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Construction loses N$6b, sheds 30 000 jobs
The construction sector has been battered by the first hard-lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic and 30 000 jobs have been lost. The sector used to employ 60 000 Namibians. |This was disclosed by the Construction Industry Federation’s Barbel Kirchner this week….
Contractor disappears with N$4.9m drought money
An observation mission dispatched by the National Council, made up of members of the standing committee on habitat, has discovered that the Omaheke regional leadership failed to treat the drought situation as a matter of urgency. This is despite President…
Atindwa kuyinamweno nomumati gwe molwashoka ena uulema
Ndinelago Neshuku omukalimo gomomukunda guli popepi nodolopa yOndangwa moshitopolwa shOshana, etiyali okwayi moonkundathana no Eagle FM shinasha nonkalo ya nayipala iiyadha muyo sho aningi etegelelo inali longekidhwa omanga eli mondondo 10. Ndinelago otati konima sho iidhimbulula kutya okuna etegelelo, ngaashi…
Two more new Covid-19 cases – total now at 36
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Wednesday Namibia’s Covid-19 cases have gone up to 36 following two more new cases. In a statement late Wednesday, Dr Shangula said case number 35 is a Namibian man who is aged 26 years…
AR Windhoek apply to ECN ahead of regional council elections
The Affirmative Repositioning Windhoek branch has applied with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to register as an organisation to participate in the November 2020 regional council elections. The deputy chairperson Nathaniel Kalola told Eagle FM Wednesday that they had…
Bank of Namibia staff work from home as cautionary measure
Bank of Namibia (BoN) staff will return to a phase 1 approach of lockdown after some employees were suspected of coming into contact with a positive COVID-19 case. This was communicated in a memo to the staff members. According to…
Plans afoot for truck drivers to have own service stations
There are plans to designate service stations that will be used by truck drivers only in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. In addition, there are also plans to reserve certain amenities from where truck drivers can buy…
Ekanitho lyiilonga tali tala komalwaala goshipa
Okwa lopotwa puna omahangano ngoka ooyene yago aatiligane, taya kutha miilonga aanilonga aaludhe noku kalekamo aatiligane ooyakwawo. Eagle FM etiyali oyayi moonkundathana na Labor Executive Director Bro Mathew Shinguandja shinasha noolopota ndhika, nokwati uuministeli wo labour owuna oolopota dhaagandji yiilonga…
NSFAF uses draft policy document- Students
A number of students convened a meeting at the Namibia University of Science and Technology where they unanimously agreed that the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) was making use of a policy document that was still at the draft…
Parliament erupts into chaos over fishrot
Fishrot, the fisheries sector saga that has claimed the scalp of two ex-ministers all belonging to the same ruling Swapo party, divided parliament this week after the vice-president of Swapo, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said that the saga had been spoken about…