Author: Julia Heita
KUNENE SPYL KICKS OFF DISTRICT ELECTIVE CONGRESS
By: Uakutura Kambaekua The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) in the Kunene region has commenced with its district elective conference on Saturday and Sunday before the regional elective congress slated for June. The congress started with the Opuwo rural constituency….
NO INCREMENT, NO WORK – NPS WORKERS
By: Ludorf Iyambo A crowd of Namibia Protection Services (NPS) workers downed their tools today, demanding an increase in wages. This morning, the workers organised a parade at Katutura Shoprite in Windhoek. Last Monday, the workers cried out to the…
MTC NOT MAKING THE CONNECTION FOR UNAM STUDENTS
By: Annakleta Haikera UNAM’s part-time students have called on management to reverse connectivity restrictions following a change in service providers. The students say that while they welcomed a switch from Telecom to MTC, the latter has restricted their access to…
SCHLETTWEIN REJECTS PRODUCERS’ GREEN SCHEME PROPOSAL
By: Andrew Kathindi The agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein has rejected the Agronomic Producers Association’s (APA) public-private partnership (PPP) proposal for several of the country’s green schemes. As reported by the Namibian Sun last week, the association was looking to facilitate…
NFA Has N$23 Million Debt, Says Normalisation Committee
By: Uakutura Kambaekua According to the Fifa Normalisation Committee chairman, Bisey Uirab, the NFA has a debt of over N$23 million, accumulated mostly over the past year and a half. Uirab revealed this during a press conference earlier on Wednesday…
134 New Houses Handed Over in Katima Mulilo
By: Priscilla Mukokobi Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni says that housing in Namibia remains a very complex and combative subject, and the pressure on urban areas is becoming ever more severe. He said this is demonstrated by rapidly…
Mulunga Discuss Opportunities within Namibia’s Booming Hydrocarbons Market
Immanuel Mulunga, the Managing Director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), will attend and participate at Africa’s premier event for the oil and gas sector, African Energy Week (AEW), which will take place from 18 – 21 October…
2020 Local Elections Were Tribal
By: Ludorf Iyambo PDM Secretary-General Manuel Ngaringombe says that people were being told who to vote for based on their tribe during the 2020 local authority elections. Although PDM did well in the national assembly elections of 2019, which saw…
Households Face Cost of Living Crisis With Rising Inflation And Energy Prices
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama A continuation along the current path of economic stagnation and slow deterioration of Namibia’s prolonged financial crisis remains the most likely outlook. The Electricity Control Board approved a 7.30 per cent tariff increase effective 1 July…
Three Devastating Droughts in Namibia
By: Annakleta Haikera President Hage Geingob says this year’s crop yield will be very poor because many farmers lost their livestock and experienced poor crop harvests. Geingob said this during the 15th Summit session of the United Nations…