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Mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo has told local entrepreneurs “nobody owes them anything” and they should guard against a sense of entitlement in terms of the country’s natural resources. He was speaking during the Namibia International Energy Conference in Windhoek yesterday, where he also said Namibia will use countries that have been successful in […]
Swapo vice president Netumbo Nand-Ndaitwah has called on the party’s district and branch coordinators not to use drought-relief food assistance for positions. She was speaking at a party workshop for district coordinators and information and mobilisation officers yesterday. “We have to know at all times that we are deployed by Swapo, and we cannot come […]
About 72 000 out of roughly 85 000 children were born to unmarried parents in 2021. This means 84% of children registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security in that year were those of single parents. This was confirmed by the Namibia Vital Statistics Report, released by the Namibia Statistics Agency […]
… Kauandenge accuses former football bigwig of forging membership card Former Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary general Barry Rukoro says the secretary general of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo), Joseph Kauandenge, is trying to isolate him from the party. This is because he feels threatened by him. At the centre of the issue is […]
Approximately 500 tonnes of polyethylene terephthalate will be processed per month at the recently inaugurated first plastic recycling plant, says minister of environment, forestry and tourism, Pohamba Shifeta. Shifeta said this during the inauguration ceremony of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recycling plant yesterday in Okahandja. The N$24 million joint venture is a commitment from […]
President Nangolo Mbumba says Namibians owe Tanzanians a huge debt of gratitude for the support and friendship they offered during the liberation struggle. Mbumba said this during the 60th anniversary of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in Tanzania on Thursday. “The support rendered by the people and the government of Tanzania to Namibians is […]
A man accused of murdering a stock theft investigator in the Omaheke region more than 11 years ago has failed with his latest attempt to be released on bail. Stockley Kauejao’s application to have his bail reinstated was turned down by acting judge Alfred Siboleka in the High Court at Windhoek Correctional Facility on Tuesday. […]
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by New York’s top court, on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. The Court of Appeals found that prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. Its ruling said that meant he was […]
The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) handed over 65 houses at Gobabis on Thursday. Speaking at the official handover, minister of urban and rural development Erastus Uutoni implored the beneficiaries to take care of their houses and to fulfil their payment obligations so that those on the waiting list could benefit from future projects. “I would […]
State telecommunications company Telecom Namibia on Thursday announced it has signed a debt-collection agreement with RedForce Debt Management. The company in a statement says new accounts in arrears will be handed to RedForce and Maudifam Enterprises, while Revenue Solutions Namibia will continue collecting debt on accounts which have been handed over. The three companies are […]