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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…
WHY CAN’T I ASK FOR FUNDS? – CHELSI
By: Justicia Shipena Miss Namibia Chelsi Shikongo says that Namibians scrutinizing her decision to raise funds to represent Namibia at the upcoming Miss Universe have not contributed to her. Shikongo launched a GoFundMe account last month towards the international pageant,…
PDM’S INNA HENGARI’S MOTION…YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT MUST GO BEYOND TALKS
By: Andrew Kathindi Popular democratic movement (PDM) member of parliament Inna Hengari says that the motion which seeks to discuss and debate the youth unemployment crisis in Namibia must go beyond talks. Hengari tabled the motion in parliament on Tuesday…
KUNENE LOSES 100 000 LIVESTOCK IN 3 YEARS
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Kunene Region carrying capacity for livestock has dropped by more than 50%, and over the last three years, more than 100 000 cattle have been lost. Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has stepped in by investing N$130…
HATE SPEECH FUELS EXTREMISM, SAYS GEINGOB
President Hage Geingob says that hate speech fuels extremist views and is a cause of great concern, which has seen a growing trend of extremism worldwide. Geingob made these remarks at the global ministerial conference on the role of education…
GOVT SEEKS INVESTORS TO SWITCH N$1B TODAY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The central bank, on behalf of the government, seeks investors to switch their N$1 billion or more investment in the inflation-linked bond, G122 today (27 October). The switching of investment is to existing long-term borrowing instruments rather…
FORMER COUNCILLOR DAVIDS REPORTS AMUPANDA TO POLICE
By: Kelvin Chiringa Former IPC councillor Desiree Davids has opened a defamation case against City of Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda, who allegedly called her a person with a mental health condition. This has been confirmed by deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi,…