Category: News
Seven-Seater Operators Should Be Locked Up – Transport Ministry
By: Hertha Ekandjo The works and transport ministry has said that seven-seater operators are operating illegally and deserve to be locked up if found by the police. This follows after registered operators, on Tuesday, petitioned the Rehoboth mayor Enrico Junias…
Rössing Uranium Hands Over Infrastructure To Willem Borchard Primary School
Staff writer Close to 400 learners at the Willem Borchard Primary School (WBPS) in Okombahe, Daures Constituency, will now be able to enjoy their break time meal on comfortable chairs and tables. This comes as Rössing Uranium handed over infrastructure…
The Chronicles of SOEs Market Capture and Inefficient Costly Dominance
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Legalised monopolies operating as State Owned Enterprises have created anticompetitive effects, becoming barriers to the participation of efficient and transformative private players. An assessment by the World Bank contained in a Private Sector Diagonastic report for…
Namibia’s First Data Center About To Go Live
By: Dwight Links On Monday, Paratus Group chief executive Schalk Erasmus officially unveiled the Armada Data Center about 10 km outside Windhoek on the way to Okahandja. The Paratus telecommunications company owns the data centre. “This is a carrier-neutral site…
Warning Wage Price Spiral
Josef Kefas Sheehama According to Keynesian economic theory, the wage-price spiral is an economic term that describes the phenomenon of price increases as a result of higher wages. When workers receive a wage hike, they demand more goods and services,…
Environment Not Conducive for Negotiations: Cheetah Cement
Staff Writer The Cheetah Cement factory management at Otjiwarongo will likely not settle for a proposal to go back to the negotiation table just yet as the Mine Workers Union (MUN) now needs to answer to accusations of breaking some…
Harbour Ports Not In Good Hands With Opposition Parties – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
By: Hertha Ekandjo Swapo vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says that the ruling party needs the coastal towns back under its wings as there are harbour ports where the country’s imports happen and are not in good hands under opposition leadership….
Harbour Ports Not In Good Hands With Opposition Parties – Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
By: Hertha Ekandjo Swapo vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, says that the ruling party needs the coastal towns back under its wings as there are harbour ports where the country’s imports happen and are not in good hands under opposition leadership….
The Country’s Financial System Is Stable, Resilient and Sound – BON
By: Lina Amutenya The country’s financial system is stable, resilient and sound, the Bank of Namibia has revealed in a recent report. According to the central bank, this is despite prevailing risks and vulnerabilities. The bank’s deputy governor, Ebson Uanguta,…
Erongo Region Free From Avian Influenza Imposed Measures
By: Lina Amutenya The agriculture, water and land reform ministry has lifted control measures that were put in place to control Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) that was detected in the Erongo region on 5 August. The last HPAI…