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Over 1 000 people will be hired at the first grape farm at the Etunda Green Scheme later this year.

The local fishing industry has reacted furiously to the Namibia Revenue Agency’s suggestion that it can provide more to the public coffers.

At least 480 employees of Etosha Fishing, one of the oldest fishing companies in Namibia, will be without jobs as of next month if the company goes ahead with the intended retrenchments and closure. 

In the last financial year, over 700 cases were opened against 154 police officers.  

The 15th school day report for 2023 produced by the Education Management Information System division shows that a total of 864 707 learners have enrolled in schools.

Over 600 learners have enrolled at the new Otuzemba Primary School in Opuwo. 

The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs cautioned registered veterans not to give their information to groups purporting to register veterans of the national liberation struggle for unknown benefits.

The British high commissioner, Charles Moore said the surge of Namibian asylum seekers in the United Kingdom is putting immense strain on that country’s asylum system, making it challenging for individuals from war-torn nations and those genuinely in need of protection to access it.

A total of 1 548 houses in Otjozondjupa region have been electrified in the financial year 2022/2023.

German police urged residents of Berlin’s southern suburbs to stay indoors yesterday as they scoured the area for a wild animal on the loose, apparently a lioness