Swapo backbencher Modestus Amutse has asked parliament to consider approval of each fiscal year’s estimates by March – not only to align new budget approvals with the end of each fiscal year but also to fast-track programme implementation and improve service delivery.
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Integrated climate change adaptation vital – Shifeta
The community members of Sikanjabuka in Zambezi region were delighted to officially receive the horticultural production project at their community forest office last Friday.
Former Tsumeb mayor Nghidinwa dies
Susan Nghidinwa, who was the first democratically-elected mayor of Tsumeb, a long-time Swapo Party Women’s Council activist and a senior official in the Pan-African Women’s Organisation, died at the age of 85 on Friday 7 October.
Alweendo talks up Angola refinery…as government explores high fuel price solutions
Energy minister Tom Alweendo last week again admitted that government is gravely concerned about Namibia’s increasing fuel price.
Baby killer gets 110-year sentence
Windhoek High Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo on Friday sentenced a man he convicted of murder, kidnapping and several rapes to an effective 35 years in prison.
Ya Toivo immortalised at Ondangwa airport
Vice President Nangolo Mbumba described struggle hero Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo as a great freedom fighter, a great statesman and a true patriotic Namibian.
Mine worker dies in freak accident
An employee of a small lithium mine in the Uis area died in a freak accident when he fell off a front-end loader.
Walvis Bay residents shun drugs march
Walvis Bay residents failed to take a stand against drugs even though the town struggles with the illicit drug trade and abuse that has wreaked havoc in the community.
Veterans organisations’ co-existence explained
The president of the Namibia National Liberation Veterans Association Ben Shikongo has rubbished claims made in a local daily that the association is in a bitter battle with the newly-formed Former Plan Combatants Association as they are currently competing for membership.
Pregnant women sleep next to Onandjokwe mortuary
Expecting mothers at the Onandjokwe State Hospital are living under what some of them describe as horrific or scary situations as they sleep under some trees next to the morgue.