WINDHOEK – A large crowd of tertiary students staged a peaceful demonstration in Windhoek on Wednesday, demanding from the Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) and the minister of higher education that all qualified and eligible students be funded to further pursue their studies.
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2019-05-292024-04-30Front Page News
Judge removed for potential bias in NamibRe case
Supreme Court Acting Judge of Appeal Theo Frank was removed from any involvement in the pending appeal of Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein against a decision by the Windhoek High Court to stay the implementation of the provisions of the NamibRe Act, pending the outcome of a constitutional challenge against the provisions of the Act.
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2019-05-292024-04-30Front Page News
Performance management framework for SOEs underway
The Ministry of Public Enterprises said last week it is busy with the development of a performance management framework for all public enterprises (PEs), which will be supported by a fully-fledged electronic integrated performance management system.
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2019-05-292024-04-30Front Page News
Call to amend fishing right requirements
National Council Swapo Member of Parliament Damian Nakambare, who is also Nkurenkuru Constituency Councillor, has proposed that the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources considers amending some of its fishing rights requirements to ensure that all Namibians – irrespective of their social status – can freely apply for fishing rights.
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2019-05-292024-05-07National
Drought devastates Opuwo – councillor
Recurrent droughts have severely affected both the inhabitants and livestock in Opuwo and the situation is so grim the Opuwo Rural Constituency Councillor, Kazeongere Tjeundo, is appealing for the immediate release of the constituency’s share of drought relief.
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2019-05-292024-05-07National
Avoid ‘silo mentality’ Shiweda tells Ohangwena
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Anna Shiweda, has advised community leaders in Ohangwena to avoid the “silo mentality” and instead adopt holistic, inclusive, regional development strategies.
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2019-05-292024-05-07National
Wenela generates millions but poorly resourced
Despite being one of the busiest border posts in Namibia with over 20 000 arrivals in a single month and raking in over N$30 million in revenue collection for state coffers last year alone, Wenela in the Zambezi Region remains inadequately resourced.
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2019-05-292024-05-07Youth Corner
//Kharas coaches youth on model citizenry
The Ministry of Educations Namib Circuit conducted a workshop brainstorming on the //Kharas Character Transformation Campaign in Lüderitz recently, as a means of working out modalities to prepare members of the youth as tomorrow’s adults.
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2019-05-292024-05-07National
Chinese firm builds road for resettled farmers
The community of Neu Sommerau government resettlement farm near Kombat will from now on take less time travelling long distances to fetch water after a Chinese company spent N$3 million to construct a gravel road for this rural community.
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2019-05-292024-06-18Crime and Courts
Murder accused refuses to appear in court
The trial of a Yemeni national accused of executing Malian national Gamby Baya in 2016 could not assume after he refused to appear in court.