have undergone a three-day
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KATIMA MULILO – After three years’ absence, the rebranded Katima Mulilo Trade Fair and Zambezi Bream Festival (KMTF & ZBF) officially opened for exhibitions on Sunday.
WINDHOEK – /Khomanin Traditional Authority Chief Juliane Gawa!Nas has demanded that the government avail Daan Viljoen Game Park, Namib Naukluft Park and farm Bona as communal land for her community.
WINDHOEK – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is looking for a man who is an accused in a multi-million-dollar corruption case being heard in the Windhoek Regional Court.
NKURENKURU - President Hage Geingob says while balance is important when selecting ministers and other high-ranking officials such as diplomats, the country has no quota system to dictate how each tribe
RUNDU - The Kavango East Regional Farmers Union (Kerfu) on Friday during President Hage Geingob’s town hall meeting here asked government to lift the ban it continues to maintain on the marketing and
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob is scheduled to hand over the Sadc chairpersonship to his Tanzania counterpart John Magufuli during the 39th ordinary summit of the region’s heads of state in Dar
WINDHOEK - Outgoing Sadc chairperson Dr Hage Geingob on Saturday sent a message of condolence to families and the people of Tanzania following the tragedy in which dozens of people burned to death after a
ONGWEDIVA - The Namibian Nurses Union (Nanu) is calling on government to reconsider its decision to shut down branches of the National Health Training Centre (NHTC) across the country and instead reduce
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WINDHOEK - /Hoa /Ara //Aixa //Aes Traditional Authority Chief Edward Afrikaner has pleaded with government to avail 400 000 hectares of land in the Khomas Region to serve as a communal area for his
WINDHOEK – Leaders of the country’s largest trade union federation National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) and its two public service affiliates Nantu and Napwu have been operating without membership
WINDHOEK – The division of marginalised communities within the Office of the Vice President revealed that the government has so far assisted about 900 marginalised learners enrolled at various tertiary institutions.
WINDHOEK – Through his book ‘Kangaroo Justice’ Namibian author and ex-reporter Victor Angula tells a story of how he was sentenced to jail for 13 years for a crime he allegedly didn’t commit and how he has
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OMUTHIYA - As the recurrent drought continues to wipe out pastures and causing distress mostly among communal farmers, the Oshikoto Regional Council will as of next week start distributing free fodder to
ONGWEDIVA -The Namibian Businesswoman Project is hosting its 20th Economist Businesswomen Conference at Ongwediva to empower women at a personal, professional and financial level.
EENHANA - Residents of Ohangwena Region, from different spheres of sectors, were yesterday united in their conviction that the region is in dire need of roads for ease of movement.
WINDHOEK - Outgoing Sadc chairperson, President Hage Geingob of Namibia, on Tuesday hailed the new peace agreement signed by the Mozambique government and opposition Renamo party, which puts
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WINDHOEK – Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo of the Ondonga traditional community and Turimuro Hoveka of the Otjimana community have been gazette as chiefs.
WINDHOEK – The Namibian Police Force (Nampol) has once again urged the public to make use of the suggestion boxes around the country to help curb crime.
NKURENKURU -Teachers at Satotwa Primary School in Kavango West have become modern-day messiahs as out of compassion they are using their own resources to feed hostel learners at the rural
NKURENKURU – The nation-wide drought is making its presence felt by livestock in Mankumpi Constituency of Kavango West Region as villagers say the dry spell that resulted in empty communal
SWAKOPMUND - The Swakopmund municipality, in an effort to remedy the housing shortage at the coastal resort town, has unveiled a housing initiative that will see the construction of 1590 low-cost as well as debt-financed houses at the town.
WINDHOEK – The second phase of Operation Kalahari Desert is scheduled to kick off on Monday next week, after a month’s break.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday convicted Lukas Nepela Nikodemus, 49, of two murders and one count of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, but
WINDHOEK – Namibia, including other member states who have ratified the revolutionary African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), are expected to meet specific deadlines in the realisation of the trade agreement.
WALVIS BAY – The Namibian High Court judge Justice Hannelie Prinsloo has temporarily halted Islandic Company Esja Holdings from selling or removing the Heinaste vessel from Namibian waters.
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SWAKOPMUND - The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) and the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) last week on Friday donated N$1 million each towards the Namibian government’s massive drought relief assistance initiative for the drought affected.
ONGWEDIVA - Livestock farmers in Oshana Region want the Namibian government to engage Angola authorities on a possibility of allowing them to graze their cattle in, and export meat products into, Angola. The farmers argue that the available grazing areas in the north are densely populated with livestock – and
WINDHOEK – “I could not insert my penis into her ‘cookie’ as it was too small. I just inserted one finger into her.” This was part of the chilling confession of the 50-year-old convicted murderer and rapist who is accused
WINDHOEK - A central committee meeting of the Swapo Party Elders Council (SPEC), held on Saturday, has resolved that the wing backs the candidacy of party head Dr Hage Geingob in this year’s presidential
SANGWALI – Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called on traditional leaders in the country to work tirelessly in ensuring that values and traditions are preserved and passed on from generation to
WINDHOEK - Chinese ambassador to Namibia, Zhang Yiming yesterday strongly condemned the violent protests in autonomous region of Hong Kong saying the anarchists ‘seriously undermine the rule of law.’
WINDHOEK- The Arab Republic of Egypt yesterday donated N$800 000 to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) towards the drought relief to help alleviate the starvation of hundreds of thousands of people in need
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WALVIS BAY – President Hage Geingob said small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must take advantage of the new container terminal at Walvis Bay to augment the growth of their businesses and bring much-
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WINDHOEK– The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has sealed a deal with the City of Windhoek (CoW) to pay N$30 million by Thursday to have water and electricity supply reconnected at some
WINDHOEK - The trial of two Namibians and 12 Angolans accused of defrauding the Namibian Government to the tune of N$210 million through false tax refunds on purchases exported from Namibia
WINDHOEK – Gangs of thugs armed with knives are having a field day terrorising Namibian Institute of Culinary Education (Nice) hospitality trainees in Windhoek robbing them at knifepoint of cellphones, wallets,
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WINDHOEK - Out of the 255 830 new voters registered during the Supplementary Registration of Voters, which ended on Saturday, the Khomas region has the highest number at 55 570.
WINDHOEK – The 2019 Economic Growth Summit, which this week took place under the theme ‘Economic Revival for Inclusive Growth – Strengthening the Namibian House’, managed to secure some N$50 billion
LUNGALA – Many farmers have already lost their cattle to drought, as the country continues to battle with the most devastating drought in years. But, in the Zambezi region, cattle are still in good condition thanks to the
WINDHOEK- Khomas Regional Education Director, Gerard Vries, says the government and the City of Windhoek are working around the clock to ensure that disconnected water and power supplies to nine
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WINDHOEK – A woman accused of luring two underage girls from a village in northern Namibia under false promises of employment and then sold them into sexual slavery was convicted on six of the eight
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ONGWEDIVA - Contrary to reports that business at Oshikango is continuously on the decline, the Mayor of Helao Nafidi, Eliaser Nghipangelwa said the current economic status has only affected export businesses.
WINDHOEK - Scenes of jubilation and prayers characterised yesterday’s sentence against former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, whom Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg fined N$50
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob yesterday confirmed that the fiercely debated 25 percent equity stake stipulated in the National Equitable Economic Empowerment Policy Framework (NEEEF) has been
WINDHOEK – Thirty-one people have been arrested in Omusati Region in connection with the brutal attack on July 15 on three people who were accused of poisoning a man at a local sheeben.
OSHIKUKU - Acting Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Martin Andjaba said trade fairs hosted by local authorities are critical as they provide an opportunity for towns to market and showcase their developmental
TSUMKWE - The United States Agency for International Development’s (Usaid) Country Representative Dr Randy Kolstad handed over a 4x4-vehicle and cartridges for a GeneXpert TB diagnostic machine to the
WINDHOEK – The Katutura Magistrate’s Court yesterday to Namibian Defence Force (NDF) soldier Gerson Nakale that he will not get bail – a second such decision by the court.
WINDHOEK - Despite government’s effort to reform several laws after independence, including abolishing discrimination on the basis of gender, women remain at the lowest level of employment.
WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has cautioned that no regional education directorate has the right to make changes to the gazetted school calendar for public schools without
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BUKALO - Chief Kisco Liswani III who this year marks 23 years as the reigning Munitenge of the Masubia tribe who proudly call themselves Veekuhane in the Zambezi Region, on Saturday underscored the fact his
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KEETMANSHOOP - Members of the !Nami#nus Constituency Aids Coordinating Committee (Cacoc) recently held a mentoring workshop in Lüderitz.
WINDHOEK - Namibia plans to import fresh fruits and vegetables from Zimbabwe in order to close the gap for the country’s demand for fruits and vegetables.
WINDHOEK – As Namibia prepares to hand over the Sadc chairpersonship to Tanzania in August, the country feels it has delivered on advocating for the effective operationalisation of the 38th Sadc summit
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WINDHOEK – Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga has advised chief regional officers (CROs) to resist the temptation of engaging in corrupt practices and guard against wasteful
WINDHOEK – Zambezi Regional Governor Lawrence Sampofu says delays in completing capital projects is a serious concern in the region.
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BUKALO - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says traditional authorities are the custodians of diverse customs and traditions and that these traditions are the glue that binds the country’s different tribal
WALVIS BAY - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decribed as a ‘rare gift’ his country’s new dry port at Walvis Bay, which he commissioned on Friday. A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal
WINDHOEK – The governments of Namibia and Botswana are currently in talks to allow their nationals visiting either country to use their national identity cards instead of passports.
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WINDHOEK - Employees of Bank of Namibia (BoN), through their Eagle Outreach Committee donated N$4 900 towards the up keep of a girl who has a rare condition of a protruding tongue.
WINDHOEK – Secretary to Cabinet, George Simataa, has appealed for patience from children of the liberation struggle, who completed training at Berg Aukas nine months ago and await job placements as
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Stanley Simataa, said accountability would be central to the success of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last
WINDHOEK – An unapologetic President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is on a state visit to Namibia, yesterday said Zimbabweans do not regret their internationally unpopular decision to take their land back from white farmers.
WINDHOEK – President Emmerson Mnangagwa says since January this year Zimbabwe has started seeing a surplus on the current account.
WINDHOEK - Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture to unlock the potential of introducing Kiswahili language into the Namibian school calendar.
Our Star of the Week is Dr Raimo Naanda, the deputy executive director in the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation who dispelled the notion that vocational skills training is for people that are not
OMUSATI – The Outapi Town Council is using the nutrient-rich waste water from a storage pond to irrigate an agricultural area by drip irrigation to produce crops for human consumption.
WINDHOEK - The State, represented by Advocate Ed Marondedze, yesterday asked Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg to sentence former minister of education Katrina Hanse-Himarwa to an
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WINDHOEK – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says it is important to develop complementary investment strategies to enable Namibia and Zimbabwe to create
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob will on Saturday travel to Ghanzi, Botswana to officiate at the 2019 Ghanzi Agricultural Show, according to media reports in that country.
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WINDHOEK- Namibian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Balbina Daes Pienaar says trade relations between the two nations are not satisfactory, as current trade volumes only stands at a mere U$20 million
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WINDHOEK - Leader of the official opposition Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) McHenry Venaani yesterday congratulated Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, for winning the premiership contest with
WINDHOEK - Ovambanderu Chief Kilus Munjuku III Nguvauva has approached the High Court to review and set aside the decision by Minister of Urban and Rural Development Peya Mushelenga to recognise Chief Turimuro Hoveka as a traditional leader.
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RUNDU - A seven-month pregnant woman became the latest human-wildlife victim after she was attacked by a hippopotamus on Monday morning at Rupara village in Kavango West.
OMUTHIYA – President Hage Geingob has urged Swapo members to take a leaf from former ruling party
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WINDHOEK - Diamond mining giant Namdeb, owned 50/50 by the Namibian government and De Beers Group has signed a historic three-year substantive wage agreement with the Mineworkers Union
SWAKOPMUND – The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services Julieta Kavetuna says the legalisation of marijuana is very complex.
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OMUTHIYA – Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday revealed that the government has so
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OMUTHIYA – Through negotiations the government is likely to accrue N$100 million from the sale of Erindi Private Game Reserve if the deal by the Mexican billionaire Alberto Baillẻres is sealed. President Hage
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OKANKOROROSA - Hodago Fishing company on Friday handed over two classrooms to Okankororosa Combined School. The two-classroom block were built through a donation of N$200 000 towards the end of
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RUNDU - Two Chinese nationals Xuefeng Chen, 29, and Zhenhai Zhou, 31, who were arrested in April for the alleged murder of their employee Haushiku Andreas Muyevu at Andara village in Mukwe Constituency
KATIMA MULILO - Preparations for the Masubia Annual Cultural Festival to be held this coming Saturday at Bukalo, the traditional seat of Chief Kisco Maiba Liswani III, are in full swing.
SWAKOPMUND - The acting tribal head of the Topaaar community, Chief Stoffel Anamab, must be
SWAKOPMUND - President Hage Geingob says the Namibian army is not a joke and should be left alone to concentrate on defending the country.
WINDHOEK - The founder and presiding bishop of the United Denomination originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches, reportedly comprising 3 000 churches in 84 countries, Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills
SWAKOPMUND - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has appealed to all Namibian workers to
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WINDHOEK - The Home Affairs and Immigration Minister, Frans Kapofi, has revealed that the issue of passport shortage could be resolved by September.
BUKALO - Sanjo Secondary School in Katima Rural Constituency yesterday made an impassioned appeal to its former learners and other education stakeholders to support an ongoing fund-raising initiative to
GOBABIS – The Namibia Farm Workers Union (Nafwu) General Secretary Rocco Nguvauva is calling on the agricultural sector to ensure that the rights of farm workers to freely participate in the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections are respected.
SWAKOPMUND – The fact that 4 500 people in Erongo Region have registered for drought relief assistance while government had initially only budgeted for 2 000 people was among issues touched on during President Hage Geingob’s town hall meeting here yesterday.
WINDHOEK - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to arrive in Namibia on Monday for a three-day state visit.
KEETMANSHOOP - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called on Namibians to come on board and assist government’s draught relief assistance efforts.
WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation has announced that the high-level technical committee, constituted for the purpose of identifying additional sources to fund Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) beneficiaries, has successfully completed its assignment.
WINDHOEK- NamWater needs N$12.7 billion over the next five years to develop new water schemes and to rehabilitate aging infrastructures in Namibia.
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WALVIS BAY - Namibian fishing companies, Sinco Fishing and Epango Fishing have lodged an urgent application with the High Court to stop their Mauritius islander partners from selling a vessel worth N$280 million.
WINDHOEK - Electricity supply to the country’s largest tertiary institution, the University of Namibia (Unam) has been terminated due to an unpaid bill thought to be in the region of N$4 million.
WINDHOEK - National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) president Utjiua Muinjangue will be sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) on the 10th of September when the National Assembly resumes.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek water consumers have saved one percent for the past week and if they continue at this rate, they can easily reach the 15 percent water-saving target, says City of Windhoek. The City
WINDHOEK – A silent as a stone President Hage Geingob listened as residents of Hardap Region raised
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WINDHOEK – Press secretary in the presidency Alfredo Hengari has reacted to a New Era headline that he
SWAKOPMUND – Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its entire 69 percent interest in the Arandis-based Rössing Uranium Mine to China National Uranium Corporation Limited (CNUC).
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WINDHOEK- Omusati Regional Governor Erginus Endjala has said the region has a potential to become the country’s food basket as it has close to 800 000 livestock.
WINDHOEK - Home affairs minister Frans Kapofi says it is very sad to observe that lately, Namibia is experiencing tribal remarks and in such an open manner over social networks.
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RUNDU - The NBC radio network tower stationed at Shamvura village, Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East, which got damaged in March last year, is still unfixed.
WINDHOEK - Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein has expressed dismay over fellow parliamentarians’ failure to discuss and conclude favourably the consideration of three non-banking financial sector bills.
WINDHOEK – Visiting President of the German Bundesrat Daniel Günther says his country is still haunted by the terror that Germans brought to the people of Namibia at the beginning of the 20th century, especially the
WINDHOEK – The Presidential Commission into Claims on Ancestral Land Rights and Restitution yesterday told President Hage Geingob that there is strong opposition to the proposed sale of Namibia’s
WINDHOEK - Namibian Defence Force (NDF) acting-chief, Air-Vice Marshal Martin Pinehas has accused the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)’s Omurari radio station of fabricating news surrounding the
WINDHOEK – Vice-President (VP) Nangolo Mbumba yesterday said the genocide negotiation process has to be conducted at a pace that ensures that all issues are covered and facts gathered correctly.
OTJIWARONGO – Governor of Otjozondjupa Region Otto Ipinge has described President Geingob’s town hall meetings as a platform that will develop effective partnerships between the President and citizens.
WINDHOEK - A 46-year-old woman died on Sunday afternoon in the mountains surrounding Kilimanjaro
GOBABIS - President Hage Geingob has told traditional leaders to stop flooding State House with their disputes and rather solve their squabbles using the existing traditional justice system.
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WALVIS BAY – Fisheries minister Bernhard Esau has described as unacceptable that the horse mackerel fishing industry – the largest fishery by volume - has created only 4000 jobs, while the hake sector has
OSHAKATI - Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director General Paulus Noa said when corruption is fought from the top, all stakeholders tend to follow suit.
WINDHOEK - City of Windhoek CEO Robert Kahimise has accused officials at the country’s biggest municipality of having benefited from underhand land deals and bribery for similar allocations.
WINDHOEK - The National Commission on Research, Science, and Technology (NCRST) is in the process of head-hunting for a suitable candidate after they failed to find the right person to fill the vacant post of its CEO
WINDHOEK - A former Windhoek magistrate who is accused of raping two women between Windhoek Central and Katutura state hospitals suffered another legal blow when his appeal failed in the Windhoek High
WINDHOEK – Justice minister Sakeus Shanghala said that Namibia is not ready to legalise marijuana as the country is not ready to deal with societal psychotic-prone symptoms associated with the drug.
WINDHOEK - With the roll out of 5G networks and other new technologies, global companies such as Huawei would continue playing a key role in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services, said African ICT experts.
SWAKOPMUND - The accident scene in which three Germans and three Namibians were killed between Swakopmund and Henties Bay on 29 December 2014 was tampered with in the sense that the road was smoothed over with a grader, hours after the accident occurred.
KATIMA MULILO – The Kidney and Dialysis Specialist Centre, which has eased woes for patients with kidney failure in Zambezi Region, was officially opened by the Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday.
OMUTHIYA - TransNamib yesterday launched its N$22 million modern tamping machine at Omuthiya substation, to work on the railway line from Tsumeb to Ondangwa. This will be the second machine to one which was bought in the 1970s.
WINDHOEK - A 46-year-old woman died yesterday morning after her vehicle – allegedly with a faulty handbrake – rolled backwards and trapped her underneath it before coming to a standstill some metres into her neighbour’s yard. It is alleged that the woman tried to stop the vehicle which was rolling on a slight slope.
GOBABIS - President Hage Geingob challenged residents of Omaheke Region to use their democratic right and meet him at the ballots if they think he had not delivered on his promises, as he kicked off with his series of town hall meetings here yesterday.
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WINDHOEK – Swapo regional coordinator for Oshikoto Armas Amukwiyu said the leadership in the region is working towards ensuring that President Hage Geingob and the ruling party secure record victories in the national elections slated for November.
WINDHOEK – Despite numerous bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between Namibia and Angola, the southern African neighbours both agree that their economic cooperation has not
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WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob today commences his regional drought assessment missions and town hall meetings in Omaheke Region.
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WINDHOEK – Seasoned diplomat and current Minister of Presidential Affairs Martin Andjaba has been appointed as acting Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, State House announced yesterday.
WINDHOEK - With the current severe drought where farmers continue to lose their livestock, De-bushing Advisory Service (DAS) organisation has started a series of training advising farmers on bush-based
WINDHOEK - The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) says it has set aside N$1.5 billion in reserves to make provision for any inaccuracies with the current data set.
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OMUTHIYA – Prominent lawyer Sisa Namandje has chipped in to assist his former school, Uukule Secondary School, whose infrastructure is in a dilapidated state. Namandje has pledged N$10 000 towards
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WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob was on course to remove Katrina Hanse-Himarwa as minister of education even if she had not tendered her resignation, State House said yesterday.
WINDHOEK – Ongos Valley Development director Americo de Almeida yesterday revealed that they have made tremendous progress in their multi-billion-dollar housing investment, and a ground-breaking
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WINDHOEK - Namibia will host the 5th Session of the Namibia-Angola Joint Commission of Cooperation this week in order to review some bilateral agreements signed between the two neighbouring nations.
OKAHANDJA – Police at Okahandja arrested a Tanzanian traditional healer, who allegedly fed his clients raw goat blood to cleanse them of bad luck.
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WALVIS BAY – Trevor Brockerhof, the defence lawyer for Nimt double murder accused Ernst Lichtenstrasser, said there is no way that police could have found tyre tracks and footprints that link his client to the murders
WINDHOEK – Education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa yesterday conceded that her conviction for corruption by the Windhoek High Court could have implications for her political career.
WINDHOEK – The executive director in the Office of the Prime Minister I-Ben Natangwe Nashandi says the government has tight mechanisms in place to ensure the drought relief programme is not open to
WINDHOEK – The policy on the placement of various categories of interns, which include professional interns in the public service, was recently reviewed and approved and 131 interns were admitted in public
WINDHOEK – The Groot Aub constituency office is in the process of registering residents for electricity connection.
OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya Town Council has granted residents three months to start developing plots allocated to them, or the council would take the land back.
WINDHOEK – Secretary to Cabinet George Simataa on Thursday said government’s priority is to reduce youth unemployment with over 6 000 unemployed graduates, attend to the plight of 12 000 tertiary students
WINDHOEK – Judgement in the case in which Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa stands accused of corruption in connection with the allocation of houses at Mariental in 2014, is
WINDHOEK - According to statistics presented by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) last week, women are in the majority when it comes to being registered voters.
WINDHOEK – The prosecutor general has asked for ample time in the matter of eight people accused of fraud and money laundering to the value of N$3.5 billion, setting the case to be heard in January 2020.
WINDHOEK - One of Namibia’s richest men, Quinton van Rooyen has said Mexican billionaire investor Alberto Baillères interest in acquiring Erindi, Namibia’s biggest privately-owned game reserve, should bring a smile to every Namibian face.
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, in collaboration with Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (Nsfaf) and student representative bodies, is currently engaging the universities
WINDHOEK- At this stage, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has been able to secure 712
WINDHOEK- Higher education minister Dr Itah Kandjii-Murangi has underlined the fact that stereotypes
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WINDHOEK- Namibia Post and Telecommunication Holdings (NPTH) have donated N$60 million towards the government Drought Relief Programme yesterday morning.
WINDHOEK- Discontented with what they say is the slow service delivery and land, residents of Gobabis
WINDHOEK – President of Swanu Youth League Brian Ngutjinazo is concerned over the lack of critical drugs at state hospitals, which he said has forced patients, especially pensioners, to spend their meagre pension
WINDHOEK – An administration supervisor at Otjiwarongo municipality was granted bail at the town’s
WINDHOEK - Government has dug in its heels and refuses to yield to demands by civil servants who want an average of nine percent salary improvements and fringe benefits over the next three years.
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WALVIS BAY - At least 70 percent of people living in rural areas and informal settlements in Namibia defecate in the open.
KATIMA MULILO - The Namibian police in the Zambezi Region yesterday burnt to ashes cannabis weighing 371.35kg, with the street value of about N$3.7 million.
WINDHOEK – As Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) President Hage Geingob is expected to present the report on the Status of Integration in the regional bloc, at an AfCTA
WINDHOEK – Presidential press secretary Alfredo Hengari says that President Hage Geingob’s upcoming regional assessment missions and town hall meetings are not political campaign ploys as suggested by
WINDHOEK – Two employees were arrested in Oshikango on Sunday for allegedly repeatedly stealing more than N$700 000 from their employer.
Oshakati – As part of cost-cutting measures, the Directorate of Education, Art and Culture in Oshana Region has directed that all of its 28 vehicles in the region be grounded until further notice.
WINDHOEK – The presidency yesterday defended President Hage Geingob’s meeting with Mexican billionaire Alberto Bailleres last week at State House, where the highly-emotive sale of Erindi private game
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob has called on young people to build the ‘Namibian House’ through national reconciliation and avoid racial discrimination.
WINDHOEK - China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has launched an appeal in the Namibian Supreme Court against Windhoek High Court Judge Thomas Masuku’s judgment in their dispute
WINDHOEK – The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), through its Promoting Renewable Energies in Namibia (Pren) project, is currentyl hosting a workshop for the youth on solar cooking and sustainable living. Partners
GOBABIS – President Hage Geingob is expected to visit Gobabis, Omaheke Region next week Thursday.
WINDHOEK - The Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) general student’s council has over the weekend suspended some of its members, including vice-president Bernard Kavau, on charges of
OKALONGO – King Mário Shatipamba of Onaluheke Palace in Angola’s Cunene Province said the movement of people between his country and Namibia is too cumbersome and is gradually eroding kinship
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SHINYUNGWE - If one drives along the Trans-Caprivi Highway especially in Ndiyona and Mukwe Constituency of Kavango East Region, people mostly women are seen selling thatch grass.
WINDHOEK - The recent 2019 Migration Dialogue for Southern African (Midsa) ministerial conference has endorsed recommendations on migration governance for the Southern African Development Community
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WINDHOEK – The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Frans Kapofi said the ministry is currently in consultations with Southern African Development Community (Sadc) member states to go an extra mile in
WINDHOEK – Newly elected Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga yesterday explained the delay in his swearing-in, saying that it does not entirely depend on him.
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OMUTHIYA - Governor of Oshikoto Region Henock Kankoshi has expressed great concern on the worsening drought situation in the region.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob has revealed that African Union (AU) leaders will be meeting in Niger next week to mark the signing into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
WINDHOEK – Exiled resident of the former Caprivi Region Mulife Muchali, wanted for his perceived involvement in the infamous attack on Caprivi in 1999, has ended 20-year exile in Vancouver, Canada as he
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob has implored Africans to promote the readmission and reintegration of the diaspora back to Africa, saying that such efforts will ensure that people can return to their countries of
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WINDHOEK - The stretch of land east of Swakopmund is vast, extremely arid and it appears lifeless but in
MUKWE – Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba says it is very disheartening that a culture of infighting exists amongst traditional communities which is bringing disrepute into the affairs and administration of traditional
WINDHOEK – Maria Vaendwanawa, the chief regional officer (CRO) of the Omaheke Regional Council,
WINDHOEK – Global statistics show that the number of hungry people in the world continues to be high with 821 million people undernourished, and 113 million people experiencing acute hunger and requiring
WINDHOEK – The presidency yesterday said it would not yet comment on the latest apology issued late on Wednesday by Gabrielle Lubowski, former wife of the slain struggle veteran Anton Lubowski.
WINDHOEK – Ten representatives from the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ministry of Finance, National Planning Commission (NPC) and civil society groups will visit India from June 30 – July 5.
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WINDHOEK – Descendants of the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu claiming Erindi Private Game Reserve to
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WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob yesterday emphasised the rule of law following a courtesy call by
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WINDHOEK – Former Miss Namibia 2016 Lizelle Esterhuisen recalls the discouraging ordeal she endured including spending more than N$300 000 out of her own pocket while bearing the title of Miss Namibia.
WINDHOEK – Swanu president Tangeni Iijambo has called for the reversal of the constitution to allow
WINDHOEK – Following vigorous criticism by some people who are against the sale of the 71 000-hectare
WINDHOEK - The Secretary for the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Ephraim Nekongo has accused Namibian journalists for lacking ethics, singling out The Namibian and Namibian Sun newspaper.
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RUNDU - The Chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Farmers Union Adolf Muremi says government
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KEETMANSHOOP – “In our journey to regional economic transformation we must use our natural
WINDHOEK - The U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
WINDHOEK – Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Finance to develop alternative policy options aimed at reducing resource dependency on revenue from the Southern Africa Customs Union (Sacu), Minister of
ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service is currently involved in the training of 484 youths from the 121 established youth owned enterprises across the country.
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KEETMANSHOOP - Concerns has been raised during a recent stakeholder meeting that income derived
SWAKOPMUND – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has set aside an amount of N$3 million for the rehabilitation and installation of boreholes in drought-hit Erongo Region.
SWAKOPMUND – At least 6201 vulnerable households in Erongo Region have been registered for emergency drought relief assistance.
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WINDHOEK – Prime Minister Saara Kuugongwelwa-Amadhila said the transport benefits of public office-bearers do not fall away when they attend political events such as party rallies, as long as their activities
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RUNDU - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry’s veterinary services vaccinated 17,751 cattle against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), while 25 207 cattle were covered against contagious bovine
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WINDHOEK - Lawyers representing President Hage Geingob yesterday said they will proceed with legal action against Gabrielle Lubowski, former wife of Swapo activist Anton Lubowski, for her perceived
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WINDHOEK- Despite government’s effort to ensure refugees at Osire Refugee Camp have access to
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RUNDU - The Kavango East Region’s farming initiative ‘Operation Werengendje’, aimed at assisting and inspiring Kavango East residents to produce more food, recorded a poor harvest.
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WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob said former liberation movements are faced with numerous
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WINDHOEK – Members of the communities in Havana, Greenwell, Goreagab Dam and Ombili locations in Katutura have embraced the Kalahari Desert Operation, urging the security authorities to increase their
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WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration said they will issue a statement this week to clarify the issue of passports. This is according to the director for citizenship, passports, visas and permits
OSHAKATI – Over two decades after government has imposed a moratorium on the issuing of gambling
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WINDHOEK – Just like any other year, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in
WINDHOEK – Convicted rapist Timoteus Fillemon, released on earned remission in 20 December 2016, has been once again accused of committing another heinous crime of allegedly battering his four-year-old
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OMUTHIYA -Anger, hatred and infighting has now become the order of the day in Omuthiya Town Council, following the unearthing of an avalanche of alleged high-level corruption and nepotism involving the mayor, her deputy and some councillors.
WINDHOEK- Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has applauded Sadc chairperson, President Hage Geingob ‘pioneering leadership’, describing his leadership as hands-on and pioneering in many ways.
WINDHOEK – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security has raised serious concerns over the number of illegal immigrants mostly from Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of
WINDHOEK - State Advocate Seredine Jacobs yesterday appealed to the Windhoek High Court to find a man accused of killing his girlfriend and mother of his daughter by stabbing her 27 times with various
WINDHOEK – Former Global Fund employee Simataa Simasiku, 33, accused of killing his former supervisor and injuring his former colleague in January in a fit of rage, was denied bail in the Windhoek Magistrate’s
WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob yesterday demanded a retraction through his lawyers from Gabrielle Lubowski, who suggested in an open letter this week that the Head of State is linked to the death
WINDHOEK - Five executives and four middle managers at the cash-strapped Municipality of Gobabis are
WINDHOEK - Namibian Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga has directed all law enforcement agencies involved in Operation Kalahari Desert to obey the instructions of their commanders and to strictly
WINDHOEK - A 34-year-old resident of Walvis Bay, convicted of murdering his 24-year-old girlfriend at
HENTIES BAY - Namibia needs at least three solar powered desalination plants to provide water to the entire country and it could also supply water to other arid Southern African countries facing the same
OSHAKATI - Whilst Namibia is thriving for a zero HIV infection rate by the year 2030, there are still some individuals who are defaulting on their HIV treatment in the Oshana Region.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob has said Erindi, Namibia’s biggest privately-owned game reserve, measuring 65 000 hectares, can legally be sold to foreigners since the waiver was granted way before last year’s land conference.
WINDHOEK - Ovambanderu Chief Kilus Munjuku III Nguvauva has put the blame of traditional authorities’ disputes squarely on government, warning that unless government changes its approach, disputes will
WINDHOEK - Omusati businessman Maurus Valombola, 61, who was acquitted on murder, but convicted
WINDHOEK- A team of young Namibian women took to the streets of different locations in Windhoek in a surge to donate items to the needy as part of their corporate social responsibilities. The eight dedicated
WINDHOEK – An Angolan convicted on a charge of culpable homicide by Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Alfred Siboleka in May this year was sentenced to a prison term of 10 years yesterday.
WINDHOEK - A new lawyer was appointed for a former cleaner and acting hostel father at Karundu Primary School in Otjiwarongo charged with sodomy after Milton Engelbrecht withdrew as counsel of record.
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WINDHOEK – A 72-year-old woman is fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital, after she tried to come to the defence of her daughter who was being viciously
WINDHOEK - Despite the fact that many African countries spend between 20 to 25 percent of their national budgets on education, however, the quality of the outcomes of the education systems remain a serious challenge.
WINDHOEK - Following the introduction of an environmental levy on plastic bags, some shops have started charging for a minimal fee in a range of 50 cents already, although no levy has yet been officially
WINDHOEK – A 30-year-old mother of five children from Katutura was released on a warning by the
WINDHOEK – First National Bank Namibia, through the FirstRand Namibia Foundation Trust is supporting the Sikunga fish protection project in Zambezi with an amount of N$775 000 to curb illegal fishing, over a three-year period.
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WINDHOEK – Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry is working on procuring essential
WINDHOEK - Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Friday bemoaned constant friction within the higher echelons of public enterprises - specifically infighting between CEOs and board directors -
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SWAKOPMUND - Shoe marks, tyre tracks and a 9 millimetre pistol believed to have been used to commit the
ONDANGWA – Swapo candidate for the Ondangwa Urban by-election Leonard Negonga on Saturday cruised to victory when he scooped more than half of the votes cast.
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ONGWEDIVA – The education directorate in Ohangwena Region has stopped paying the government
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WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob yesterday said the Namibian constitution provides for the protection of the rights of children and the government has social protection mechanisms for orphans and vulnerable children.
WINDHOEK – Friends of slain Zimbabwean taxi driver Talent Fambaune, who was cold-bloodedly shot dead in the wee hours of yesterday, said he migrated to Namibia in 2018 in search of a better life.
WINDHOEK – Following a meeting with officials from the Office of the Prime Minister, Nanso leaders and others the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (Nsfaf) has announced it will fund the remaining 12
WINDHOEK - First Lady Monica Geingos says society must understand the relationship of landlessness, farmworkers and their children and why many end up in correctional facilities.
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WINDHOEK- New legislation is needed to enable the widespread establishment of communal grazing areas, local management’s institutions and grazing management plans to incentivize sustainable rangeland management.
WINDHOEK – Jessica Geingos is one of five female offenders serving time with their toddlers in the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
WINDHOEK – The Swapo leadership in Otjozondjupa Region yesterday suspended with immediate effect six party officials – including governor Otto Ipinge – pending pronouncement by the political bureau of the party.
WINDHOEK - United Nations (UN) resident coordinator in Namibia Rachel Odede yesterday announced a contribution of N$15 million (USD1 million) to help more than 700 000 people estimated to be food insecure due to drought in the country.
GOBABIS - Sounds of rakes against stones, spades hitting hard surfaces, axes against tree branches, hammers hitting hard on zinc sheets characterised Nossobville location in Gobabis.
ONYAANYA - Councillor of Onyaanya Constituency in Oshikoto Region Petrus Kambala, has surrendered part of his entertainment allowance to aid eight starving households in the area.
WINDHOEK - Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Christine //Hoebes has commended Russian President Vladimir Putin for taking the initiative to host the first Russia-African Summit schedule for October in Sochi on the Black Sea.
WINDHOEK – Public Enterprises Minister Leon Jooste yesterday said a report prepared by independent consultants on a more suitable business model for the national airline has been completed.
WINDHOEK – Statistics released by the Employment Equity Commission (EEC) indicate that 36 822 employment contracts were terminated during the 2017/18 financial period.
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WINDHOEK - White employees who comprise only 0.4 percent of the country’s workforce accounted for 29 percent of positions at management levels, according to the 2017/18 Employment Equity Commission (EEC) report tabled in parliament last week.
WALVIS BAY - Two drivers survived a bizarre accident yesterday morning when two trucks – one a lighter Kia pick-up - vehicle collided on the bridge between Usakos and Karibib.
WINDHOEK - The My Namibia song SMS competition was launched at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) headquarters in Windhoek yesterday.
WINDHOEK - Following a public outcry over its recent dismissal of 86 employees, the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) is willing to reverse this decision, Erongo governor Cleophas Mutjavikua said in his state of the region address.
WINDHOEK – Two 11-year-old boys from a primary school in Katutura were arrested recently for selling mandrax tablets to fellow learners on the school grounds.
ONGWEDIVA – Ink had barely dried on a ministerial letter yesterday confirming Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo as the designate Omukwaniilwa of Ondonga, when his uncle Konis Kalenga, who is also a
WINDHOEK - State-owned tourism and hospitality service company Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) reported revenues of N$359 million from 2018, a decline of one percent from one year ago,
WINDHOEK - Houses constructed under the government’s mass housing development programme in Otjomuise’s Extension 10 in Windhoek are still far from occupation, Minister of Urban and Rural Development