Author: Julia Heita
KASHIKOLA CLAIMS MISSING FIREARMS REPORTS ARE ALLEGATIONS
By: Andrew Kathindi The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Daniel Kashikola says that the missing guns and ammunition from the Windhoek police depot may not be missing, and it remains an allegation. This comes as both…
TWO MINISTRIES TO SPEND N$99,9M ON FOOD PROCUREMENT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus One of the various farmers and upcoming food processors outcries is the lack of market for their products and off-take agreement. Despite the challenge farmers face, two of the social sector ministries have just used the emergency…
UCONOMY, NEDBANK TO TRANSFORM ORANGEMUND SMES
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Uconomy has been given access to N$1 million by Nedbank and OMDis to assist with SMEs development at Orangemund. Uconomy Namibia, an arm of the South African developing agency, confirmed the Villager over the weekend. Jason Kasuto,…
SCHLETTWEIN TELLS NORTHERN FARMERS…UNFOLD YOUR HANDS AND PPARTICIPATE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Northern producers should unfold their hands, stop watching from the stand and participate in government livestock initiatives. So ordered the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reforms, Calle Schlettwein, at the inception workshop in Omusati last week. The…
NAMIBIA WON’T CUT OFF POTENTIAL OIL, GAS RESOURCES …INCORPORATE FUTURE PROBLEMS IN TODAY’S SOLUTIONS – ALWEENDO
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Despite all the current efforts to minimise carbon-emitting production and energy use, Namibia will not be quick to kill a potential oil endowment. Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo said when he delivered his remarks…
TIME TO MAKE PEACE WITH FISH…BEEF AND CHICKEN HAVE GOTTEN PRICEY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Households spend more of their disposable income on food, specifically on meat products – beef and chicken. The only meat product which prices are not increasing faster is fish. Inflation measures how expensive a set of…
TRADE COMMITS N$2,5M FOR MSME’s DEVELOPMENT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Ministry of Trade and industrialisation wants an endowment fund to close the financing gap at the startups, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) level. The endowment fund will be the next phase of the Sustainable Development Goals…
A SMART DEAL BETWEEN ONGOS CONNECT AND PARATUS
Paratus Namibia and Ongos Connect, on the 10th of November, signed a commercial connectivity agreement, confirming that Paratus will be the technology / infrastructure partner to bring fibre connectivity to over 11,000 new residents in Ongos Valley, Namibia’s…
NAMIBIA CAR DEALERSHIPS HIT HARD…TOYOTA CUT GLOBAL PRODUCTION FOR NOVEMBER BY 15%
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Toyota, one of the local most consumed car brands, has cut global production for November by as much as 15% (between 100,000 and 150,000 cars), Simonis Storm Security revealed. The company representatives blame the ongoing global shortage…
ECN TO ENFORCE PARTY FUNDING TRANSPARENCY
By: Andrew Kathindi The Electoral Commission of Namibia says it will punish political parties that do not provide financial statements regarding their political party funding. Only two political parties provided financial statements to ECN in the last 2019/2020 financial year….