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AquaNam’s second cohort has graduated under the project’s agribusiness training programme. The ceremony on Tuesday saw 20 graduates complete training in aquaponics. According to AquaNam project manager Elena Teixeira, aquaponics is a food production system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics. “In this system, nutrient-rich water from aquaculture is fed to hydroponically grown plants. The result […]
… state loses N$120m in stolen water pumps, solar panels The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform through NamWater launched a N$250-million water supply project at Eenhana in the Ohangwena region on Saturday. The Ohangwena II Well Field Water Supply Schemes project will see the development of the Ohangwena Aquifer, making it the second […]
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Utaara Mootu has placed an urgent call to address the need for transparent accountability of the government’s commitments in financially supporting youth entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystems. Mootu said this on Wednesday while tabling a motion that demands immediate action to rectify the shortcomings and proposed dynamic solutions for fostering a […]
A woman (43) appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after allegedly luring a minor into the toilet to perform a sexual act. Petronella Swartz appeared before magistrate Surita Savage on charges of rape and contravening the Combating of Immoral Practices Act 21 of 1980. Swartz is accused of luring a boy (6) into […]
Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, to disperse anti-government protests. In the city centre many businesses have remained closed. Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Mombasa and Kisumu. Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani has condemned a woman’s alleged sexual exploitation of a boy (6). This after a woman (44) was arrested in Otjomuise in Windhoek on Monday for allegedly leading a boy into a toilet with the promise of N$5 to perform sexual acts. In a media statement on Monday, Venaani […]
Joe Biden has described as a “dangerous precedent” a Supreme Court ruling giving former President Donald Trump partial immunity from criminal prosecution. The current US president said the judgement undermined the “rule of law” and was “a terrible disservice” to Americans. Earlier, Trump hailed the court’s decision as a “big win” for democracy. The justices […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto says the country will have to borrow more to keep the government running following the rejection of a hugely unpopular finance bill that was going to raise more money in taxes. The president said he would withdraw the bill containing controversial tax hikes last Wednesday after deadly protests which saw parliament […]
Former DA MP Douglas Gibson has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to crack the whip on Premier Panyaza Lesufi as he appears to push ahead with unreasonable portfolio allocations in the Gauteng Provincial Government. Gibson was responding to a question about whether the Gauteng squabbles over positions impact the national government’s decision on portfolios. “I […]
Kenya’s president William Ruto says the country will have to borrow more to keep the government running. This follows the rejection of a hugely unpopular finance bill that would have raised more money in taxes. The president said he would withdraw the bill containing controversial tax hikes last Wednesday, after deadly protests which saw parliament […]