Category: Top Stories
Prosecute Financial Crimes to be De-Greylisted
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s chance to be delisted as a country susceptible to financial crimes – due to its fragile ability to detect and stop said crimes – hinges on proving that it can investigate and prosecute money…
Mixed Feelings About Oil & Gas Industry
By: Dwight Links Researchers from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) have captured stakeholders’ mixed sentiments towards the emerging oil and gas industry. The recent research findings regarding oil and gas have revealed a variety of…
Only 37% of Nam’s Power Produced Locally in August
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala In August 2025, own generation contributed 37.4 percent (141 962 MWh) of the total electricity supplied to the domestic economy, while imports made up the remaining 62.6 percent (237 734 MWh). The preceding month, July 2025, the…
Omburu Battery Storage Received its Power Conversion System
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia’s first utility-scale battery storage project has received some of its eight (8) Power Conversion Systems (PCS), the country’s power utility updated last week. According to NamPower updates, the PCS containers will be used to convert Alternating…
Rundu Water Crisis Deepens
By: Annakleta Haikera For the people of Rundu, the struggle for clean water has become a painful part of everyday life. In settlements such as Tumweneni, Tuhingireni, Sikanduko, Kaisosi, Suncity, and Ndama South/East, residents wake up before dawn with buckets…
Shafudah Juggles Budget Allocation to Avoid Fiscal Slippery Slope
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Treasury will be decreasing the budgetary allocation of low-performing projects to support the most urgent priorities. This is to avoid the national operational budget of FY2025/26 going beyond N$89.4 billion as initially planned,…
Etunda Green Scheme to Harvest 400 Tons of Potatoes
By: Loise Shiimi The Etunda irrigation farm is currently in the process of harvesting its potato crop, with expectations of yielding 400 tons. The farm, under the Etunda Green Scheme, is located in Ruacana approximately 150 km…
Dark Times Persist for the Beef Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the nine months ending in August 2025, abattoirs sourcing locally for beef exports only slaughtered 89,466 head of cattle compared to 157,525 cattle slaughtered in the same period last year. This is according…
Less than 30% of the 2025/26 Capital Budget Executed
By: Dwight Links and Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala There is a notable sluggishness in the implementation of the budget for the Capital/Development project by the government. In an update from the Minister of Finance, Ericah Shafudah, she stated that…
N$5.5 million to Subsidise Potato Production
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Namibia Agronomic Board (NAB) has availed a total of N$5.5 million to be allocated for the 2025/2026 financial year potato value chain development scheme . This scheme forms part of the recently launched NAB…