By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Northern producers should unfold their hands, stop watching from the stand and participate in government livestock initiatives. So ordered the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reforms, Calle Schlettwein, at the inception workshop in Omusati last week. The workshops (conducted in all NCAs regions) inform livestock farmers about the government initiative towards improving […]

By: Wonder Guchu Jerry Ekandjo has not changed a bit. His comments on Tuesday in the National Assembly about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people is not new. Contributing to the mid-term budget review, Ekandjo took a swipe at the LGBTI, saying that the Constitution says only men and women must marry. Ekandjo […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa Fishrot accused Ricardo Gustavo has lamented that some of his co-accused have been allowed to tell their side of the story in the whole corruption scandal while he has not been given the same opportunity. Gustavo also expressed displeasure at some implicated persons that have explained their cases and were allowed to […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Despite all the current efforts to minimise carbon-emitting production and energy use, Namibia will not be quick to kill a potential oil endowment. Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo said when he delivered his remarks at the Africa Energy Week last week in Cape Town. He said there are many […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Households spend more of their disposable income on food, specifically on meat products – beef and chicken. The only meat product which prices are not increasing faster is fish. Inflation measures how expensive a set of goods and services has become over a certain period, usually a year. According to the […]

  By: Wonder Guchu Police Inspector-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on Sunday says it was embarrassing that guns could go missing from the Windhoek Central Depot. On Saturday, the Villager broke the story of the several guns discovered missing from the Windhoek Central Depot last Wednesday. Although it is unclear how many guns went missing, police sources […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Ministry of Trade and industrialisation wants an endowment fund to close the financing gap at the startups, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) level. The endowment fund will be the next phase of the Sustainable Development Goals Impact Facility (SDGIF) after completing the first. The ministry explained that to ensure permanency and […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The Chairperson of the Stampriet Aquifer Uranium Mining Committee (SAUMC), Divan Opperman, wants to retract all EPLs issued for uranium prospecting across the Stampriet Artesian Basin. In the same breath, the organisation has thanked the agriculture ministry for its latest retraction of two drilling permits granted to Headspring Investments based on non-compliance […]

By: Wonder Guchu The environment and tourism ministry say they are waiting for the police to conclude an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a French tourist in Namibia last week. Nicolas Remondiere (54) went missing while hiking in the Sossusvlei area, and his body was later found on Friday morning. […]

    Paratus Namibia and Ongos Connect, on the 10th of November, signed a commercial connectivity agreement, confirming that Paratus will be the technology / infrastructure partner to bring fibre connectivity to over 11,000 new residents in Ongos Valley, Namibia’s first smart city development. The agreement is the conclusion of a two-year planning process during […]