Linea Dishena The Ministry of Health and Social Services has decided to establish dialysis services at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital, Keetmanshoop, Rundu, Oshakati, Otjiwarongo and Walvis Bay. Speaking at the Government Information Centre on Monday, minister of health Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Namibians have to travel long distances from different parts of the country to...
WALVIS BAY – The Swakopmund municipality’s decision to renew its contract with Rent-a-Drum last year has adverse effects on competitors, the Namibia Competition Commission (NaCC) has found. The NaCC has now given the Swakopmund municipal council, Rent-a-Drum and Molok OY Ltd an opportunity to make written submissions or oral representations to explain themselves. In a...
KEETMANSHOOP – Shezley Davids says after being left with no income or employment due to Covid-19, the National Youth Credit Scheme came to their rescue by opening doors of opportunity. She said this at a ceremony where 52 beneficiaries from the //Kharas, Hardap and Khomas regions received financial assistance from the scheme to the tune...
Charles Ndeumane OSHAKATI – During a workshop attended by management employees from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) at Oshakati this week, the ministry stated its pleasure in the progress made by the green schemes. It was apparent from their presentation that the schemes that have over the years come under heavy...
WALVIS BAY – The Namibian Competition Commission is investigating some horse mackerel harvesting vessel owners and companies for alleged abuse of dominance through unfair pricing. The commission alleges these companies are acting unfairly as they negotiate horse mackerel quota fees with fishing rights holders, but set non-negotiable prices for the governmental objective quota auction. This...
Lahja Nashuuta Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has clarified that the ministry is not delaying the release of funds to regional councils and local authorities to run their affairs. She said July is the month set aside for the release of budgets to regional councils and local authorities. This process is...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Academic Mutjinde Katjiua, one of the two Ovaherero paramount chief claimants, has distanced his office from mainstream partisan politics. He, however, hastened to say in the future, the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) will have to study each political party’s manifesto, and rally their support behind that which best represents the wishes and aspirations...
Linea Dishena President Nangolo Mbumba has elected to remain mum on issues regarding the LGBTQI+ community that have been thrust into the public eye in recent months. Swapo legislator Jerry Ekandjo’s private member’s bills, which deal with changes to the Marriage Act, including the prohibition of same-sex marriages and any acknowledgment of such unions in...
UUVUDHIYA – Northern communal farmers, particularly from Uuvudhiya constituency, have been urged to take necessary precautions to avoid further spreading of veld fires that have destroyed grazing and property over the past few weeks. The warning comes from concerned councillors, farmers and traditional leaders in the Oshana and Omusati regions, where veld fires have been...
Rudolf Gaiseb Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said bureaucracy in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) delays Namibia’s progress. She recommended that these businesses adopt new approaches to speed up economic transformation. “The purpose of SOEs was to get rid of bureaucracy to speed up the economic transformation of our country from a colonial economy to an economy that...