By: Julia Heita Although the education ministry tops the country’s budget allocation list for the next fiscal year, the biggest chunk goes to salaries. Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp told The Villager that the ministry does not have qualified reports for finances. A qualified audit report is issued when an auditor picks up discrepancies in […]

Staff Writer The Namibia Local Business Association will cater for all businesses from the kapana seller to the big enterprises owned by native Namibians. The organisation announced its presence on Friday at a press conference at the Chicco Mall in Ongwediva. Until now, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industries (NCCI) has been the only […]

By: Tjizouye Kazombungo The education ministry has faced stern criticism for the new NSSCO curriculum, which was launched in the previous academic year, is structured. The new curriculum replaced the previous NSSCO, forming a third major stage to educational structural reforms, which began in 2012. Grade 11 is now the exit point from basic education. […]

By: Dwight Links National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) managing director Immanuel Mulunga says that the second discovery of light oil and gas by TotalEnergies puts the country firmly among the energy-producing nations. “I believe this find is commercially viable. The discovery translates to Namibia moving from just exploring to being a producer. This is […]

By: Julia Heita Namibian artist Robert Nghifikwa, commonly known as ‘Robbah TJ’, says that the country’s amount of producers and artist managers does not promise quality. According to him, the industry is slacking because of experience and quality equipment. “Everyone starts from somewhere, and it is for those with experience to take the inexperienced under […]

By: Hellen Andreas The director of education in the Oshikoto region, Alleta Eises, said education is the greatest equaliser. Eises said this while delivering her speech at the official opening of Jolly Phonic Training at Ekamuti in Ondangwa in the Oshana region on Monday, which has seen a number of 263 pre-primary teachers from public […]

By: Hellen Andreas and Natangwe Kauluma The Ministry of Finance on Public-Private Partnership Unit (PPP) offered a two days foundation training to the Regional and Town Councils’ Officials and Political Office-Bearers at Oshakati in the Oshana region. Oshana Governor Elia Irimari officiated the training on Thursday, aiming to capacitate the RCs on the PPP Act […]

By: Frans Sinengela The Kavango West regional commander Commissioner Josephat Abel has warned fake preachers to refrain from practising witchcraft on the pretext of the church. “Witchcraft is witchcraft, and the church is the church; there is a difference,” he said. Commissioner Abel told Eagle FM that the police in his region is not against […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus & Envaalde Matheus Come first of April 2022, various ministries and government-funded agencies and offices will have another chance to stimulate economic activities using the public pooled funds. They will have N$61,6 billion allocated to various economic agents through operational and capital project expenditure. The Minister of Finance, Iipumbu Shiimi, announced yesterday […]

By: Justicia Shipena Sports minister Agnes Tjogarero says that the money expected from the upcoming financial year budget for the renovation of the Independence Stadium in Windhoek can manage the first phase. This comes as the finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi announced that the 2022/2023 financial budget would cater to N$50 million towards the renovation of […]