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...
OMANDONGO – While President Nangolo Mbumba is adamant that churches are safe havens where people gather not only to worship but to support one another, creating a strong sense of community and belonging, he also warned against the mushrooming of unregulated houses of worship. Mbumba, while addressing members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia...
Lahja Nashuuta In the face of adversity in the form of perennial droughts, high unemployment, malnutrition and limited business prospects, the Khorixas Vocational Training Centre is seen as a beacon of hope by many in Kunene, a region considered among the poorest in Namibia. Due to a short supply of qualified artisans, it is great...
NAUTE DAM – Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) employees stationed at the entity’s Naute Dam irrigation project outside Keetmanshoop, have stuck to their guns and say they won’t return to work until their demands for salary increments have been met. The employees through their union, the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), have been...
Despite a strong negative perception from the public and lawmakers to toll roads as a revenue-generating option to maintain the national road network, the Road Fund Administration remains adamant that tolling is the answer. The alternative, the RFA cautions, would be a rapid deterioration of the national road infrastructure. “The country’s infrastructure is ageing, and...