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The emergency care unit that was approved by Windhoek municipal council to cater for contagious disease infected patients, including Covid-19, has been delayed due to a lack of funds.

A construction worker has been taken in for questioning by the Namibian Police for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl on the premises of a primary school in Windhoek’s Khomasdal on Tuesday this week.

Public prosecutor Maggy Shiyagaya says prime suspect in the Shannon Wasserfall murder Azaan Madisia and her co-accused Junior Mulundu discarded Wasserfall’s phone and SIM card knowing that it will frustrate and hide evidence from the police. 

The Roads Authority yesterday commissioned 13 gravel roads in Omusati and Ohangwena regions to the tune of N$94.2 million. 

Tupo NamFood is a local company that produces marula oil (odjove), cow butter (omaadi eengobe), sour milk (omashikwa), chickens (marathon and broilers) and eggs, and they solely depend on rainfall for their operations.

Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) CEO Martin Inkumbi has reiterated the Bank’s support for the manufacturing sector.

The Namibian Retail Sector Charter was signed off on 11 March 2016 as a voluntary tool to help transform the retail sector from one that relies predominantly on imports to one that gives preference to local manufactures by promoting the sourcing of local products by retailers. 

Omuriro Manufacturing CC based in Omaruru produces firelighters as it exploits the opportunity to utilise the remnants left between the braai/fireplace wood and bush-feeding categories to develop a natural firelighter.

Namibia recorded an increase in the value of exports during August 2021, which grew by 41.5% to N$7.1 billion, up from N$5 billion in July 2021, according to the Statistician General’s reports.

The impact of Covid-19 has been devastating on Namibian manufacturers as reduced economic activity and disrupted global supply lines wreaked havoc on the domestic capacity to produce.