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THREE CONFIDENT WORKERS EVICTED
By: Justicia Shipena Three workers for the Confidente newspaper have been evicted from their houses owing to late payments of salaries, as the company only paid out December salaries last week Friday after workers protested. In the meantime, the Namibia Media…
TREASON CONVICTS GET TASTE OF FREEDOM AFTER DECADES IN JAIL
By: Pricilla Mukokobi The Caprivi Concerned Group has confirmed that eight more treason convicts walked scot free last week after decades in prison, owing to a celebrated Supreme Court ruling. However, the group is still adamant that the attempt by…
MORE OUTPUT TO BE LOST IF PANDEMIC IMPACT PROLONGS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus If the Covid-19 pandemic impact prolongs, global GDP losses could rise to $5,3 trillion over five years relative to current projections, with several million more lives to be lost. The International Monetary Fund (MF) projected last year…
FARMERS FEAR DROUGHT COULD THREATEN CROPS
By: Annakleta Haikera and Justicia Shipena Farmers in Kavango West fear that they might experience drought due to a lack of rain that the region is currently suffering. Speaking to The Villager, Katrina Haingura, a resident from Nakatava, said low…
IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN BACK ON 130 BILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE RESERVES
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization, Omar F Ibrahim, pointed out that it would be a mistake for Africans to abandon their abundant petroleum resources. He said this in a statement released by the…
LESS SEVERE FOURTH WAVE A RESULT OF VACCINES – SHANGULA
By: Andrew Kathindi The minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula says that the higher rate in vaccinations during the fourth wave compared to the previous waves has been the cause of less deaths and hospitalizations. Namibia currently has…
IT WILL RAIN CABBAGE, PUMPKIN AND BUTTERNUTS TILL FEB 2022 …expect less of potatoes and onions
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus If you go to a supermarket in January to February 2022 and your cabbage, pumpkin, butternuts and gem squash do not have a Namibian flag then think twice. The country producers will be able to sufficiently carter…
COVID LOSSES LEADING TO SUICIDES – CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
By: Andrew Kathindi, Rose Texeira Clinical psychologist, Michelle McCullochon from Bel Esprit, a specialised mental health private hospital, says that the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the high number of suicides recorded during the festive weekend. Five suicides were…
SWAKOP RESIDENTS OWE MUNICIPALITY N$100M
By: Justicia Shipena The residents of Swakopmund owe the municipality about N$100 million in water debts, according to the chief executive officer of Swakopmund town, Alfeus Archie Benjamin. But the days are now numbered for the residents as it has…
HOW TO HANDLE SPEED AND POWER DURING A TYRE BURST: SHERIFF SHAUN NAUDE
The Zambezi acting regional police commander, Nehemia Josef, has confirmed that they have opened A case of culpable homicide, and alternatively reckless and or negligent driving in the case in which a 22-year old driver lost control of a…