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Oryx Properties and long-term tenant Scania Namibia installed 218 state-of-the-art solar panels on the roof of the Scania building in the Northern Industrial area, representing a substantial investment of N$ 1.4 million.

Statistician general of the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Alex Shimuafeni, had pleaded with those already employed to give a chance to unemployed persons during the 2023 census recruitment. 

On the occasion of the celebration of Portuguese national day, the Embassy of Portugal in Windhoek is organising a concert with OMIRI on 14 June.

The Namibian government periodically sets policies as corrective measures for the volatile economy. It is imperative that policymakers encourage economic growth by implementing policies that promote investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship. 

India’s foreign affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has refused to be dragged into a discussion around the arrest warrant hovering over Russian president Vladimir Putin’s head.

Cabinet has resolved to prohibit the exportation of Namibia’s critical minerals in raw form in a bid to create more local jobs and more local value. 

After being ignored last week, Cabinet again directed national power utility Nampower to discontinue the suspension of electricity for local authorities in arrears.

Defence minister Frans Kapofi, who was delegated by Cabinet to represent central government at the mass burial of the 16 members of the Shishugho family from Kayova village, said what has happened in this homestead could have been prevented if regional government did their job.

A self-proclaimed prophet who last week used tree roots to brew a potion that claimed the lives of two women in the Kavango East region, has been denied bail by the Rundu Magistrate’s Court.