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WINDHOEK - Ever since Namibia experienced its worse year of poaching in 2015 when 97 rhinos were poached, the country has lost an average 50 rhinos annually to poaching.

SWAKOPMUND - The embattled Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (Nimt), which faces a financial crisis, could only manage to pay its employees 75 percent of their salaries on Friday last week.

WINDHOEK – Tigers FC head coach Mervin ‘Maka’ Mbakera yesterday parted ways with the club following a string of poor results and the former league champions has announced that club legend Petrus ‘Oubas’ Mokwena will take charge of the technical department until further notice.

ǀAEǁGAMS – ǀGapi ǁGau!nâs, ǁKhāǁkhākhâis tsî ǁKhāsiga ǂnuwis Ministers, Dr Itah Kandji-Murangis ge ge mî, sîsenosib hîa ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisa ǂkhamkhoesib ǁaegu ra hō!âheb ra !aromahesa ǀgau tamas ka io ǂhanu tama sîsengu !nâ ǁkhāǁkhāǂuisens

ǀAEǁGAMS – ǂHôaǂkhanigu !nâ gere !nurihes !oagun ge ǂauna skolǀgôana skolgu hosteldi !nâ hâ!khaina a hōǁoa, hâ a !nubusib !aroma. Nēti ī ǀgôan ge ǀnî skolgu ǀgūse hâ tsî ra mātare tsîb ge ǂhanuba nē mâsibab nî kō!gâ tsî oresa !nubusib

ǀAEǁGAMS – Air Namibias ge go ǂan!gâ, ǁkhanas ǁ­aegu !nâ nî hâ ǀkharaǀkharadi tsî ǁaekorobe nî hâ ǂguiǂguis ǁkhanadi disa 30 ǀKhūǁkhâb 2019 disa xu sîsentsoatsoa kaisa. Nēs !nâ-ūs ge Air Namibiasa ǁ­îs di !oabade ra !gâi!gâi!nâ ǂgao !hū!nāsise tsî

WINDHOEK - Namibia’s leading farmers’ unions are requesting an urgent meeting with agricultural minister Alpheus !Naruseb this week to inform him of the severity of the 2019 drought after two of the unions compiled an emergency action plan last Friday to reduce the impact of the drought, already a national crisis.

WINDHOEK - The Climate Prediction Centre’s Africa Hazards Outlook report for January paints a disturbingly dry picture of Namibia for February. The report states that the season’s rainfall to date remains less than a quarter of normal, suggesting  drought conditions are likely to strengthen for many regions in southern Africa.

WINDHOEK - In line with the Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Tjekero Tweya’s recent observation that the charcoal industry must be reformed to add more value locally, AM Consulting in Windhoek say they have investors who are looking for a farm of between 5 000 to 10 000 hectares and whose owner is interested in de-bushing/bush thinning.

WINDHOEK - Sixteen down and out farmers from Keetmanshoop, Grunau, Koes, Bethanie, Karasburg and Aroab in the South could not hide their relief and joy last Friday when the  lorry of Corrie Korf from Mariental arrived back from the Grootfontein area with a precious first load of 950 bales of lucerne and 100 bags of lucerne pills.