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NAM NEEDS N$85,8 BILLION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For the next nine years, Namibia will need to invest on average N$9,5 billion annually on climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. In total, the country will require to invest at least N$85,8 billion due to…
WE ARE NOT EMPLOYING FOREIGN CONTRACTORS – LUTOMBI
By: Justicia Shipena The Roads Authority of Namibia chief executive officer, Conrad Lutombi, says they are not employing foreign contractors to work on Namibian roads. This comes as the Namibia engineering society complained that the entity is not complying with…
BOY (12) HANGS HIMSELF AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH SISTER
Staff Writer A boy aged 12 hanged himself at Okahandja on Saturday after he had argued with her sister. The police said left the house after the issue had been resolved and went outside. Later, the police further said…
APPRENTICE PROGRAM HARNESSES 15 TOUR GUIDES
By: Julia Heita and Justicia Shipena The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) this weekend produced 15 apprentice graduates in tourism and hospitality. The graduates are derived from an apprenticeship programme funded by the Bank of Namibia (BoN), with Gondwana Collection…
IPC CAN GO WITH THEIR 4 SEATS – AMUNIME
By: Justicia Shipena Affirmative Repositioning (AR) spokesperson Simon Amunime said IPC can go with their four seats and be ordinary City of Windhoek council members. Amunime’s comments come after the City of Windhoek coalition partners raised a concern with the…
EXAM PAPERS LEAK…EDUCATION MINISTRY COULD RESET EXAMS
By: Andrew Kathindi The education ministry says that it may reset its examinations should it be found that the leaked Grade 12 English examination papers and memorandums have spread countrywide. Deputy minister of education Faustina Namutenya Caley, said…
PORK MEAT APPETITE ON THE ROOF
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The latest import statistics for pork meat have highlighted the country’s increased appetite for pigs meat compared to last year, with the government going as far as Spain and Germany to meet local demand. Every month,…
LAND BOARD ON RECON AFRICA…WE KNEW THEY HAD NO LEASEHOLD PERMITS
Chairperson of the Kavango East Communal Land Board, Bernardino Mbumba, says that he was aware that Recon Africa did not have leasehold agreements when they began activities in the Kawe and Mbambi villages. The oil and gas company is…
FISHERMEN SHOOTING BY BDF WITNESS ACCOUNT
An inquest into the fatal shooting of three Namibians and their Zambian cousin by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) in November 2020 is ongoing at Kasane in Botswana. The Namibians are brothers Tommy, Wamunyima, and Martin Nchindo. The Zambian is…
HOSPITALISED MAN CLAIMS POLICE ASSAULTED HIM
By: Hellen Andreas Israel Nangolo (39) from Elombe village was admitted to Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in the Oshana region after four police officers assaulted him. The incident allegedly occurred on Friday, 12 November 2021. Nangolo, who spoke to The Villager…