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Fuel Smuggling From Angola is Now A Big Issue – Mines Ministry
By: Hertha Ekandjo The mines and energy ministry says the issue of fuel smuggled from neighbouring Angola has now become a big issue. The ministry’s deputy director of petroleum affairs Carlo Mcleod said the government needs to budget funds for…
Property Valuers’ Profession Amendment Bill To Fine Improper Conduct
By: Dolly Menas Agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein says Property Valuers Profession Amendment Bill will include increased fines and penalties for improper conduct by property valuers. He said this while tabling the property valuers’ profession amendment bill…
Local Environmental Fund Re-accredited To Access GCF Capital
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Environment Investment Fund of Namibia is again officially recognised as having the globally recognised standards, competence, and governance systems to access the financial resources of the Global Climate Fund. Last week, a statement released by the…
‘Paying ex-worker of Air Namibia was an act of goodwill’ – Shiimi
…says government can’t cater for payments By: Sheila Perestrelo Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi says that the salaries offered by the government to the ex-employees of Air Namibia after the state entity collapsed are not compulsory as a token of goodwill….
Official Wants Govt to Recruit Border Guards to Curb Fuel Smuggling
A government official said Thursday that Namibia is currently faced with a major problem of fuel smuggling from neighbouring Angola. Proposing measures to curb the activities, Carlo Mcleod, deputy director of the Directorate of Petroleum Affairs with Namibia’s Ministry of…
Shilunga Praise Swakop Uranium Sustainability Report
Staff Writer Mines deputy minister Kornelia Shilunga said Swakop Uranium’s sustainability report shows commitment to transparency. China General Nuclear Power Corporation, which owns Swakop Uranium and runs the Husab mine, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. The report that…
Transforming Education Summit – The Global Moment of Truth
Amina J. Mohammed As parents, teachers and students got ready to return to school this autumn, few thought education was in deep crisis worldwide. This is a slow and often unseen crisis, but its impacts affect us all. At the…
Grootfontein Council to Meet on Monday To Decide Sinvula's Salary
By: Justicia Shipena The Grootfontein Town Council will now meet next week Monday to make its final decision on whether to completely cut off the salary of under-fire chief executive officer, Kisko Sinvula, as the relationship between both parties continues…
Namibia sends eight cheetahs to India
Staff Writer Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) staff will travel to India later this week to deliver a very special gift from the Namibian government: eight wild cheetahs. This group of iconic, spotted big cats is making history as the first…
Jerry softens on demands to Swapo
…but bracing to bring urgent court application next week Staff Writer Aggrieved Swapo party big-wig, Jerry Ekandjo, through his lawyer, Metcalfe Beukes, has told the party that he will no longer immediately commence to campaign for the VP position, until…