By: Andrew Kathindi Newly appointed Acting Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero, Chief Rev. Boas Tjingaete, says his focus will be to unite the Ovaherero people on genocide against what he perceives as a division in the community. Tjingaete was appointed as acting Paramount Chief over the weekend, after the Ovaherero Chiefs Council convened during the […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein said allowing Agricultural Business Development (AgriBusDev) to operate the green schemes turned out to be a problem. Schlettwein’s comments come after the Cabinet approved to cancel the memorandum of understanding between the agriculture ministry and AgriBusDev. “There is an objective that got lost in this whole scheme: the […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus So far, of the 5 000 ha targeted for agricultural production, by utilising the Neckartal Dam water, 3 800 ha have been acquired to date. Efforts are underway to secure the remaining 1200 ha, according to the update of the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, last month.  The […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Total investments in unlisted companies as of 30 June 2021 stood at N$2,21 billion. However, the country has committed capital of N$4,4 billion from its savings for unlisted projects. This is according to Namfisa’s quarterly report for the second quarter of 2021. Unlisted Investment represents the capital/funding channelled to a company or […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For those contemplating whether to grow crops and fruits or not, Namibian’s demand for horticultural products is expanding and currently stands at 110 999,47 tons. This represents an increase of 45 886,47 tons from 65,113 tons that the population demanded in 2018/19. In monetary value, the country’s demand for horticultural products is […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa  The All People’s Party (APP) has finally issued an official response regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their leader, Ignatius Shixwameni, which they have described as shocking.  Shixwameni collapsed and passed away while attending a parliamentary committee meeting with reports that an ambulance took time to arrive on the scene.  The […]

By: Andrew Kathindi PDM chairperson in the //Kharas region Innocent Mathys says that the national congress, which was meant to elect new leadership for the party’s youth wing, was riddled with favouritism and irregularities. The youth league’s National Spokesperson Maximalliant Katjimune announced on Saturday that due to “unanticipated developments”, the congress could not be finalised […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa President Hage Geingob is now set to brief the nation on the new Covid-19 measures this Tuesday at 15h00 at the back of intense speculation that he might opt to or not lock down the economy.  Namibia has started to see an escalation of Covid-19 cases with a series of re-infections, driven […]

  Staff Writer Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga said the verification on the missing guns is complete and that he has ordered officers to open a criminal case. About 90 guns were discovered missing on 10 November from the Windhoek Police depot during stock-taking. Ndeitunga confirmed the arresting of a suspect in connection with the missing […]

Staff Writer While Pfizer/BioNTech bosses have once again said there would be a need for a fourth dose, Namibia’s figures doubled from 554 reported on 9 December to 1 041 for 10 December. For the first time in as many months, Namibia also recorded two Covid-19 related home deaths from Katima Mulilo, involving a woman […]