Category: News
UCONOMY, NEDBANK TO TRANSFORM ORANGEMUND SMES
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Uconomy has been given access to N$1 million by Nedbank and OMDis to assist with SMEs development at Orangemund. Uconomy Namibia, an arm of the South African developing agency, confirmed the Villager over the weekend. Jason Kasuto,…
TOUR GUIDE COMPANY CAUTIONS AGAINST BLAME GAME
By: Kelvin Chiringa Delphine Ilunga, owner of Furaha Tours and Safaris, under whose watch a French tourist ended up dead in the Deadvlei, has cautioned against blame game as authorities hunt after what caused the death. Nicolas Remondiere (54) was…
SCHLETTWEIN TELLS NORTHERN FARMERS…UNFOLD YOUR HANDS AND PPARTICIPATE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Northern producers should unfold their hands, stop watching from the stand and participate in government livestock initiatives. So ordered the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reforms, Calle Schlettwein, at the inception workshop in Omusati last week. The…
JERRY IS STILL THE OLD EKANDJO
By: Wonder Guchu Jerry Ekandjo has not changed a bit. His comments on Tuesday in the National Assembly about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people is not new. Contributing to the mid-term budget review, Ekandjo took a swipe…
GUSTAVO STICKS HIS HEAD OUT… CALLS OUT SCOT-FREE FISHROT ACCUSED PERSONS
By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo has lamented that some of his co-accused have been allowed to tell their side of the story in the whole corruption scandal while he has not been given the same opportunity. Gustavo also…
NAMIBIA WON’T CUT OFF POTENTIAL OIL, GAS RESOURCES …INCORPORATE FUTURE PROBLEMS IN TODAY’S SOLUTIONS – ALWEENDO
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Despite all the current efforts to minimise carbon-emitting production and energy use, Namibia will not be quick to kill a potential oil endowment. Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo said when he delivered his remarks…
TIME TO MAKE PEACE WITH FISH…BEEF AND CHICKEN HAVE GOTTEN PRICEY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Households spend more of their disposable income on food, specifically on meat products – beef and chicken. The only meat product which prices are not increasing faster is fish. Inflation measures how expensive a set of…
MISSING GUNS FROM POLICE DEPOT…INSPECTOR GENERAL NDEITUNGA SAYS IT’S EMBARRASSING
By: Wonder Guchu Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on Sunday says it was embarrassing that guns could go missing from the Windhoek Central Depot. On Saturday, the Villager broke the story of the several guns discovered missing from the Windhoek…
TRADE COMMITS N$2,5M FOR MSME’s DEVELOPMENT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Ministry of Trade and industrialisation wants an endowment fund to close the financing gap at the startups, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) level. The endowment fund will be the next phase of the Sustainable Development Goals…
FARMERS WANT URANIUM EPLS IN STAMPRIET CANCELLED
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Chairperson of the Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Mining Committee (SAUMC), Divan Opperman, wants to retract all EPLs issued for uranium prospecting across the Stampriet Artesian Basin. In the same breath, the organisation has thanked the agriculture ministry…