Category: News
Absence of Domestic Football Has Cost Outjo Football Academy: Hennie Kavendjii
By:Uakutura Kambaekua Debmarine Namibia Football Premiership and First Division League teams have been accused of not honouring their obligations in remunerating football academies for their players. Several teams are said to have signed players from Outjo Football Academy without compensating…
350 Pairs Of Shoes For Khomas’ Struggling Learners
By:Staff writer The Capricorn Foundation, through Project Never Walk Alone, donated a total of 350 pairs of shoes to learners from the Groot Aub Primary School, Chairman Mao Zedong High School and St. Capricorn Foundation Andrew Primary School in the…
Namport Furnishes Schools In Kavango East
By:Annakleta Haikera Desks and chairs are essential items in every school to ensure a conducive learning environment for learners. In its latest effort to assist the needy, the Namibia Ports Authority (Namport), through the Namport Social Investment Fund (NSIF), was…
Kunene Continues To Make Strides In Adult Learning
By:Uakutura Kambaekua The 2011 population and housing census report, the literacy rate of the Kunene region stood at 67%, however, that figure is predicted to increase to more than 70% for the 2022 academic year. The region has also upped…
DBN, NTF Partner To Assist Export-Oriented Enterprises …”a paradox of a highly developed enterprise financing and support ecosystem yet inefficient enterprise formation”
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus, Hertha Ekandjo The know-how, time required, guidance, and who to approach have been cited by entrepreneurs as one of the reasons they are failing to access tailor-made capital. With the African Continent Free Trade Area agreement negotiation making…
UN-Otjiwarongo Sign Agreement To Tackle Poverty
By:Leakey Kaxwadi The municipality of Otjiwarongo and the World Food Programme (WFP) under the United Nations (UN) have signed a memorandum of understanding to find solutions that will mitigate the scourge of hunger and reduce the level of poverty in…
North-Central Companies Dash NamRa Collection Hopes
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) was only able to collect 23% of the estimated N$198,9 million they planned to collect from the north-central region in company/corporate tax for the 2022/23 fiscal year. This is year to date revenue…
Nandi-Ndaitwah Likely To Disappoint Feminists: Analyst
By:Megameno Shinana In the event that Namibia finds in newly elected Swapo vice-president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first-ever female president come 2024, chances are that this may not translate into the introduction of feminist-friendly policies at the executive level. This…
Pro-choice Activists Worry USA Supreme Court Abortion Decision Could Sway Namibia
By:Justicia Shipena As the US Supreme Court prepares to overturn a ruling that made abortion legal in that country, local pro-abortion activists worry that the move could impact Namibia’s own push to legalise abortion. In October last year, the Parliamentary…
AK Pro-choice Activists Worry USA Supreme Court Abortion Decision Could Sway Namibia
By:Justicia Shipena As the US Supreme Court prepares to overturn a ruling that made abortion legal in that country, local pro-abortion activists worry that the move could impact Namibia’s own push to legalise abortion. In October last year, the Parliamentary…