Category: National
Faith in ‘cheap solutions’ as sanitation sector fails
By: Frederick Clayton and Sonja Smith XhukaShorty and his family are San, an indigenous group of people in southern Africa. Eight years ago, he and 16 members of his family were evicted from the farmland where they had lived and…
How To Do More With Less
By:John Saunderson In 2007 I joined the City of Windhoek as Head of Passenger Transport Regulation. At the time, the City had experienced poor public transport infrastructure, bus services and budgets. Now, the public bus transport service is essentially a…
Connectivity Is Vital For Desert Lions Conservation And Human Protection
By:Staff writer The technology and communication provided by Paratus Namibia has been the key element in preserving the balance in the ecosystem of the Skeleton Coast and northwest Namibia. The area is home to the once near extinct desert lions….
Who Are The Namibian Czechs? New Doc Explains Lesser-known Chapter Of Czechoslovak History
By: staff writer A group of 56 children came to Czechoslovakia in the 1980s but had to leave after six years; many would like to return.Many of them still consider Czechia to be their home, and they would like to…
Poultry Big Players Allegedly Starving MSMEs With Certain Stock
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus An assessment will be carried out by the country’s competition watchdog to confirm if the Namib Mills and Namibia Poultry Industry(NPI) are truly refusing to supply Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)with certain products, it was announced last…
Diesel Price Decrease May Help Food Prices
By:Hertha Ekandjo First Capital Namibia CEO and economist Martin Mwinga says that a reduction in diesel price will have a beneficial impact on general prices, such as food prices. This comes after the Mines and Energy Ministry announced on Friday…
Agricultural Sector Continues To Perform Poorly … but the livestock sector recorded a positive growth
By:Justicia Shipena Despite all industry subsectors’ outputs increasing in 2022, the agricultural sector continues to perform poorly, according to Simonis Storm’s Agricultural monthly report for March. The agriculture industry saw an overall growth of 2.6% in 2022, with animal farming…
Continued Inflation Puts Pressure On Households …may increase financial stability risk
By:Justicia Shipena Inflationary pressures continue to mount on households, potentially affecting their ability to service debts. This is according to the Bank of Namibia’s (BoN) and Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority’s (Namfisa) latest financial stability report. The report emphasises unique…
Hike Fuel Levy Not Solution, Tollgate Not Economically Viable, RFA Find Alternative
By:Josef Kefas Sheehama The fuel levies are unfortunately intended to target motorists’ pockets, but in most cases, the poor are affected the most. OPEC is considering an oil cut of about 1.15m barrels. As such, Namibians see themselves being caught…
Old Mutual Injects N$300k Into National Internship Programme
By:Justicia Shipena Telecommunication giant MTC has received an additional N$300,000 from Old Mutual Namibia for its Namibia National Internship Programme (NNIP). Old Mutual’s sponsorship for the internship programme comes after Standard Bank Namibia contributed N$200,000 to the programme in January…