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Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) CEO Vitalis Ndalikokule yesterday said the commission is well awake to take action to prevent unfair business practices.

Namibia faces the pressing challenge of high youth unemployment, which not only affects individuals and families but also has significant economic and social implications.

In 1981, when I was training as a primary school teacher at Mkoba Teachers’ College, an affiliate institution of the University of Zimbabwe, I was part of the youths that welcomed the then Zimbabwean Prime Minister, the late Robert Mugabe and his special guest of honour, Swapo leader of Namibia then in exile, Sam Nujoma.

Property mogul and northern businessman Erastus ‘Chicco’ Shapumba has attempted to exonerate himself in a dodgy deal that left the small town of Opuwo without a stadium.

Suspended managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), Immanuel (Imms) Mulunga, has submitted a letter of demand to the board and ministers of finance and mines and energy through his lawyer Jermaine Muchali. The letter calls for his reinstatement before 31 May 2023.  

The Coalition of Christian Churches and other organisations announced their intention to spearhead a nationwide campaign against a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, regarding same-sex relationships. 

The hearing of mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo and Xinfeng Investments concluded yesterday before Acting Judge Ramon Maasdorp.

Jeremias Goeieman, Berseba constituency councillor said it is disheartening that residents in the constituency are living in utmost poverty whilst it is endowed with rich natural resources.

Canadian oil and gas company, ReconAfrica, is currently negotiating with a Kavango East resident, who sued the company for allegedly illegally drilling in a crop field that a family has owned for 53 years.