After a decade at the helm of the Popular Democratic Movement and several attempts for the presidency, opposition leader McHenry Venaani is ready to hand over power to any leader capable of taking PDM to greater heights. However, for now, he will contest the upcoming presidential elections, and run one more time before bowing out....
MARIENTAL – The Mariental Town Council last week, in recognition of the positive impact on residents of the town, renamed a street after former Hardap governor and education minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa. In her keynote address, Urban and Rural Development deputy minister Evelyne Nawases-Tayele said renaming streets after individuals is a clear demonstration of the fruitful...
Much of the trade emanating from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the United States (US) legislation that provides eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the American market, can be attributed to trade in mineral resources. This trade, noted industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu, tends to be more capital intensive but yields...
Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras has reportedly made a non-binding offer to buy a major stake in the Orange basin off the coast of Namibia. Industry insiders reported that Petrobras is interested in acquiring the massive oil discovery made by Portuguese company Galp Energia and its local partners. Petrobras’ offer was shared with an international news agency...
The ongoing protests in Kenya has necessitated organisers of the Namibia-Kenya Chamber of Commerce to change the initial venue for its launch on 31 October from Nairobi to Windhoek “to give room for imminent positive political and economic changes currently sweeping the country,” said Elvis Mboya, the chamber’s founder and brand ambassador. The Kenyan protests,...
President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday urged the banking sector to consider the financial hardships Namibians are going through, and cut interest rates. Meeting the country’s banking leadership, he reminded them that the public is bleeding and suffering due to high bank charges and unsustainable interest rates. The President met the bankers at Nedbank Namibia’s headquarters...
Lahja Nashuuta The Outjo Primary School, which was considered one of the best schools in the country, has turned into a battlefield because teachers and the principal allegedly regularly hurl insults at each other in the presence of pupils. The school, located in the Kunene region, is one of the oldest institutions in the country,...
SWAKOPMUND- A Swakopmund pharmacy has been ordered to remove a sign featuring Otto von Bismarck that was erected on their building. This follows a complaint by the Namibian Genocide Association against the pharmacy – Bismarck Medical Centre – for displaying an image of the first German Chancellor Von Bismarck at the corner of Bismarck Street...
Auleria Wakudumo The Rössing Foundation has donated more than N$554 000 to two schools in Omusati and Kunene regions. The donation, given under Rössing’s Learning Enhanced Learning Access (Lela) flagship project, is to contribute towards tuition fees, purchasing learning materials, school uniforms, toiletries, medical expenses and hostel fees for six orphaned pupils. Nakayale Private...
Ondangwa – AJ Panelbeating and Spray-Painting, in partnership with Dichen Trading, last week handed over a police vehicle which they had repaired at a cost of N$18 000. Oshana police Deputy Commissioner Nico Steemkamp, who received the vehicle on behalf of the police, said the vehicle crashed while pursuing suspects involved in an armed robbery. “We...