Author: Fransina Nghidengwa
Basic Income Grant A Solution To Omaheke’s Malnutrition Conundrum, says Unam Lecturer
By:Fransina Nghidengwa University of Namibia lecturer, Basilius Kasera, says a report of 45 children in the Omaheke region having died of malnutrition only demonstrates the depth of the socio-economic inequality in the country. During his state of the region address…
Lobour Commissioner’s Office Misunderstood By Workers – Nujoma
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Minister: Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment CreationUtoni Nujoma says that there are misunderstandings in the way the Office of the Labour Commissioner should operate. According to the Minister, criticism of the office stems from a misconception regarding the…
SAARMSTE Conference Coming To Namibia
By:Fransina Nghidengwa The 2024 Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (SAARMSTE) will be hosted at the International University of Management (IUM) in Windhoek. The SAARMSTE 2024 conference will be face-to-face event, hosted…
Women And Youth Faced Challenges In Trading Across Borders
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Women and youth face various challenges in trading across borders and are confronted by many barriers to trade. This is according to Industrialisation andTrade Minister Lucia Ipumbu who was officiating the Southern Africa Youth Consultative Workshop on the…
Nevonga Says Parliamentary Committee Has Has No Judicial Power Over Napwu
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Proceedings did not go as planned during the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources and Community Development consultative meeting with NAPWU on the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation’s (NBC) strike on Tuesday. The chaos erupted after the Secretary General of…
Vehicle Sales Take A Nose Dive
By:Fransina Nghidengwa There has been a downward trend in vehicle sales after the industry reached its peak of 1,226 units in March 2023, with only 982 units were sold in May 2023. This represents the lowest number of vehicles sold…
Engineer The Economy So It Speaks Reality, Says Iipumb
By: Fransina Nghidengwa Namibia needs to engineer the economy so that it speaks reality on the ground, Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia Iipumbu has said. Speaking at the Omaheke Employment Creation Conference on Wednesday, Iipumbu said government needs to…
India -Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information and Technology to promote inclusive development
By: Fransina Nghidengwa The India-Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information and Technology will promote inclusive development, strength capacity, and building skills needed to reach the social economic objectives. This is the view of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International…
Vehicles Donation Boosts Ministry’s Visibility In Communal Areas
By: Fransina Nghidengwa Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister Calle Schlettwein is of the view that transport is a missing link in the agricultural value chain of Namibia, and the donation of the new vehicles by the European Union (EU)…
Schlettwein Hoping To Get Miners On Board For Desalination Plans
By:Fransina Nghidengwa The government is hoping to collaborate with mining companies on the construction of the central and coastal desalination plant. Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister Calle Schlettwein said this during his address to the new board of the…