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Health Commodities Remain Pricey And Exclusive … universal healthcare a pipe dream, report finds
Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Health commodities in Namibia are still pricey and unaffordable to ordinary citizens despite several developments in the sector and increases in the number of public and private health facilities in the country. In fact, since 2005, the increase…
No Plans To Abandon: BoN Stays Committed To US Dollar For International Trade
By: Justicia Shipena Despite recent reports that countries are moving away from the US dollar, Namibia’s central bank is not considering allowing the country to purchase goods such as oil in its local currency. This comes as The Villager in…
//Hoebes Raps Seibeb On The Knuckles Over Green Hydrogen
By: Justicia Shipena Minister in the Presidency Christine //Hoebes has described Landless Peoples Movement (LPM) parliamentarian, Henny Seibeb’s allegations against the Green Hydrogen project as “deceptive and selfish” in pursuit of a misplaced political goal. //Hoebes was responding to Seibeb’s…
Trade Deficits Plague Namibia Despite Encouraging Export Performance
By: Justicia Shipena Namibia continues to have monthly trade deficits even though exports have been growing faster than imports in recent months, financial research firm Simonis Storm has observed. This week, Simonis Storm published a report on trade figures for…
Namibia Needs To Develop Strong Trade Relations With African Countries – Economist
By: Hertha Ekandjo With Namibia importing 22% worth of goods from African countries in 2020 following the closure of overseas ports and trade restrictions due to the pandemic, economist Abednego Ekandjo said it is crucial for Namibia to build strong…
Societal Needs Requires Adaptable and Evolving Banking Sector
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Banks must adapt and meet the evolving needs of all their stakeholders in the economy, said Bank Windhoek’s Managing Director, Baronice Hans. She made this statement when she handed over the Chairpersonship of the Bankers Association of…
New System Launched To Transform The School Feeding Programme
By: Hilya Ngolo The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched the Namibia School Feeding Information Management System (Nasis) in Windhoek this week. The initiative aims to improve monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of…
Namibia Gives Angola’s Yona National Park Giraffes
By: Staff Writer Fourteen giraffes, from Namibia, arrived this week in Angola, as part of the re-stocking programme of the species in the Yona National Park, located in the municipality of Tombwa, south-western Namibe Province. According to the Tombwa administrator,…
Teaching Jobs Bickering Resolved At Karanawa Village
By: Annakleta Haikera Three voluntary teachers who helped start a school in Nkurenkuru in the Kavango West region are crying foul after none of them were employed when the school was formalised. Thomas Simbundu, who doubled a security guard and…
Upskilling employees for the world of work where a Digital Academy forms a competitive advantage
By: Rochelle Freyer The World Economic Forum ranked Active Learning and Learning Strategies, Technology use, Monitoring, Control and Resilience, Stress tolerance, and Flexibility amongst the top 10 skills of 2025. This is fitting given the fact that the world…