By: Andrew Kathindi The newly appointed chief executive officer of Fishcor, Alex Gawanab, says that he will engage the government when he commences his duties in January to regain the company’s lost governmental objective quotas. Fishcor lost the governmental objectives fishing quotas in 2020 after the government announced that it would be auctioning off the […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus To enable the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, particularly zero hunger and climate action, the Environment Investment Fund has partnered up with the World Food Programme. The two announced their partnership in a statement released this week The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding as collaboration […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus  Various medium and bulk buyers of farm produce are refusing to go into committed procurement/supply agreements with upcoming women and youth producers. They are citing fear of inconsistency and quality of produce. As a result, young and women farmers cannot access capital under the collateral-less credit facility at Agribank. According to an […]

Staff Writer The former mayor of Windhoek who also attended to war combatants Bjorn von Finkenstein, has died. Von Finkenstein died on Friday in Windhoek. He was 63. Von Finckenstein was the Windhoek mayor from 1995 to 1998. President Hage Geingob described Von Finkenstein as a comrade who provided medical treatment to returnees from exile. […]

By: Staff Writer Yet another woman succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted by her boyfriend in the Oshana region. Selma Lilongeni Tangitate Ruben (26) died in Onandjokwe State Hospital on Saturday morning. Ruben was shot on the stomach, abdomen and right arm. On Friday, Ruben was shot three times by her boyfriend 41-year-old, Onesmus Hafeni Kalipi […]

Staff Writer Swapo has trounced IPC, PDM and the two independent candidates to retain the Ncamagoro constituency in Kavango East. The ruling party took 912 of the 1 268 votes. Coming second was the independent candidate Moses Nyundu who grabbed 153. The PDM managed 195 votes, while another independent Laudislous Poroto Shindimba, got 79 votes. […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Estimates are that the Namibian economy will register a 1,5% growth this year, above 2020 production. If this is to materialise, however, by the end of December (fourth quarter), Namibian factors of production have to produce goods and services valued at N$35,4 billion or more. This is according to The Villager estimates […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Various parents around the country have reported certain schools to the country competition watchdog after they are forced to buy school uniforms from one supplier by their respective schools. The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC)’s statement released at the end of October 2021 revealed. The NaCC highlighted that parents and other suppliers had […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Namibia football association (NFA) secretary-general Franco Cosmos says that the football body will select a new executive body despite the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)saying that it still recognizes Ranga Haikali as president. In a letter to FIFA SG, Fatma Samoura, COSAFA president Phillip Chiyangwa said the NFA had defied […]

By: Hellen Andreas The domestic economy remained on a positive trajectory in the third quarter of 2021, recording a growth of 2.4 per cent compared to a decline of 12.3 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2020. This was announced when the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) released the third publication of the Quarterly […]