Category: National
GREEN SCHEMES GOING IN JUNE THIS YEAR
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The country’s 11 green schemes are up for grabs and were offered to foreign investors during the president and his ministers’ trip to the Dubai Expo. After dumping Agribusdev, which has been run by a board of…
PDM PARLIAMENT-HOPEFULS AWAIT JUDGEMENT
By: Ludorf Iyambo One of the six PDM members whose names were removed from the list of National Assembly candidates in the 2019 election says they can still have an impact in parliament two years on. This comes as chief…
HEALTH TARGETS VACCINATING 215 000 CHILDREN BY JUNE
By: Vetondouua Tjivikua & Tjizouye Kazombungo The health ministry has said that Namibia plans to vaccinate about 215,108 children for Covid-19 between 12 and 17 before June this year. Director of primary health care Neami Shoopala said Namibia has 307…
KAVANGO WEST STRUGGLE VETERAN LAID TO REST
By: Annakleta Haikera A 71-year-old veteran of the liberation struggle and one of the long-serving civil servants, Siwombe Gideon Nestor Mufenda, was laid to rest on Saturday. Mufenda was buried at Nkurenkuru, where he grew up in the outskirts of…
AK Food To Cost More Next Month …Economists Not Surprised
By:Justicia Shipena The increasing price of basic staples such as wheat, maize meal, pasta and rice in Namibia is no surprise. These are the views of local economists after Namib Mills announced that it would be increasing food prices on…
Kavango East Police Gun Down Two Suspected Robbers
By: Annakleta Haikera Police in the Kavango East region shot dead two members of a gang of armed robbers that was said to have been planning a robbery. The shooting occurred at Ngarama-teya in Rundu Rural Constituency on Monday around…
Police Regional Commanders Impressed With Low Weekend Crime
Eba Kandovazu Various Namibian Police regional commanders are impressed with the low rate of crimes reported over the past weekend, saying that locals were on their best behaviour. Oshana regional commander Commissioner Rauha Amwele said that no accidents were reported…
PDM’s Smit Unhappy With Parliament Postponement
By: Eba Kandovazu PDM parliamentarian Nico Smit says that parliament’s work has been put on hold as a result of parliamentarians “taking another holiday”, a day after Independence Day celebrations. Smit was responding to the cancellation of Tuesday’s parliament session…
Battle For The Soul of NUST Rages On
By: Kelvin Chiringa The battle for the soul of the NUST yesterday played out in the High Court, as Professor Ferdinand Gideon insists that the appointment of Dr Erold Naomab as Vice-Chancellor was unlawful, unfair, irrational and unreasonable. Prof Gideon,…