By:Nghiinomewnwa-vali Erastus For the remaining five months of the current 2022/23 financial year ending 31 March, the government is expected to borrow about N$3 billion from individual and institutional investors. This is after the government’s total borrowing needs for the current financial year was reduced by N$400 million, from N$12.6 billion to N$12.2 billion, the […]

By:Hertha Ekandjo The annual inflation rate which indicates the price movement of most consumed goods and services in the economy has gone up by 7.1% in October 2022, says the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) monthly report. This is a significant increase compared to the 3.6% recorded in October 2021, significantly impacting the cost of living […]

By Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka My girlfriend called me a coward after I refused to kill a spider she found in the shower early in the morning. I told her that I cannot kill it because it is part of the ecosystem. Then I went back to sleep. She has since been mad at me. On the […]

By:Uakutura Kambaekua Okuruuo, also known as ‘the holly fire’, will be documented and adopted on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) websitenext year as part of the agency’s ongoing project aimed at safeguarding intangible cultural heritages for the future and educational purposes. UNESCO’s Namibia National Commission in collaboration with the ministry of […]

By:Megameno Shinana With a supreme court judgement having ruled two years ago that scab labourers acted independently when performing the work of striking workers, a prominent lawyer Nixon Markus has bashed the court for effectively rendering strikes meaningless. Labour experts are now taking the war onto the doorstep of the law itself. The supreme court […]

By:Josef Kefas Sheehama An education without technology does not prepare Namibians with the skills that the world requires. Technology should be omnipresent in education. It is the demand for change that propels education systems to produce a country’s innovators, inventors, creators, problem solvers, entrepreneurs, global citizens, change-makers and critical thinkers. Education is a catalyst for […]

By:Justicia Shipena The institute for public policy research (IPPR) in its local and regional government annual assessment found that councils located in economically developed areas tend to perform better. IPPR on Thursday launched the first edition covering 01 September 2020 to 30 August 2022. IPPR research associate Kitty Mcgirr said questionnaires were emailed to the […]

By:Justicia Shipena The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Namibia together with the environment and tourism ministry and the Japanese embassy in Namibia will early 2023 work on study tours and exchange of information on the promotion of carbon markets in Namibia. This was revealed in a Japan Supplementary Budget (JSB) progress report titled, “Steps […]

By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus A six months review by the country Central Procurement Board has revealed that N$1,4 billion worth of tenders that it facilitated, almost all of them were awarded to Namibian bidders. This comes at a time there has been an outcry by local contractors as they get sidelined when it comes to lucrative tenders, […]

By:Staff writer Trade unionists, research experts and directors of the international think-tank, Transparency International have piled pressure against Icelandic fishing giant, Samherji, demanding restorative justice. They also accused Samherji of carrying on with its operations with impunity three years after the disclosure of the Fishrot scandal in Namibia. Eighteen of these experts have signed a […]