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LATE OR ON TIME…THE MID-TERM BUDGET REVIEW ON WEDNESDAY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The 2021/22 Mid Term Budget Review will be tabled in the National Assembly on 3 November 2021, announced Finance Minister Ipumbu Shiimi last week. The review is a bit late than usual, compared to previous years. The…
GEINGOB’S 3RD TERM PLANS…YA NAGOLOH DENIES JOINING SWAPO TO PUSH AGENDA
By: Kelvin Chiringa Long time Swapo Party critic turned praise-singer; Phil ya Nangoloh has denied a report that President Hage Geingob has plans to contest again for a third term. Leaked WhatsApp chats from the Politburo and Central Committee group…
THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE…MANAGING SOLID WASTE AND PLANTING A TREE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The environment stakeholders have observed Arbor Day by launching a solid waste team in the country’s biggest wildlife park and restocking the environment with trees. In a statement released by the Namibia Wildlife Resort this week, the…
NAB TO SUBSIDISE RETAILERS FOR EYE-CATCHING LOCAL PRODUCES DISPLAY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus On its journey to attract consumers to buy local-grown fresh produce, the Namibia Agronomic Board will subsidise retailers for eye-catching local produce displays. The board announced in a statement placed on its website. The board explained that…
SUSPECTED POTENTIAL TAX EVASION OF N$47,3BN IN 4 YEARS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For the past four years, N$47,3 billion was suspected of having gone through the country’s financial system as potential tax evasion. At the end of 2018, the FIC flagged N$7,3 billion as a potential tax evasion. However,…
STEFANSSON BAGS TWO AWARDS IN WEEKS
By: Wonder Guchu The man who blew the whistle on massive corruption in Namibia’s fishing sector, Johannes Stefansson, is the 2021 recipient of The Order of the Baobab award from the Business Ethics Network (BEN) Africa. The award will be…
DON’T DRINK COFFEE AND TAKE PICTURES AT COP26 – VENAANI
By: Justicia Shipena Popular Democratic Movement’s President, McHenry Venaani, called upon the Namibian delegation going to the 26th Congress of Parties (COP26) to deliver a robust debate on climate change and not go there to drink coffee. Venaani said this…
VALOMBOLA CONVICTED OF STUDENT MURDER
By:Kelvin Chiringa The conviction of the Commissioner of Refugees, Likius Valombola, over the murder of a student leader is nothing to celebrate, ex-Nanso leader Bernard Kavau has said. After a lengthy court fight, Valombola has been found guilty of the…
MTN DOESN’T NEED TO CO-INVEST IN MTC INFRASTRUCTURE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The regulator says that the South African telecommunication giant MTN does not need to co-invest with MTC to share its existing telecommunication infrastructures. A statement released on Wednesday by the Communication Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) rubbishes…
SOLD AS WHOLE, UNGUTTED, HEAD AND TAIL ON …IS NO MORE ABOUT CATCHING MORE FISH BUT ADDING VALUE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Currently, most of Namibia’s masbanker Total Allowable Catch is frozen on-board of large freezer vessels, and it does not reach on-shore for some value addition. The masbanker/horse mackerel account for 68% of the production of…