2020-05-22Kuzeeko Tjitemisa A massive operation by farmers and the police, aimed at eradicating stock theft in Omaheke region, is yielding results after close to 100 stolen cattle were recovered on Wednesday in the Otjombinde constituency. View more
2020-05-26Kuzeeko Tjitemisa A 56-year-old Namibian-born lost his life to coronavirus on Saturday in the United Kingdom, the authorities confirmed yesterday. The victim was identified as Abiud Uazeua, who lived with his family in Nottingham. View more
2020-05-27Kuzeeko Tjitemisa President Hage Geingob has said Africa must maintain unity of purpose and move forward with a sense of urgency towards the uplifment of its citizens. View more
2020-05-27Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian, Leon Schreiber, has called on the South African government to emulate President Hage Geingob’s decision to ban the procurement of new vehicles for government ministers and public office bearers until 2025. The DA is the South African official opposition party. View more
2020-05-28Kuzeeko Tjitemisa While economic analysts conceded that yesterday’s budget by finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi is aimed at reinvigorating a domestic economy ravaged by Covid-19, they emphasised the necessity to look beyond the financial and social effects of the pandemic and stressed the need to put more money into productive areas. This is despite the fact that the prevalence of Covid-19 has brought about consider View more
2020-05-29Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Fisheries minister Albert Kawana yesterday dismissed, as untrue, a newspaper article claiming the ministry has already issued fishing rights to the same old holders at the expense of new applicants. An angry Kawana said the article, which carried in a weekly newspaper, was “political propaganda that emitted elsewhere”. “There is no truth in the article. The same newspaper wrote about me a few wee View more
2020-06-01Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) board chairperson Patrick Swartz has rejected claims that there was no fairness in the latest agency recruitment processes. View more
2020-06-01Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Fisheries minister Albert Kawana believes Namibian interests should come first before that of foreign entities when it comes to the fishing industry and the allocation of rights. View more
2020-06-01Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has turned to his lawyers to demand a written apology from Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi. View more
2020-06-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa As fire season starts, Namibia Charcoal Association (NCA) manager Michael Degé urges all farmers and charcoal producers to take the necessary precautions to avoid veld fires this year. View more
2020-06-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The Agricultural Business Development Agency (Agribusdev) board yesterday suspended its managing director Petrus Uugwanga with immediate effect to allow for smooth investigations. View more
2020-06-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The Mamuno border post in Botswana has run out of confirmatory testing kits, which are used for testing of truck drivers for coronavirus, putting Namibia’s fight against Covid-19 in jeopardy. View more
2020-06-02Kuzeeko Tjitemisa As President Hage Geingob prepares to present his State of the Nation Address in the National Assembly this Thursday, political commentators expect the head of state to zoom in on corruption, transparency and accountability. View more
2020-06-03Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Meatco new board chairperson Johnnie Hamman says the principle of inclusivity must play an integral part in taking the meat processing and marketing entity forward, adding that “no one should be left out”. View more
2020-06-03Kuzeeko Tjitemisa The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, yesterday urged “African-American sisters and brothers” to exercise restraint in vending their “legitimate and justified anger”. She, at the same time, expressed solidarity with African-Americans in the US. View more
2020-06-04Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Chief Kilus Nguvauva III of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority on Monday announced the cancellation of the annual tribal commemorations scheduled for June and August due to the Covid-19 pandemic. View more
2020-06-04Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday telephonically accepted President Hage Geingob’s invitation to visit Namibia post-Covid-19, according presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari. View more
2020-06-04Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Nico Smit has lambasted government, saying if it were a business, it would have been liquidated long ago. View more
2020-06-04Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Government, together with social partners and other stakeholders, should use the Covid-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen its social protection systems, Swanu president Tangeni Iijambo said in parliament this week. View more
2020-06-04Kuzeeko Tjitemisa Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has suggested that a basic income grant of N$750 should be introduced for the next 24 months to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 on the less privileged. View more
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