Month: September 2018

ǀAEǁGAMS – ǁNāpas ge !Hū!nāsi !Norasa Skolgu Daoǁgauba (NSSF) hanusise gere ǂanǂan soab ais ge Ministers ǁgau!nâs, ǂNuwiǁkhāsib tsî !Hao!nāsi ǁNaetin dis, Katrina Hanse-Himarawasa ai!gû rase skolgu !nâ ra hō!âhe ǂkhawadība ǀgaisase ge !haraxū. 

WINDHOEK - Latest Meat Board statistics reveal that both beef and sheep export abattoirs are still not competitive with livestock exports. 

WINDHOEK - Regulations for goat farmers have been relaxed for the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show, which starts this weekend with the only requirement being that an exhibitor must be a member of a goat society and does not have to be a member of a Namibian show society or a specific association.

WINDHOEK - The Meat Board of Namibia and the entire meat industry held a FAN Meat Scheme workshop to determine the way ahead last week. 

WINDHOEK - They may not necessarily have been between a rock and a hard place but hitherto they have been without a backbone to fall back on and a voice to represent their interests, being neither communal farmers in its strict sense nor fully fledged commercial farmers.

WINDHOEK - Previously Disadvantaged Namibian (PDN) Commercial Farmers Union is disturbed by the silence shrouding the agenda of the upcoming Second National Land Conference regarding the Affirmative Action Loan Scheme (AALS)

WINDHOEK - World meat prices will not increase significantly due to the limited global economic growth resulting in reduced meat consumption in contrast to increased meat production (15 percent) following herd rebuilding phases after droughts in major meat-producing countries.

WINDHOEK- With only six days before the Second National Land Conference, some of the affiliates of the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) are still waiting for their farming umbrella body to show them and familiarise them with their position paper to the conference. 

ONGWEDIVA - A 32-year-old man was arrested for the alleged rape and assault of his 26-year-old girlfriend at Oshoopala in Uukwiyu Uushona Constituency on Saturday.

RUNDU - The Namibia Development Foundation (NAMDEF), a non-profit organisation focusing on social upliftment of the disadvantaged communities, recently handed over a fully equipped office facility to the Khwe community in the Bwabwata area at Mutjiku village after a five-year successful project.