Category: National
Over 100 Cattle Die Due To NIDA Alleged Mismanagement
By: Annakleta Haikera Over 100 cattle are estimated to have died at the Mangetti cattle farm in the Kavango West. This was established after a visitation programme at the ranch in the Tondoro Constituency by Kavango West Regional Councillor Joseph…
NDF Requirements Lead to Forged Vaccination Cards
By: Hilma Tuukondjele The recruitment requirements by the Namibia defence force have escalated the issue of Covid-19 vaccination card forgery, leading to the suspect being caught red-handed. Two weeks ago, the defence and veteran affairs ministry issued a vacancy for…
NSI Opens New ‘Cutting Edge’ Testing Centre At Walvis
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Trade and industrialisation minister Lucis Iipumbu says the newly opened Namibia Standards Institution (NSI) facility in Walvis Bay provides for adequate space to conduct frozen and chilled fish inspections, as it is equipped with both a sensory…
WINDHOEK MAYOR POSTING JOURNALIST’S NUMBER DEEMED LIFE-THREATENING
By: Hilma Tuukondjele The Namibia Media Professions Union (NAMPU) claims that Windhoek Mayor Sade Gawanas has endangered a journalist’s life by releasing the journalist’s personal information. According to a statement put out by the union earlier today, Gawanas, this week,…
LPM YOUTH TO LAUNCH YOUTH STRATEGY
By: Hilma Tuukondjele LPM’s Youth Command Element will launch an integrated youth development strategy. This was said by its leader Duminga Ndala at a press conference on Wednesday in Windhoek. The strategy is aimed at enhancing the youth’s ability to…
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION: OUTJO COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT
Josef Kefas Sheehama Innovation, creativity and agility need to be cherished and celebrated. The Mayor of Outjo, His Worship Bappelo initiated a community garden project with the aim of putting food security for informal settlement residents. Well done, His Worship….
ETUNDA MANAGER LABELS FARMER ROTTEN AFTER FAILING TO PAY WATER BILL
By: Hilma Tuukondjele Daniel Petrus, a small-scale farmer at Etunda Green Scheme, says he has not been able to water his crops for seven days since the manager of Etunda removed his water meter. He said that in June, the…
AK Namibian Consitution Differs From The USA – Legal Assistance Center on Roe V Wade
By:Justicia Shipena The gender research and advocacy project coordinator at the legal assistance centre (LAC), Dianne Hubbard, says the United States (US) constitution is very different from the Namibian constitution. Hubbard was reacting to how the US Supreme Court ending…
Trouble in banking paradise: Bank BIC’s zero profits since 2015
By: Kelvin Chiringa Trouble has reared its head in the local banking sector paradise as a latest report has disclosed that Bank BIC is the only banking institution that has failed to make a profit in the past five years….
Local Producers Came Through For Potatoes In June
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In one of the rare moments in the country’s horticulture production patterns, the local farmers have planted and will wash enough potatoes for June for the domestic market. The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) has announced its monthly…