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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 […]
Although her business faces stiff competition from other tourist facilities, Brandberg Elephant Rock Campsite owner Monica Areses is determined to reach greater heights. The campsite, located in the Daures constituency of the Erongo region, is challenged by water shortages and a lack of marketing. The campsite currently gets water from Uis, which is a costly […]
Greece has introduced a six-day working week for certain industries in a bid to boost economic growth. New legislation, which came into effect at the start of July, allows employees to work up to 48 hours in a week as opposed to 40. It only applies to businesses that operate on a 24-hour basis and […]
While the world benefits from mineral products essential for fuel and raw materials for industrialisation, the associated adverse environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues fall largely on indigenous people and local communities. This also constrains the achievement of other sustainable development goals. Typical problems involve health problems linked to air pollution, the displacement of communities […]
About 64 police officials from the Namibian Police Force recently completed a comprehensive training session on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 190. This was announced in a media statement by Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relation and Employment Creation acting executive director Aune Mudjanima yesterday. “The ILO 190 deals with the elimination of violence and […]