By:Fransina Nghidengwa Minister: Labour, Industrial Relations & Employment CreationUtoni Nujoma says that there are misunderstandings in the way the Office of the Labour Commissioner should operate. According to the Minister, criticism of the office stems from a misconception regarding the nature of the Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system and the role of the Conciliator and […]
By:Justicia Shipena The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has recommended that local procurement laws and regulations be improved and broadened to incorporate frameworks for local content policy. This would boost local participation in growing industries like green hydrogen and fossil fuels, according to NCCI President Bisey /Uirab. He said this would make funding […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Yesterday was commemorated as a Micro, Small and Medium-sized (MSMEs) Enterprises Day. On the occasion, the Manager for MSME Ecosystem Optimisation at the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board, Claudia Capelao, wrote an opinion piece, stating that often small businesses are touted as the backbone of the economy. One would hope that “we’d […]
By:Staff writer The Road Fund Administration (RFA) has iced its plans for a nation-wide toll road system, the parastatal announced on Tuesday. The TFA previously said it conducted a feasibility study in which it had found that 21 roads could fund N$5.8 billion in capital and maintenance expenditure over five years, possibly generating N$7.5 billion […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The private sector has indicated that access to policymakers on time is their main recommendation to the government in the journey of economic transformation. In his State of Business Address (SoBA) delivered yesterday, the President of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Bisey /Uirab said,”turbulent times require timely decisions.” /Uirab indicated […]
By:Staff writer Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo did not have the power to cancel a Chinese lithium miner’s licence and should have approached the courts to revoke it, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Lithium miner Xinfeng took Mines Minister Tom Alweendo to court after he cancelled the company’s mining licence in April and […]
By: Justicia Shipena Oil and gas companies must decide whether to make a financial investment before Namibian experts can publicly anticipate the growth of the sector, economist and director of Cirrus Capital, Rowland Brow, said in an interview with Eagle FM. He explained that it is not that economists are unable to predict the industry’s […]
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Staple food producer Namib Mills has announced that it will decrease prices on wheat flour, maize meal and instant maize porridge. The company announced this in a statement released on Thursday, stating the decrease is in response to global wheat prices that went down, and increased maize supply. Thus, halting the upward movement […]
By:Hilya Ngolo Debmarine Namibia has donated state-of-the-art endoscopy equipment to the Swakopmund District Hospital through the Ministry of Health and Social Services(MoHSS). Speaking at the official handover of the donation, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said the equipment will strengthen the provision of surgical care by providing reliable and timely diagnostic and interventional endoscopic procedures for […]
By:Uakutura Kambaekua’s Former Kamanjab Constituency Councillor Engenesia Tjiretje-Ensingue is one of the beneficiaries of the Kamanjab Build Together initiative and has reportedly fallen behind on their home payments for the previous nine years. The Kamanjab Council has not received a single penny from Tjiretje-Ensingue since 2014, when she acquired the loan, according to a source […]