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Namibia stands to lose more than N$260 million annually in potential revenue from the hunting industry due to the decision by the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party to implement an anti-trophy hunting bill. In 2022 minister of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta said the banning of hunting trophy imports by the United Kingdom (UK), […]
The Oshana region is experiencing an increase in farmers illegally seeking grazing land for their animals. Oshana governor Elia Irimari has described the recent increase in cases of illegal land occupation and land fencing at the Ombuga grazing area as beyond imagination. Irimari says this has caused numerous cases of conflict. He was speaking during […]
Minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula says public hospitals have been struggling to stock up on essential drugs in the past three years. He was speaking at a Cabinet committee briefing yesterday. “For the past three years, Namibia has faced challenges regarding the supply of medicines and clinical supplies for public health facilities. […]
The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC), the Swakopmund municipality, Rent-A-Drum and a Finnish company, Molok Oy, are set to reach a settlement after the deep-waste collection business was found to be anti-competitive. NaCC spokesperson Dina Gowases says the municipality has been accused of exclusively making use of Molok Oy’s deep-waste collection system, which is not compatible […]
Former Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) member Michael Amushelelo says he is looking for a party willing to accommodate his “rebel, radical, militant” persona. Amushelelo recently resigned from NEFF following the party’s deregistration by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).This is after NEFF failed to publish audited financial reports as required by the Electoral Act […]
Rehoboth Town Council (RTC), Helios Engineering Consultants (HEC) and the October Charity Foundation collaborated for a charity drive at Rehoboth recently. As part of the project, the kindergarten at Ebenezer Church in Block E and the Rehoboth Old Age Home were visited. RTC public relations officer Desire Pieters says the charity event, which forms part […]
It’s a wintry Saturday morning but the North is not too cold. As a bachelor, I realised I was out of bread for breakfast so I quickly headed to Gwashamba Mall to grab some groceries. On arrival, I noticed two young ladies in miniskirts ahead of me, and I chuckled. “These two would not be […]
Impeached Judge President, Dr John Hlophe was officially elected to represent the National Assembly on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Tuesday. He was nominated during a sitting of the House in Cape Town. The house passed a motion after his party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party nominated him to be part of the body. Parties […]
It is a week of reckoning for Joe Biden. Twelve days after a halting debate performance that may go down as one of the most damaging in modern American history, the president is fighting for his political survival under intense domestic and global scrutiny. This week’s Nato summit in Washington DC may be his path […]
Namibia has set up a committee to oversee the implementation of the Giga Initiative to connect schools to the internet. This was said by education, arts and culture executive director Sanet Steenkamp in Geneva, Switzerland, at a summit on Tuesday morning where nations made presentations on the progress made in this area in their respective […]