Author: Julia Heita
Opuwo Trade Fair Should Attract Needed Investment – Geingob
By: Uakutura Kambaekua – Opuwo The 9th edition of the annual Opuwo trade fair attracted more than 5000 visitors and more than 120 exhibitors. The week-long fair, which was hosted under the theme “Unlocking Trade Investment Opportunities Towards a shared…
Namibia, Angola Sign Agreement On Police Matters
By: Ludorf Iyambo The minister of home affairs, immigration, safety and security, Albert Kawana, says that people who live along the borders of Namibia and Angola should be able to carry out their activities in peace for the sake of…
Individuals & Property Developers Struggle To Pay Debts
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Many households and real estate businesses are struggling to make monthly payments, with most of them behind in their instalments for more than three months, revealed the Bank of Namibia in their annual report. By the end…
The Undocumented And Ignored Skill Gap And Unemployment
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Every politician and policymaker’s speech has a sentence telling youth and graduates to create their own employment, but little has been documented on the country’s skillset and quality of education. In their latest Finance and Development Magazine,…
Protestors Should Not Take Laws Into Own Hands
By: Annakleta Haikera The Kavango East regional council chairperson has urged the Mashare Constituency community not to take laws into their own hands. This follows after the community threatened to shut down the council offices last week. The group had…
Geingob Says He Spends Much of His Time Solving Traditional Fights
By: Ludorf Iyambo President Hage Geingob says he spends 30 per cent of his time solving traditional authority fights. Geingob said this during a curtsy visit by Ondonga traditional authority at State House on Wednesday. Geingob asked other traditional authorities…
Uvhungu-Vhungu Green Scheme Gets New Operators…Farmers Feel Betrayed
By: Annakleta Haikera Uvhungu-Vhungu Green Schemes in the Kavango East region will soon start with new operators. This decision was made by the Cabinet and the line ministry of agriculture, water and land reform. The project will be going back…
Since 2021 Local Generation Didn’t Breach 100 000MWh
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For the past 14 months, local electricity generation (Nampower and Independent Power Producers) have struggled to produce 100 000MWh monthly. The average local monthly generation has been around 72 265,3 MWh while monthly imports are 266 849,7MWh….
OTA Says Uutoni Has Plans To Hijack Its Leadership
By: Ludorf Iyambo Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) says the urban and rural development minister, Erastus Uutoni has external forces trying to insinuate and hijack its leadership. The authority said this on Monday upon handing over a petition to the urban…
Understanding the Marketing Channels in Agriculture
By: Hanks Saisai Every farmer desires to have a target market for their produce. In essence, the ultimate goal of farming is for one to engage in the production of commodities that can be sold to generate an income. However,…