Category: News
Local Business Challenged to Plough Back into The Community
By: Uakutura Kambaekua Local businesses, especially those that benefit from the Kunene Regional Council contracts and tenders have been challenged to plough back into the communities they operate from as this will in turn assist the region in attaining accelerated…
Huge number of car loan applications rejected
By: Justicia Shipena Some local dealerships still indicate that a large share of customers are seeing their car loan applications rejected. This is according to the latest Simonis Storms report on vehicle sales. Meanwhile, the report also states that vehicle…
Seven out of 200 suspended from B2Gold…the rest return
By: Hertha Ekandjo The B2Gold mine director Leake Hangala said that out of the 200 employees of the mine who were last week suspended after refusing to work over their normal eight-hour without compensation, seven who were regarded as the…
Implementing Ombudsman’s recommendations delayed by consultations, says justice minister
By: Justicia Shipena Justice minister Yvonne Dausab says that the delay in the implementation of recommendations contained in the Ombudsman’s report is due to consultations, changes in leadership, and financial implications. Dausab said this in the National Assembly last week…
Man rapes woman after promising her a job
By: Eba Kandovazu An 18-year-old Angolan woman was allegedly raped last Friday by a man who promised to link him up with a sister of his he claimed works at Ongwediva’s Medipark private hospital as a domestic worker. Oshana Nampol…
Utoni calls on SSC to form medical benefits fund
Staff writer Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has called on Social Security Commission (SSC) to plan and establish the National Medical Benefits Funds (NMBF). Nujoma made this appeal during the SSC Annual Strategy Review session in Windhoek recently. In a…
About U$106 of Zambian imports are from Namibia – Lucia Iipumbu
By: Justicia Shipena Trade minister Lucia Iipumbu says trade statistics between Zambia and Namibia indicate about US$106 million to US$130 million of Zambian imports are from Namibia. Iipumbu said this during the second day of the Swakopmund International Trade Expo…
Rapist, Murderer jailed for 35 years
By: Eba Kandovazu Johannes Hausiku, a former Outjo farmer charged with child murder and various rape charges was sentenced to an effective 35 years imprisonment, after countlessly being sent for mental and psychiatric evaluation. He, in 2020, underwent mental observation…
Oshana benefits from N$306 million GIPF Investments
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Government Institutions Pension Fund has invested N$306 million of the public servants’ retirement savings for further growth in the Oshana Region. Of the total investment in the region, over N$110 million was deployed in Ondangwa…
The third edition of the U20 youth games postponed again
By: Justicia Shipena The Sports Commission of Namibia (NSC) on Tuesday announced the postponement of the much anticipated MTC Namibia Youth Games 2022. The games were scheduled to take place from 11 to 17 December 2022 and have now been…