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The Namibian chief operating officer Mark Kissler says apart from reaching young people, the ‘Let’s Read’ project aims to reach old-age homes as well. He said this at the relaunch of the ‘Let’s Read’ project yesterday. The ‘Let’s Read Project’ is an initiative by The Namibian aimed at promoting literacy and a reading culture primarily […]
When life got tough, the Denisovans got tougher. The enigmatic ancient humans hunted birds, rodents, even hyenas, helping them to thrive high on the Tibetan plateau for well over 100 000 years. Those conclusions emerge from a study of thousands of mostly tiny animal bones that provide an insight into life at Baishiya Karst Cave […]
A delegation from Ghana, led by Ghana’s minister of foreign affairs and regional integration, Shirley Botchwey, paid the Namibian Ports Authority a visit yesterday. The delegation aimed to familiarise themselves with the operations at the port of Walvis Bay, and to share their knowledge and expertise. Botchwey, who is currently a candidate for the position […]
Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) president Panduleni Itula says he intends to reduce the country’s ministries from 23 to 15 to save the treasury about N$2 billion if voted into power. Speaking to Desert Radio on Wednesday, Itula said the saved money would be spent on Namibia’s youth to develop entrepreneurial skills. Since founding the […]
Governor of the central bank, Johannes !Gawaxab, says the country has a strategy in place to ensure it pays back a loan of N$13 billion from investors by issuing a Eurobond. According to !Gawaxab, the Eurobond that is listed with the London Stock Exchange matures in November 2025. This comes after stakeholders expressed interest in […]
… queer community vows to take bill to court Former ombudsman John Walters says the current government is oppressing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) community in the same way South Africa’s apartheid regime has oppressed people of colour in Namibia. Walters yesterday responded to minister of home affairs, immigration, safety […]
Vice-president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has lashed out at unnamed top executives of poor-performing state-owned enterprises for lazing around and shifting blame for their failures. Nandi-Ndaitwah was addressing the Public Enterprises Chief Executives’ Forum, which met yesterday at Nipam. “We have so many plans, we have so many policies, but colleagues, some of us are not up […]
A leaked memo compiled by Namibian Police commissioner Moritz !Naruseb exposed a connection between missing Namibian Police firearms and a surge in gang violence in South Africa (SA). !Naruseb wrote the memo to Namibian Police deputy inspector Elias Mutota on 11 August 2023. The document was compiled after a five-day investigation by the South African […]
… opposition cries election ploy Amid public pressure, the government has decided to make available N$365 million to subsidise electricity consumers for the 2024/25 financial year, effective from 1 July this year to 30 June 2025. The move to cancel the planned tariff increase means consumers will continue paying the current average tariff of N$1,98 […]
The Namibian Police have reported a case of a man (69) who died in a suspected suicide at his lodge outside Grootfontein on Wednesday evening. According to police spokesperson Elifas Kuwinga, the deceased is identified as Daniel Diederick van der Merwe. “It is alleged that the deceased committed suicide at his farm. It is further […]