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Oryx Properties’ revenue increased to N$335 million in the financial year ended June 2020, recording a substantial increase from N$325.9 million recorded in 2019.

The link between knowledge and development has a long history but it is only recently that countries have started to give it the seriousness it deserves. Knowledge received recognition as a crucial production factor as far back as post-Second World War reconstruction efforts.

During the early hours of yesterday I received a text message from my daughter that Jarimbovandu Kaputu had passed on. I was not surprised at all because I knew that he had been battling ill health for some time.

Despite the crippling drought decimating livestock in the Kunene region, many women living on the outskirts of Opuwo have ventured into small-scale crop farming for both their own consumption and to sell their produce to the community. 

The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is against the deportation of Angolans without proper documentation from Namibia, saying their country welcomed Namibians with open arms during the liberation struggle.

The hearing to determine the legality of the Squatters Proclamation AG, 21 of 1985, is scheduled to take place in June in the Windhoek High Court. During the status hearing yesterday, Judge Kobus Miller gave an order that the parties in the matter should file relevant documents on or before 24 March. 

The Putuavanga Senior Secondary School in Opuwo in the Kunene region which last year secured ninth position in the grade 12 high level examination said they have not done anything out of the ordinary other than to supplement their teaching with afternoon classes. 

Young traders at Opuwo have accused the government of robbing them of a chance to create employment and subsequently uplift their livelihoods after their contraband goods were confiscated by customs officials last Friday.

Swarms of migratory locusts last weekend destroyed crop fields in Kavango East and West regions, leaving subsistence farmers in some areas of the regions in disarray and hopeless. 

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday tried to tamp down fears about the local discovery of the coronavirus variant from South Africa.