Author: Julia Heita
LACK OF QUALITY SEEDS HAMPERING CROP PRODUCTIVITY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Namibian crop farmers spend a fortune on seed imports mostly from South Africa as the country lacks internal seed research and production. The Villager assessment of one farmer operating in the government green scheme in the Kavango…
NO EVIDENCE THAT STEFANSSON IS COMING – TAMSON
One of the Fishrot accused Tamson Hatuikulipi says that Johannes Stefansson’s evidence should be struck off because there is no proof that he will come to Namibia to testify. Tamson is currently in prison together with his father-in-law Bernard Esau,…
THE ECONOMIC CONUNDRUM…BANKS AFRAID TO TAKE RISKS, AS DEMANDS FADE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Two emerging trends from commercial banks statistics are showing that they are reducing their risk uptake by lending less and shifting money into financial assets. While businesses and households shy away from productive borrowing, opting short term…
IF YOU DON’T COMPETE, YOU WILL DIE
If you see a fat insect, just know that it was not born fat. Most probably, it grew fat because it eats other insects. And that is how life is like. It gets along by eating others. Like what the…
SANLAM BRIDGE FINANCE…MORE THAN 200 ENTREPRENEURS APPLIED
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Many deem the funding gap at a start-up level to be not well documented, an update from the Sanlam Bridge Programme indicated that they have received 258 applications. Despite massive interest in the programme, it managed only…
NWR VERSUS SKY EYE TOURS…KANDUME DENIES SHIFETA TIES
By: Andrew Kathindi Businessman Laban Kandume has denied allegations that his company Sky Eye Hospitality and Tours was given a 20-year concession for transport at Sossusvlei due to relationship with tourism minister, Pohamba Shifeta. Quizzed on whether Kandume, who hails…
15-YEAR-OLD SUFFOCATE TODDLER TO DEATH
By: Dwight Links A Divundu family says they cannot do anything to the girl (15) who is said to have suffocated their one-year-old child to death. The incident where Ndara Quinton Makanga was suffocated to death happened on Wednesday this…
REGIONAL GOVERNORS…GEINGOB DEFENDS RIGHT TO APPOINT GOVERNORS
By: Andrew Kathindi President Hage Geingob has defended a constitutional prerogative to appoint regional governors, which has long been critiqued. Opposition parties and political commentators have previously said that the system to appoint governors should come under review in order…
WALVIS BAY RELEASES ABRIDGED AUDIT REPORT
By: Andrew Kathindi The Walvis Bay Municipality has recommended that an external human resource specialist should be appointed to conduct further investigations following the submission of a PricewaterhouseCoopers audit report. The audit report, which came with a number of recommendations…
LPM WANTS OTJIWARONGO CHAIRPERSON OUT
The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) has nudged urban and rural development minister, Erastus Utoni, to investigate and get rid of Otjiwarongo management committee chairperson, Gothard Hoko (Swapo) whom they say was illegally appointed to the position. “Hoko was only nominated…