Rudolf Gaiseb Independent Patriots for Change parliamentarian Rodney Cloete wants Namibia’s next African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) shipment to feature diversified product categories beyond raw commodities. This is to reflect economic diversification. In his notice of questions on Wednesday to trade minister Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Cloete questioned the specific, time-bound commitments the minister will provide...
KEETMANSHOOP – Around N$25 million was secured for the third call for applications for the Youth for Green Hydrogen Scholarship programme, Vice President Lucia Witbooi announced. Witbooi officially launched the third call for Youth for Green Hydrogen Scholarship fund for TVET programmes in Gibeon on Wednesday, targeting youth from the Hardap and //Kharas regions. The...
WALVIS BAY – The Fisheries Observer Agency (FOA) CEO Stanley Ndara says they do not have the legal authority to arrest or prosecute anyone found violating Namibia’s fishing laws. Ndara was responding after the agency found itself caught in the crossfire last week, when horse mackerel vessels reportedly landed pilchards estimated to be worth over...
Rudolf Gaiseb Urban and Rural Development minister James Sankwasa has proposed amendments to the Regional Councils Act, to allow for power sharing between regional councils and governors. He wants the Regional Councils Act to sanction regional councils to consult with regional governors on issues relating to the government’s executive functions. It is Sankwasa’s fervent view...
Cabinet has extended the moratorium on all state and official funerals until March next year, pending a comprehensive review of the criteria and processes followed when granting such state-sponsored funerals to various individuals. At its 11th meeting on Tuesday, Cabinet approved for the moratorium to officially run from 16 June until 31 March 2026. A...
Namibia is the only country in the world to have suffered a downgrade by the World Bank Group’s latest classification. The global financial institution has now officially labelled Namibia a lower-middle-income country from the previous classification as an upper-middle-income country. The World Bank bases this classification on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita expressed in...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has thrown her full support behind the transformation of the public service during a key meeting with the Public Service Commission (PSC) at State House yesterday. High up on its agenda was a push for its independence through reforms to ensure the commission itself becomes more independent and better resourced, as outlined...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has entered the free education debate, saying the Namibian government is able to finance free tertiary education. While delivering her maiden State of the Nation Address earlier this year, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah promised to make tertiary education accessible to all, free of charge. She indicated that...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Regional Council has confirmed that the settlement of Uis is in the final stages of being proclaimed a town council. This marks a significant milestone in the development of the former mining hub located in the Daures constituency. This was revealed by the chairperson of the Erongo Regional Council,...
Moses Magadza CAPE TOWN – A SADC regional seminar on children’s rights and climate change got underway in Cape Town yesterday, with Botswana’s Deputy Speaker Helen Manyeneng challenging SADC parliamentarians to reimagine climate governance. This, Manyeneng said, can be achieved through the eyes of the region’s most vulnerable – its children. Speaking at the opening...