By: Andrew Kathindi Minister of home affairs Albert Kawana handed over new identity (ID) cards to President Hage Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos on Thursday at the State House in Windhoek. Founding President Sam Nujoma and former President Hifikepunye Pohamba will also be among the first to receive the “new look” ID cards at […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Leone Jooste said he has no intention to head the public enterprises’ department when the current state-owned enterprises’ ministry is phased out. The department will be placed under the watch of finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi. Effectively, the public enterprises’ ministry will be dismantled in four-months time, thereby casting a dark cloud over […]

  Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the main aim of the retirement funds is savings mobilisation for future protection of the earnings of members and are crucial for local investment. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said this when she addressed the 14th Conference for Retirement Funds in Windhoek on Wednesday. According to the Prime Minister, the business of retirement […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) regional councillor in Aranos, Salomon Boois has been accused by his business partners of fraudulently reducing their shareholding in Queen Sophia Fishing CC. Boois stands accused of taking 15% shares of former deputy minister Hendrick Witbooi’s wife, Sophia Witbooi and Martha Swartbooi and giving them over to […]

By: Justicia Shipena The education ministry executive director, Sanet Steenkamp, said the ministry will give directives on how progress reports for the academic year of 2022 will be adjusted. This comes as the ministry announced that the covid-19 pandemic changed the 2022 school calendar to two semesters. Steenkamp told The Villager that the change avoids […]

By: Andrew Kathindi The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Daniel Kashikola says that the missing guns and ammunition from the Windhoek police depot may not be missing, and it remains an allegation. This comes as both the Inspector general of the Namibian police and police spokesperson, deputy commissioner confirming the disappearance. […]

By: Ngiinomenwa Erastus For the past nine months, the multinational companies have extracted on average 104 952 carats of diamonds and 6 014, 33 tons of zinc from Namibia. In addition, every month, 469, 85 tons of uranium is extracted from the Erongo region and other areas. Between Otjiwarongo and Tsumeb, 400,78 kilograms of gold […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus One of the various farmers and upcoming food processors outcries is the lack of market for their products and off-take agreement. Despite the challenge farmers face, two of the social sector ministries have just used the emergency procurement route to get food and related stuff worth almost N$100 million (N$99,9 million). The […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Uconomy has been given access to N$1 million by Nedbank and OMDis to assist with SMEs development at Orangemund. Uconomy Namibia, an arm of the South African developing agency, confirmed the Villager over the weekend. Jason Kasuto, representing Uconomy Namibia, explained that they have started with a joint SME and Economic Development […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Delphine Ilunga, owner of Furaha Tours and Safaris, under whose watch a French tourist ended up dead in the Deadvlei, has cautioned against blame game as authorities hunt after what caused the death. Nicolas Remondiere (54)   was found dead after he separated from the rest of his fellows in Sossusvlei last week, […]