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APPRENTICE PROGRAM HARNESSES 15 TOUR GUIDES
By: Julia Heita and Justicia Shipena The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) this weekend produced 15 apprentice graduates in tourism and hospitality. The graduates are derived from an apprenticeship programme funded by the Bank of Namibia (BoN), with Gondwana Collection…
IPC CAN GO WITH THEIR 4 SEATS – AMUNIME
By: Justicia Shipena Affirmative Repositioning (AR) spokesperson Simon Amunime said IPC can go with their four seats and be ordinary City of Windhoek council members. Amunime’s comments come after the City of Windhoek coalition partners raised a concern with the…
EXAM PAPERS LEAK…EDUCATION MINISTRY COULD RESET EXAMS
By: Andrew Kathindi The education ministry says that it may reset its examinations should it be found that the leaked Grade 12 English examination papers and memorandums have spread countrywide. Deputy minister of education Faustina Namutenya Caley, said…
PREPARE HALF A MILLION IF YOU PLAN TO BUILD A HOUSE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Using September 2021 prices, construction of a standard three-bedroom house should cost you on average N$616 886 in Windhoek, while in Keetmanshoop, it could cost N$407 940. This includes labour, serviced land, and building materials. Found…
MTC LISTING WAS TO DEVELOP FINANCIAL SECTOR – JOOSTE
Public Enterprises minister Leone Jooste said there is a perception that the decision to list MTC was taken simply because the government needed to raise money. Jooste said this perception is incorrect, and the objectives that were agreed upon represent…
SO WHY IS AFRICA HUNGRY?…350 MILLION HECTARES OF CROPLAND ARE CULTIVATED IN AFRICA
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The continental Great Green Wall initiative has 393 million hectares of land with restoration potential and opportunities, and that 350 million hectares of cropland are cultivated in Africa, more than double that of the European Union….
WINDHOEK DID NOT DISCLOSE N$123M LEGAL FEES
By: Andrew Kathindi The City of Windhoek had legal cases involving the municipality with a probable loss amounting to N$123,954,191 for 2019 and 2020, but not disclosed in the municipality’s books. This is according to auditor general Junias Kandjeke, who…
POLICE NEED HELP TO TRACE MISSING GIRL
By: Hellen Andreas Oshakati police are requesting the public to help in tracing the whereabouts of Veronica Domingos, who went missing on 30 October 2021. According to the head of the public relations division, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, Veronica…
IPC LEADER’S CALL ON ECN…RELEASE SWAPO’S AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORTS
The IPC leader Dr Panduleni Itula said the electoral commission should, in terms of regulations published in the Government Gazette number 7053 dated 18 November 2019, release financial reports of the Swapo Party for 2017, 2018/19 and 2020/21…
COMMUNITY COURTS NOT AUDITED FOR NINE YEARS
By:Andrew Kathindi Namibia’s auditor general, Junias Kandjeke, has not provided an audit report for the community courts under the ministry of justice for the last ten years. According to Kandjeke, the accounting officer has not provided any financial statements or…