Category: News
Growth at Home Phase II to focus on Wood Charcoal Processing
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Among the sectors to be prioritised under phase two of the country Growth at Home Strategy is Agro-processing (Wood Charcoal), the ministry of industrialisation announced. The Ministry of Industrilisatoion and Trade announced last week that it…
Keetmans Council Staff Want Top Official Dismissed
By: Ndinelao Shingenge Employees at the Keetmanshoop municipal council are petitioning and demanding the removal of the municipality’s strategic executive for human resources. According to the petition signed by nearly 30 employees, human resources executive Elvis Mukaya was smuggled into…
Address Stereotypes to Fight Domestic Violence – Rundu Councillor
By: Justicia Shipena Rundu rural constituency councillor Paulus Mbangu says Namibia needs to address gender stereotypes to perfect the fight against domestic violence. Mbangu said this during the national council session this week while contributing to the domestic violence amendment…
India Rejects Namibian Cheetahs… Claims They’re Too Timid to Hunt
By: Andrew Kathindi India has rejected three of eight Namibian cheetahs that were to be translocated to that country as part of a memorandum of understanding on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilisation between the two states. The cheetahs were…
No Other Nominations For SPYL
By: Eba Kandovazu Marred by division uncertainty, the the 7th Swapo Party Youth League Ordinary Congress, which started on a good note and was officially opened by party president Hage Geingob went on successfully after central committee members were nominated…
Most Namibians Still Defecate In The Bush…National Council Says Government Must Address Lack of Toilets
By: Hertha Ekandjo Most Namibians are still using open spaces such as bushes to relieve themselves, a parliamentary standing committee report has shown. The committee on transport, infrastructure and housing, chaired by Swapo’s Alfeus Abraham, observed that defecation in the…
Oniipa School Accused of Intimidating Principal…as parents protest dismissal of 13 teachers in one day
Staff Writer Oniipa-based Northcot Private School is now demanding a public apology from its principal and another school official accused of soiling the entity’s name, a few days after 13 teachers said they got fired in one day for daring…
Chinese Mine Caught Between AR and MUN
Staff Writer A Chinese-owned lithium mining company, XinFeng, based in Omaruru, has found itself trapped between the Mine Workers Union of Namibia and the Affirmative Repositioning over poor labour relations allegations. However, the two outfits are not working together even…
“They Can Go To Hell”, Geingob Tells Swapo Critics
By: Eba Kandovazu, Justicia Shipena Swapo president Hage Geingob on Thursday said that Swapo is not dying and that party members should tell those who think so to go to hell. He said those leaving its ranks because they think…
TransNamib Board Resignation A Surprise – John Mutorwa
Staff writer Works and transport minister John Mutorwa says that he was unaware of the resignation of TransNamib board chair Lionel Matthews and that the development was a surprise to him. Matthews resigned from the parastatal’s board amidst an ongoing…