Staff Writer President Hage Geingob said this year has brought much heartache and pain, leaving the nation’s resilience stretched to its limit. Geingob said this on Friday during the memorial service of APP leader Ignatius Shixwameni held at Rundu in Kavango East. Shixwamnei collapsed and died at Parliament in Windhoek on 10 November 2021. He […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus All those planning to borrow/invest money into government bonds will have to physically walk to Bank of Namibia offices to get their ‘I Owe You’ certificates. After 30 years of issuing debt instruments, the system is still based on paper and not digitised despite discussion and task force on 4IR. Government securities […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus For the next nine years, Namibia will need to invest on average N$9,5 billion annually on climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. In total, the country will require to invest at least N$85,8 billion due to climate change impact in the country, as determined by the updated Nationally Determined Contributions. The […]

By: Justicia Shipena The Roads Authority of Namibia chief executive officer, Conrad Lutombi, says they are not employing foreign contractors to work on Namibian roads. This comes as the Namibia engineering society complained that the entity is not complying with the engineering profession amendment act 24 of 1991. In this vein, Lutombi has said it […]

  Staff Writer A boy aged 12 hanged himself at Okahandja on Saturday after he had argued with her sister. The police said left the house after the issue had been resolved and went outside. Later, the police further said the boy was found hanging with a rope under a tree in the yard. According […]

  By: Julia Heita and Justicia Shipena The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) this weekend produced 15 apprentice graduates in tourism and hospitality. The graduates are derived from an apprenticeship programme funded by the Bank of Namibia (BoN), with Gondwana Collection hosting them. Initially, Gondwana took up 16 apprentices, but one apprentice passed on just before […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The latest import statistics for pork meat have highlighted the country’s increased appetite for pigs meat compared to last year, with the government going as far as Spain and Germany to meet local demand. Every month, the country’s pork meat import stands between 410 000 and 715 000 kilograms. Compared to 2020, […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Chairperson of the Kavango East Communal Land Board, Bernardino Mbumba, says that he was aware that Recon Africa did not have leasehold agreements when they began activities in the Kawe and Mbambi villages. The oil and gas company is currently exploring gas in the two Kavango regions. Mbumba said they received applications […]

By: Justicia Shipena  Affirmative Repositioning (AR) spokesperson Simon Amunime said IPC can go with their four seats and be ordinary City of Windhoek council members.  Amunime’s comments come after the City of Windhoek coalition partners raised a concern with the IPC leader Dr Panduleni Itula’s letter in which he said that the current mayor, Job […]

    By: Andrew Kathindi The education ministry says that it may reset its examinations should it be found that the leaked Grade 12 English examination papers and memorandums have spread countrywide. Deputy minister of education Faustina Namutenya Caley, said that investigations are currently underway into the leaked papers. Read more on The Villager Newspaper