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Rundu Observes Human Rights Day
By:Annakleta Haikera Human Rights Day was commemorated in Rundu in the Kavango East region last Saturday, which coincided with the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. In Namibia, Namibian Women’s Day was enacted by parliament with…
AfriTin Discovers More Lithium,Tin, Tantalum In Nam
By:Staff writer AfriTin Mining says its exploration activities in Namibia have confirmed the presence of significant lithium, tin and tantalum mineralisation. The exploration programme on its ML133 licence, located about 35 km from the company’s flagship Uis tin mine, started…
Poultry Products Imports Suffocate Local Production
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), in its latest Third Quarter Agri-Review 2022, has revealed that the country has advanced in poultry products production, but the sector is under threat from a high influx of poultry meat and products,…
Taxi Cabbie Scores Jackpot For His Honesty
By:Rudolf Iiyambo The fortunes of 29-year-old former Windhoek taxi driver Nicco Sibolile have only gotten better a month after he returned N$8000 to a customer who had forgotten her bag in his taxi last month. On Friday, Sibolile collected a…
Katuka Mentorship Programme Inducts Mentors And Mentees For 2023
By:Staff writer The Katuka Mentorship Programme recently inducted 53 new mentors and mentees into the Bank Windhoek-sponsored programme at an event that also saw the certification of those who completed the 2022 programme. The programme was launched in 2001 to…
Aupindi, Himarwa Fail To Make It To Politburo
By:Megameno Shinana Tobie Aupindi and Katrina Hanse-Himarwa’s failure to make it into the Swapo party politburo could be a cleansing exercise by delegates to rid the party’s structure of elements whose integrity has been put into question, analysts have reasoned….
Tributes Pour In For Businessman Daniel Augusto De Jesus
By:Annakleta Haikera Respected Rundu-based businessman Daniel Augusto De Jesus has died aged 73. De Jesus is the owner of Rundu OK Foods supermarket and hardware retailer Rundu Build It. He also owned the Grootfontein OK Foods and Nkurenkuru Market and…
Expected La Niña Year To Reduce Global Food Supply In 2023
By:Justicia Shipena AgriBank of Namibia says that adverse weather patterns could reduce crop yields in 2023. This week the bank released its monthly market watch for November focusing on food prices remaining high. According to the monthly market watch, a…
NBL Generates N$1.82 Billion From Namibia Sales
By:Megameno Shinana The Namibia Breweries Limited’s (NBL) – a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List (O&L) Group – net revenue increased by 14.1% to N$ 3.021 billionfor the financial year ended 30 June 2022. This growth was predominately a result…
Tourism Sector At Risk Of Experiencing Less Travellers – Brinkmann
By:Nguriye Katusuva Sense of Africa, the leading inbound destination management company in Africa, reckons that some of the anticipated risks for the tourism industry in the future are less travel by individuals. The company’s chief operations officer Paul Brinkmann said…