Blog Page
BASIC GOODS COST UP BY 4.1%
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Consumers are reminded to adjust the amount of money they allocate to their basic goods and services, as they now cost 4,1% more than 12 months ago. A year ago (November 2020), price average prices increased at…
IMF, AFDB, AND WORLD BANK ORTHODOX REFORMS AREN’T ENOUGH
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Multilateral institutions/financiers can provide technical assistance to African leaders beyond offering traditional reforms, which ignore domestic dynamics. Says Ken Opalo, an assistant professor in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, presented in the International Monetary Fund’s Finance…
BLOOD TRANSFUSION NEEDS MORE BLOOD
By: Justicia Shipena The blood transfusion service of Namibia (NamBTS) said that they now managed to fork enough blood for four days. This comes as NamBTS, four days ago, announced it only had sufficient blood for two days. NamBTS spokesperson…
GOBABIS GETTING BACK TO ORDER- NGANATE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Omaheke regional governor, Pio Nganate, has said that the cattle town of Gobabis is now getting restored to order thanks to the community’s intervention after a hailstorm battered the town over the weekend. The hailstorm left a…
I WILL STEER CLEAR OF FISHROT – NEW FISHCOR CEO
By: Andrew Kathindi The newly appointed chief executive officer of Fishcor, Alex Gawanab, says that he will engage the government when he commences his duties in January to regain the company’s lost governmental objective quotas. Fishcor lost the governmental objectives…
JOINT EFFORTS ON ZERO HUNGER AND CLIMATE-RELATED PROJECTS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus To enable the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, particularly zero hunger and climate action, the Environment Investment Fund has partnered up with the World Food Programme. The two announced their partnership in…
NO ONE WANTS TO COMMIT TO WOMEN AND YOUTH UPCOMING FARMERS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Various medium and bulk buyers of farm produce are refusing to go into committed procurement/supply agreements with upcoming women and youth producers. They are citing fear of inconsistency and quality of produce. As a result, young and…
GEINGOB MOURNS FIRST WINDHOEK SWAPO MAYOR
Staff Writer The former mayor of Windhoek who also attended to war combatants Bjorn von Finkenstein, has died. Von Finkenstein died on Friday in Windhoek. He was 63. Von Finckenstein was the Windhoek mayor from 1995 to 1998. President Hage…
ANOTHER WOMEN KILLED BY LOVER
By: Staff Writer Yet another woman succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted by her boyfriend in the Oshana region. Selma Lilongeni Tangitate Ruben (26) died in Onandjokwe State Hospital on Saturday morning. Ruben was shot on the stomach, abdomen and right…
IPC, PDM LOSES TO SWAPO – AGAIN
Staff Writer Swapo has trounced IPC, PDM and the two independent candidates to retain the Ncamagoro constituency in Kavango East. The ruling party took 912 of the 1 268 votes. Coming second was the independent candidate Moses Nyundu who grabbed…