Staff writer Nampower Managing Director Kahenge Simson Haulofu says that in addition to the provision of electricity, generation projects such as the newly installed Omburu Power Station will reduce the overall NamPower tariff to the customer. He said this would be done by introducing an affordable “new-build” renewable energy to the Namibian grid. “They support […]
By: Staff writer The Swapo party Secretary-General Sophia Shaningwa welcomed 130 new members in Okangwati, Epupa District, Kunene Region. During the address, Shaningwa said the new members are all representatives of Swapo wherever they go. “You will all agree with me that we are all mobilisers of our party in one way or another. Mobilisation […]
By:Justicia Shipena The gender research and advocacy project coordinator at the legal assistance centre (LAC), Dianne Hubbard, says the United States (US) constitution is very different from the Namibian constitution. Hubbard was reacting to how the US Supreme Court ending the nearly 50 years of constitutional protection to abortion rights on Friday could impact Namibia. […]
By: Andrew Kathindi Charmaine Saron, the late 28-year-old who was brutally stabbed 24 times and left in a riverbed behind the Hosianna Church in Katutura earlier this month, will be buried in Rehoboth tomorrow. The burial follows a widely attended demonstration on Friday in the same town, organised by LPM, the party for which she […]
By: Hertha Ekandjo Germany has agreed to work with Namibia to fund the NamPost facility in support of SMEs, Water Sector support and renewable energy program. Germany’s ambassador Herber Beck said this during the signing of the Financial Cooperation agreement on interest loans between Namibia and Germany on Friday in Windhoek. “The loan is in […]
By: Josef Kefas Sheehama Economic processes impact the lives and livelihoods of people who frequently have little or no voice. Economic development and social justice encourage economic transformation that increases material opportunity in ways that promote open and prosperous Namibians. An enriched society is one where locals are able to prosper. Atterbury Property Holdings, owned […]
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Around 27 per cent and 30 per cent of the country’s small stock of sheep and goats are being farmed in the !Karas region, according to the Economic Profiling Report on Keetmashoop by First Capital. The report details the economic outlay of Keetmanshoop and the !Karas region, population dynamics and resources endowment […]
By: Kelvin Chiringa Home affairs minister, Albert Kawana, says that President Hage Geingob will never be recalled and that any thought of doing so on the part of some political outfits is merely wishful thinking. The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) has lately called for Geingob to step aside to allow for a full investigation […]
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus To lower broadband/data costs in the country, the communication regulator calls for further competition and, as a remedy, has advised the government to give up management control in MTC. Secondly, the government, which is the main shareholder in Telecom Namibia, should sell the mobile segment, TN, to the private sector, the Communication […]
By: Justicia Shipena The High Court has ordered siblings Azaan Madisia and Junior Mulundu, accused of murdering Shannon Wasserfall, to be detained in Windhoek. This comes as the court had postponed the matter to 18 August 2022 for filing. During the court case management, the defence counsel in the Windhoek High Court asked whether the […]