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The country’s competition watchdog has called out two suppliers of office automation equipment, dealing in high-volume digital printing machines and copy machines, for contravening legislation that ensures fair competition.

Port users and the Namibia Ports Authority have a joint responsibility as an industry to ensure that they are competitive and cost-effective so that importers and exporters can continue to use Namibia’s ports even in difficult economic times.

Transport minister John Mutorwa says a three-day aviation forum held in the capital last week will pave the way for development of a series of policy and structural reforms in the domestic aviation sector. 

Home affairs minister Albert Kawana handed over 40 IDs to Namibians in rural Omaheke, including the elderly, who were unable to access government services. 

A family of eight at the Omitara settlement in the Omaheke region was left homeless by a fire on 6 November 2022. 

The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters has accused the prosecutor general’s office of wielding political power and wasting resources after pursuing eight people, accused of inciting public violence, while “the State had no case”.

Conrad Lutombi is expected to earn a monthly remuneration package of a little under N$300 000 when he assumes duty as the new City of Windhoek CEO, details into one of the country’s most lucrative employment contracts show. 

The Ministry of Justice’s directorate of legislative drafting faces an acute shortage of experienced legislative drafters due to a lack of incentives to retain and attract legislative drafters, the ministry’s latest financial report has revealed.

The education ministry has annulled a teaching position at Litamaro Combined School, following an outcry by the Students’ Union of Namibia (SUN), that said the advertisement calling on prospective candidates is discriminatory.