Category: News
SADC Member States Adopt Development Of Tilapia Value Chain
By:Staff writer The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat has received funding of about US$9.2 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the period 2022-2025. The funding comes as Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe adopted the development of the tilapia…
Gibeon Still Has Outstanding Financial Statements For 2019-2022 …says it is not aware of N$4 million paid for a tender
By:Justicia Shipena The National Council Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economy is concerned that financial statements for the Gibeon Village Council for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 are still outstanding. The committee made these remarks in a report presented…
N$91 Million Paid To 559 Struggle Veterans
By:Laban Rasalus The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has spent N$91 million in cashon 559 veterans of the liberation struggle last year, minister Frans Kapofi has revealed during a staff meeting this week. The age category of veterans paid…
Namibia Races To Amend Nine Laws As Deadline Looms …. to close money laundering and proliferation financing loopholes
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus To avoid grey-listing and its negative impacts, government has adopted a strategy to rectify some of its regulatory weaknesses. These are in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation. Following the review facilitated by the…
Go On Forced Diet, And Resort To Alternative Energy Sources- Inflation Monster
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Contrary to the central bank’s theoretical motives to contain inflation by increasing the cost of money (repo rate), the prices of goods in the domestic market have either been increasing or steady. The last time annual inflation has…
Fly Namibia objects Fly Etosha License Application
By:Justicia Shipena Fly Namibia Aviation has taken the legal route to reject an air transport service licence of an airline named Fly Etosha Airways by retired pilot captain William Ekandjo. This week, Ekandjo in an interview with local media said…
Bezant Resources Updates On Hope & Gorob Project
By:Staff writer A decision from the Ministry of Mines and Energy regarding the Hope and Gorob mining licence application ML 246 remains pending, Colin Bird, executive chairman of Bezant Resources, said last Friday. “Exclusive Prospecting Licence 5796 has been extended…
African Energy Chamber Endorses the Namibia International Energy Conference 2023
By:Staff writer The fifth edition of the Namibia International Energy Conference is set to unite Namibian energy leaders and industry professionals with global partners to discuss challenges and opportunities within the country’s evolving landscape. Scheduled for 25-27 April in Windhoek,…
Botswana Threatens To Cut Ties With Diamond Giant De Beers
By:Staff writer Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Sunday warned that his country may sever ties with diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate a sales deal prove unfavorable to his government. The country is Africa’s leading diamond producer, and…
MPs Still Fail To Declare Their Assets – IPPR
By:Justicia Shipena A democracy report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that during the financial year 2022/23, only 41 of the 104 members of parliament submitted assets and interest declaration forms. With only 39% had declared…