Author: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus
Over 10, 000 Jobseekers Registered, Only 613 Placed
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus In the first two quarters of 2023, the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relation and Employment Creation has registered 10,358 jobseekers, but has only managed to place 613 with employers. Furthermore, in the six months, designated employers have…
Vocational Trainees Assembling Agri Tractor Components …Eenhana VTC trainees to lead assembling
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Under the Namibia Agricultural Mechanisation and Seed Improvement Project (NAMSIP), 350 tractors’ components are being procured at the cost of N$300 millionto assemble tractors locally. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Deputy…
Nam Needs 300 Network Towers In Five Years
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s telecommunication infrastructure company PowerCom has indicated that the country needs about 300 network towers in the next three to five years, with 30 new required in Windhoek alone. PowerCom revealed this during the inauguration of a…
1,200 Learners In Informal Settlements Get Solar Lamps
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Capricorn Foundation has donated 1,200 portable solar lamps to 10 schools in informal settlements in various regions of the country. With the country’s electrification still below 50% and worse in rural areas, having access to electricity…
City Working On Proposal To Write Off Pensioner Debt And Interest …the Local Authority Act is the barrier
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus and Lavinia Shawapala The City of Windhoek is currently working on a proposal to write off debts of pensioners and interest for all residents. The City is, however, busy with audits in line with its approval processes, which…
CoW Considers A Mini-Grid For Mix Settlement
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The City of Windhoek has announced that it is working with the Berlin Energy Agency (BEA) on a feasibility study to develop a solar photovoltaic (PV) mini-grid for the Mix Informal SettlementArea (MISA). The MISA is located about…
IDs Usage Between Nam And Bots Picking Up
By:Nghiinomenw-vali Erastus Around 6,500 people who travelled from Namibia to Botswana used their national identity cards (IDs) to cross over, and around the same number of people who crossed over from Botswana also used it as the new cross-border document….
Higher Education Institutions, TVET Not Ready For Renewable Energy Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The country’s higher learning institutions and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centres are not adequately ready to fill the skill requirements for the green hydrogen industry and renewable power sector. This is according to…
Second Intake For Green Hydrogen Scholarship Programme Open
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The government, in collaboration with various German institutions, have opened the second call for the green hydrogen and renewable energy scholarship programme for 2024. The second call for Master’s degree and technical and vocational education and training…
NEF Spends N$3.4 Billion In Fuel Subsidies In Eight Years
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The National Energy Fund (NEF) has spent more than N$3.4 billion on stabilising fuel prices in the country between 2015 and 2022, while it collected around N$3.1 billion through fuel equalisation levy. This money is a payment…