Category: National
How To Grow Tomatoes
By: Hanks Saisai Crops & Poultry Tomatoes, scientifically known as Lycopersicon esculentum, are grown during spring and summer (September to the end of April) for their fleshy fruits that are rich in taste, and Vitamin C. Tomatoes are a very…
TransNamib Accuses NATAU, Striking Workers of Harassment
By: Hilma Tuukondjele TransNamib has accused Namibia Transport and Allied Union (NATAU) and its striking workers of harassment, intimidation and bullying of non-striking workers. Abigail Raubenheimer, the corporate communications manager at TransNamib, said that the management has irrefutable evidence of…
School Head Pities Herself in Face of Problems
By: Annakleta Haikera Sitenda Junior Primary School head Theresia Kantema says it is a pity that the school is experiencing many problems during her tenure. The school is located 34 kilometres from Rundu in Ncamagoro Circuit in the Kavango West…
Kwacha World’s 2nd-Best Performing Currency
By: Oluwatosin Ogunjuyigbe Zambia’s economic progress has become the talk of the continent today. But there’s more focus on how the Zambian kwacha is now the world’s second-best performing currency and Africa’s 6th most powerful currency. It’s not out of…
MTC Working Towards a Cleaner Windhoek
By: Julia Heita Corporate companies, including the City of Windhoek, have pledged N$750 000 towards a three-month-long cleaning campaign. MTC, in collaboration with the City of Windhoek, Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) and Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe), launched the cleaning…
Katima Malilo Town Council Sends Street Vendors Packing
By: Priscilla Mukokobi The Katima Mulilo town council has told street vendors to move from where they usually operate because they dirtify the town. The council decided, following their sixth council meeting on 5 August, to “in line with regulations…
Keetmans Council Staff Want Top Official Dismissed
By: Ndinelao Shingenge Employees at the Keetmanshoop municipal council are petitioning and demanding the removal of the municipality’s strategic executive for human resources. According to the petition signed by nearly 30 employees, human resources executive Elvis Mukaya was smuggled into…
India Rejects Namibian Cheetahs… Claims They’re Too Timid to Hunt
By: Andrew Kathindi India has rejected three of eight Namibian cheetahs that were to be translocated to that country as part of a memorandum of understanding on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilisation between the two states. The cheetahs were…
Kunene Education Directorate Unaware Of Learners Sleeping In Classrooms
By: Uakutura Kambaekua The education directorate in the Kunene region says it was unaware that Etanga Primary School learners are accommodated in classrooms which are meant for teaching and learning only. According to the directorate, they are aware of the…
No Money For Increment, TransNamib Insists…As Strike Looms This Wednesday
By: Lina Amutenya TransNamib spokesperson Abigail Raubenheimer says that the company is currently not in a financial position to afford an increment. She, however, says the company is in open discussion with the unions even though the company’s financial situation…