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More than 1100 households in the town of Gobabis have received land through an existing institutional partnership between the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) and the Namibia Housing Action Group

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has introduced MUMI Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd as one of six incubator asset managers.

Minister of Industrialisation and Trade Lucia Iipumbu launched Namibia’s online import and export system (Imex)

On Monday morning 10 March, Uzeraije Tjaverua, a radio announcer of the popular radio programme Keetute, played a tune, which mostly breaks news of the passing on of someone of high standing in society – usually a traditional leader.

It is said that the Swapo Party’s capacity and will to fight back has been severely weakened by ego-based internal conflicts in the lead up to the 2012 and 2017 elections for the vice president and party president positions. 

In South Africa, it is estimated that 100 women are raped every day, and 33% of married women are beaten by their husbands, 10% of young girls are sexually harassed in their families and only 1.3% of men who rape women are ever convicted or charged

The national airline of the Land of the Brave has its roots since the year 1946 nearly 75 years ago. Despite circumstances that warrant the cabinet decision to liquidate the airline, this came as a thorny welcome to the Namibian public coupled with long-term economic risks and injuries to the country. 

In recognition of the existence and the significant importance of human rights, the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948 adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The unfolding humanitarian crisis in the north, which has seen Angolan nationals flocking to Namibia in search of food and job opportunities, is very sad. 

The law should be understood as a shaping tool used in carving the aspirations of a country. Economic law reform should therefore be on the agenda to ensure that future generations have effective laws that are applicable and relevant.