National

Cabinet has endorsed the labour, industrial relations and employment-creation’s decision to issue a wage order to introduce the National Minimum Wage (NMW), effective January 2025. 

Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said during the Omaludi Agricultural Festival said the government has constructed abattoirs in the northern regions such as Omusati, Ohangwena and Kavango East to enable farmers to have access to meat-processing facilities.

The Capricorn Foundation has expanded its cooperation with the African Child Development Trust (ACDT) by funding N$575 000 for the printing of pre-primary and grades 1-3 workbooks.

Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni has commended the Seafarers United Land Housing Federation for initiating efforts to fight poverty and address the housing issue at Walvis Bay.

President Nangolo Mbumba was among the first people to register to vote ahead of this year’s highly-anticipated Presidential and National Assembly elections yesterday.

Opposition parties have dismissed calls by Republican Party leader Henk Mudge to form a coalition for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections to topple Swapo. 

Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta has come out strongly against CITES’ decision to ban ivory from being sold on international markets.

The Independent Patriots for Change have approached the Electoral Court over the Electoral Commission of Namibia’s decision not to disclose the legal opinion on dual candidacy the commission obtained from the attorney general.

Windhoek High Court acting judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday convicted former CEO of the State-owned Road Contractors Company, Kelly Nghixulifwa, on four counts after a long-running trial spanning almost two decades.