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WINDHOEK - Namibia’s extended agricultural show calendar for 2019 could suffer due to the threatening drought, and with that the opportunities for stud breeders to exhibit and market their animals.

WINDHOEK -  In light of the reality that many communal and commercial crop producers are once again likely to be confronted with crop failures, the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) is pushing  that the Harambee Rain-fed Surplus Grain Production Programme gets out of the blocks as soon as possible. 

WINDHOEK - Due to the severe drought in Namibia, Kaap Agri Namibia and Pupkewitz Megabuild have embarked upon a solidarity initiative, #togetherwearestrong, to help the most needy farmers with animal feed.

WINDHOEK - Education is the bedrock for propelling the next generation into a thriving future, the lynchpin for the prospective prosperity of a country and its people. Few would argue with this fact. Yet what happens if the circumstances for a solid education are simply unfavourable?

WINDHOEK - MTC’s Chief Human Capital & Corporate Affairs Officer and the Founder and President of the Institute of People Management of Namibia, Tim Ekandjo, was recently awarded the “100 Global HR Heroes Award” at the 27th World HRD Congress. The World HRD Congress took place from the 15 to 17 February at Taj Lands Mumbai and was attended by over 1300+ global leaders from various continents including Asia, Africa and USA.  

WINDHOEK – Last Friday, the enthusiastic young competition winners and their parents gathered at the Sanlam Investments office in Windhoek to receive their prizes handed to them by Tega Shiimi ya Shiimi, CEO of Sanlam Investments Namibia. Fifty winners located across Namibia each received a school bag filled with stationeries. 

WINDHOEK – Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) is seeking input from interested parties such as the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor)’s customers and competitors in respect of the competitive implications of the proposed reinstatement of the petroleum importation mandate. 

OMUNTELE - Oshikoto Region has 436 makeshift classrooms constructed with zinc and wooden poles, clearly indicating the need for an accelerated infrastructural development and to make matters worse the region also faces drastic shortage of hostel facilities.

WINDHOEK – The acquisition, distribution and dispensing of medicine and other pharmaceuticals are fraught with logistic challenges because there are too many players along the supply chain, the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula said yesterday. 

WINDHOEK - The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, says hepatitis E, which was declared an outbreak in December 2017, has exposed the ministry’s unpreparedness to deal with emergencies.