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Suicide Rates Rise By Over 100 as 679 Take Their Lives
By: Hilma Tuukondjele Namibia’s suicide rates have increased by 100 since last year, indicating that the country continues to grapple with the mental health crisis that has seen 679 people take their lives between January 2021 and May 2022. In…
Cheetah Cement/MUN in War of Words Over Strike Rules…as company braces to retrench locals
Staff Writer Cheetah Cement factory management has now written, through its lawyers, to the Mine Workers Union (MUN), accusing it of breaking striking rules by interfering with non-striking workers and thus bringing production to an effective halt. But the union’s…
City Council Not A Failure, Mayor Says
Staff Writer Windhoek Mayor Sade Gawanas was adamant that the City’s coalition council has not failed but chose to lay the blame at the feet of certain individuals she would not name. Gawanas said this in a press conference on…
Government Issues ‘No Pay’ Warning For Civil Servants Thinking of Striking
By: Justicia Shipena and Hertha Ekandjo Labour minister Utoni Nujoma has warned that government is under no obligation to pay any public servant planning to strike. More than 100,000 government employees are gearing up to down tools after the government…
Make ICT In Lower Grades Compulsory – Swapo’s Hofni Iipinge
By: Hilma Tuukondjele Swapo party youth league (SPYL)’s secretary for education, Hofni Iipinge, has proposed making Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) studies a compulsory subject in lower grades curriculum. Iipinge told The Villager that according to his research, there is…
Tourists Trickle Back to Namibia
By: Hilma Tuukondjele Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta says there was a 40.9 per cent increase in foreign arrivals, from 192,026 arrivals in 2020 to 270,644 arrivals in 2021. He further said tourist arrivals had a substantial growth of…
NSI N$36 million Coastal Center to Expand Inspection
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The Namibia Standard Institution has expanded its services to the economy through its newly expanded office on the coast. According to the Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia Iipumbu, the inspection centre has expanded its operations…
Address The Gay Community Or Monkeypox Could Spread Under The Radar, Warns Haufiku
By: Justicia Shipena Former health minister Bernard Haufiku says that despite monkeypox’s uncertain trajectory, the disease is reported to be largely confined to homosexuals. This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO), over the weekend, declared monkeypox a public health…
Reserve Entry Level Jobs for Locals – Kunene Youth
By: Uakutura Kambaekua – Outjo Chairperson of the Kunene region Youth Forum Tuakoveni Mocks Kenaumue says that entry-level jobs should be reserved for the locals, arguing that these don’t require qualifications and, in turn, might help in curbing the high…
City of Windhoek, a Sinking Titanic… Surviving on N$200 Million Overdraft
Staff Writer The City of Windhoek is broke and is operating at the back of staggering cumulative losses of N$3.2 billion over the past 10-year period. City councillor Jürgen Hecht broke the bad news on Monday morning, describing the insolvency…