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NAM EXTRACT AND SHIPS OFF 1000S OF CARATS, TONS OF ZINC, URANIUM, AND GOLD
By: Ngiinomenwa Erastus For the past nine months, the multinational companies have extracted on average 104 952 carats of diamonds and 6 014, 33 tons of zinc from Namibia. In addition, every month, 469, 85 tons of uranium is extracted…
TWO MINISTRIES TO SPEND N$99,9M ON FOOD PROCUREMENT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus One of the various farmers and upcoming food processors outcries is the lack of market for their products and off-take agreement. Despite the challenge farmers face, two of the social sector ministries have just used the emergency…
UCONOMY, NEDBANK TO TRANSFORM ORANGEMUND SMES
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Uconomy has been given access to N$1 million by Nedbank and OMDis to assist with SMEs development at Orangemund. Uconomy Namibia, an arm of the South African developing agency, confirmed the Villager over the weekend. Jason Kasuto,…
TOUR GUIDE COMPANY CAUTIONS AGAINST BLAME GAME
By: Kelvin Chiringa Delphine Ilunga, owner of Furaha Tours and Safaris, under whose watch a French tourist ended up dead in the Deadvlei, has cautioned against blame game as authorities hunt after what caused the death. Nicolas Remondiere (54) was…
SCHLETTWEIN TELLS NORTHERN FARMERS…UNFOLD YOUR HANDS AND PPARTICIPATE
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Northern producers should unfold their hands, stop watching from the stand and participate in government livestock initiatives. So ordered the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reforms, Calle Schlettwein, at the inception workshop in Omusati last week. The…
JERRY IS STILL THE OLD EKANDJO
By: Wonder Guchu Jerry Ekandjo has not changed a bit. His comments on Tuesday in the National Assembly about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people is not new. Contributing to the mid-term budget review, Ekandjo took a swipe…
GUSTAVO STICKS HIS HEAD OUT… CALLS OUT SCOT-FREE FISHROT ACCUSED PERSONS
By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo has lamented that some of his co-accused have been allowed to tell their side of the story in the whole corruption scandal while he has not been given the same opportunity. Gustavo also…
NAMIBIA WON’T CUT OFF POTENTIAL OIL, GAS RESOURCES …INCORPORATE FUTURE PROBLEMS IN TODAY’S SOLUTIONS – ALWEENDO
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Despite all the current efforts to minimise carbon-emitting production and energy use, Namibia will not be quick to kill a potential oil endowment. Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo said when he delivered his remarks…
TIME TO MAKE PEACE WITH FISH…BEEF AND CHICKEN HAVE GOTTEN PRICEY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Households spend more of their disposable income on food, specifically on meat products – beef and chicken. The only meat product which prices are not increasing faster is fish. Inflation measures how expensive a set of…
MISSING GUNS FROM POLICE DEPOT…INSPECTOR GENERAL NDEITUNGA SAYS IT’S EMBARRASSING
By: Wonder Guchu Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on Sunday says it was embarrassing that guns could go missing from the Windhoek Central Depot. On Saturday, the Villager broke the story of the several guns discovered missing from the Windhoek…