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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…
Nam Consumers Spend N$3,7bn On SA Goods In June
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus For June 2022, Namibian consumers have bought N$3,7 billion worth of goods from South Africa. However, Namibians only managed to sell N$1,5 billion worth of goods to South Africans during the same period, the June 2022…
How To Embrace And Smoothen An Internship Model
By: Ilke Platt Founder Poiyah Media. An internship is a formal programme offered by organisations to assist students and recent graduates in training and gaining work experience. The goal of an internship or apprenticeship is to learn new skills to…
Telecom Namibia to Invest N$2,3b to Modernise Networks
Staff Writer Telecom Namibia chief executive officer Stanley Shanapoinda says the parastatal plans to invest more than N$2,3 billion in the next five years to modernise our national fixed and mobile network, starting from the national backbone to the core…
The Kavango Regions’ Economic Potential Chorus
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Beyond the agricultural sector, the two Kavango regions have been cited for having massive economic potential, especially food security. Despite this lauded potential, the two regions host most of the green schemes (seven of them), with many…
Letshego Moves Into Ongos Valley Deal
Staff Writer Letshego Namibia now extends soft loans to anyone who qualifies, unlike in the past, when the bank was heavily involved with government workers. Speaking during the signing of a partnership agreement with Ongos Valley Group in Windhoek on…
NIDA CEO Gaomab Apologises Over Livestock Deaths
By: Annakleta Haikera The Namibia Industrial Development Agency chief executive officer Mihe Gaomab II has apologised for the death of more than 100 cattle at the Kavango Cattle Ranch. The Kavango Cattle Ranch is approximately 168,900 hectares and comprises over…
Ramaphosa Denies Kidnapping, Torturing Namibians
Staff Writer South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says two of the five Namibians accused of breaking into his farm in February 2020 were assaulted by guards when they first broke into a farm close to his in the Limpopo province….