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YET ANOTHER DARK DAY ON NAMIBIA’S ROADS … As five family members perish in accident near Kongola
By: Kelvin Chiringa This Wednesday opened with yet another very dark cloud hanging over the Namibian nation, as seven family members got involved in a horrific accident that claimed five of them in the morning hours, after the vehicle they…
2022’S GRADE 11S TO START ACADEMIC YEAR LATE JAN …more outbreaks and school closures expected
By: Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the grade 11 cohort of 2022 will only commence with their academic year on 24 January, very late into the month due to the exam leakage and postponement suffered by the…
BILLIONAIRE MURDER ACCUSED THREATENS MEDIA OUTLETS
By: Andrew Kathindi Billionaire Harvey Boulter has threatened legal action against a number of local news publications in relation to how he has been covered in the media following his arrest last year, a move which has raised questions of…
EDUCATION SPENDS N$51M ON STATIONERY
By: Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the ministry has allocated N$51 million for school stationery, and 81%, equivalent to N$36 million, has already been spent. Steenkamp said the remaining money had been deposited in the school accounts…
WHY DID THE MINISTRY NOT REDUCE FUEL PRICES FOR JAN? … AS SA FUEL PRICES DROP
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Across the Orange River, South African consumers are getting some relief early in the new year with fuel prices set to fall on today- with the retail price of petrol (93) getting a cut by 71 cents…
WE DID OUR BEST- OMUSATI GOVERNOR… AS ANGOLANS REPATRIATE BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY
By: Kelvin Chiringa The Omusati regional governor Erginus Endjala has said that the repatriation of hundreds of Angolan nationals who had fled hunger from their country and got harbored by Namibia was a welcome relief. The Angolans have been at…
ECONOMY MOVE TO TAP MORE ON ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Namibia Institutional Investors Forum will bring together policy makers, asset owners, fund and asset managers, in March 2022 to discuss various asset classes in Namibia. As well as investment policies affecting or impacting investing in Namibia….
UNLEASHING THE HUMAN CAPITAL OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AS RECOVERY STRATEGY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In Africa, each additional year of schooling raises a man’s earnings by 11% and a woman’s earnings by 14%, a study by the World Bank revealed. As a result three World Bank gender experts and economist…
EXAM LEAK COSTS MINISTRY N$3 MILLION
By: Kelvin Chiringa The massive leakage of an exam last year meant for grades 11 and 12 has meant that the ministry has had to cough up roughly N$3 million to put together another round of papers to be written…
KEETMANS MAYOR SACKED OVER WATER-BILLS
By: Kelvin Chiringa The LPM mayor for the municipality of Keetmanshoop was withdrawn by her principals after she allegedly persisted in cutting water for owing residents instead of targeting big corporates in the area. This has been disclosed by the…