During a consultative meeting in Oshakati last week with finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi and National Planning Commissioner (NPC), Obeth Mbuipaha Kandjoze, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) recommended that commercial public enterprises (PEs) enter into partnerships with private sector firms.
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Health workers urged to be professional
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has cautioned and advised health professionals to treat members of the public with the necessary courtesy and professionalism, and to offer good quality services.
Nursing is a calling
Being a nurse is not just a job but should be a calling. A calling is a deep desire to devote one to serving people, according to the high values of the task or profession.
Opinion – Benefits of financial auditing in regional and local authorities (Part II)
With regional and municipal councils, it should be made clear here that an auditor does not dictate policy but only reviews the procedures and processes after the fact.
‘A glance at our Africa’… first independent African journalism in Namibia
When a small group of young men living in Windhoek’s Old Location registered the African Publishing Company in October 1959, they aimed for “a vigorous instrument to promote the social and educational well-being of all inhabitants … irrespective of race, colour or creed”.
IUM to open in Eenhana
Tertiary education in Namibia received another boost in the form of a state-of-the-art university that will be constructed in Eenhana by the International University of Management.
/Ui/o//oo bemoans absence of San languages in schools
Deputy minister for marginalised communities Royal /Ui/o//oo has lamented the exclusion of marginalised groups’ mother tongues from school curricula.
Anger over mobile police station closure… Goreangab officers without water, electricity or toilet
Residents of the Goreangab informal settlement are furious with the Windhoek municipal council, whom they blame for the closure of a mobile police station on the outskirts of the city, thereby depriving residents of basic police services in a crime-infested area.
Uutoni orders Rundu to formalise Tumweneni
Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni on Monday ordered the Rundu Town Council to formalise the controversial Tumweneni area.
No end in sight for food price rise
The cost of food has sustained an upward trend in recent months, making it difficult for local consumers to put something on the table.