Category: News
PARENTS CLASH WITH PPS ADMIN OVER N$500 VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS
By: Kelvin Chiringa The question of how free is Namibia’s free education regime got its answers this week at the People’s Primary School. Parents were pushed into the corner to either fork out money as voluntary parent contributions or risk…
THE HUNT FOR RARE METALS BEGINS, AS THE WORLD TRANSITION
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Electric cars’ battery packs, green power, and solar power require special metals such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and silicon, while wind turbines require iron and aluminium. Various critical metals are critical in the clean energy transition, as…
OTA ACTING PARAMOUNT CHIEF CALLS FOR UNITY
By: Andrew Kathindi Newly appointed Acting Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero, Chief Rev. Boas Tjingaete, says his focus will be to unite the Ovaherero people on genocide against what he perceives as a division in the community. Tjingaete was appointed…
UNPRODUCTIVE GREEN SCHEMES…AGRIBUSDEV TURNED OUT TO BE A PROBLEM
By: Andrew Kathindi Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein said allowing Agricultural Business Development (AgriBusDev) to operate the green schemes turned out to be a problem. Schlettwein’s comments come after the Cabinet approved to cancel the memorandum of understanding between the agriculture…
3 800 HA ACQUIRED TO USE NECKARTAL WATER
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus So far, of the 5 000 ha targeted for agricultural production, by utilising the Neckartal Dam water, 3 800 ha have been acquired to date. Efforts are underway to secure the remaining 1200 ha, according to the…
MORE CAPITAL AVAILED BUT LESS DRAWN FOR UNLISTED INVESTMENTS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Total investments in unlisted companies as of 30 June 2021 stood at N$2,21 billion. However, the country has committed capital of N$4,4 billion from its savings for unlisted projects. This is according to Namfisa’s quarterly report for…
ANNUAL HORTICULTURE PRODUCTS DEMAND VALUED AT ALMOST A BILLION
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For those contemplating whether to grow crops and fruits or not, Namibian’s demand for horticultural products is expanding and currently stands at 110 999,47 tons. This represents an increase of 45 886,47 tons from 65,113 tons that…
PARLIAMENT ACCUSED OF NEGLIGENCE OVER SHIXWAMENI DEATH
By: Kelvin Chiringa The All People’s Party (APP) has finally issued an official response regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their leader, Ignatius Shixwameni, which they have described as shocking. Shixwameni collapsed and passed away while attending a parliamentary…
PDM YOUTH LEAGUE CRY FOUL OVER NATIONAL CONGRESS
By: Andrew Kathindi PDM chairperson in the //Kharas region Innocent Mathys says that the national congress, which was meant to elect new leadership for the party’s youth wing, was riddled with favouritism and irregularities. The youth league’s National Spokesperson Maximalliant…
WILL GEINGOB UNLEASH HIS LOCKDOWN WARNING?
By: Kelvin Chiringa President Hage Geingob is now set to brief the nation on the new Covid-19 measures this Tuesday at 15h00 at the back of intense speculation that he might opt to or not lock down the economy. Namibia…