WINDHOEK - Minister of Health and Social Services and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hifikepunye Pohamba Foundation, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, said “a nation that is not food secured is a vulnerable nation; therefore, something needs to be done”.
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2019-11-052024-05-06Business
Meatco members nominate new directors
WINDHOEK - The chairperson of the Meatco board convened a Meatco special members’ meeting on 1 November 2019.
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2019-11-052024-05-06Business
Subsidies of N$40 million leave fuel prices unchanged for November
WINDHOEK – Due to significant under-recoveries per product on the basic fuel price (BFP), it is estimated that the National Energy Fund will avail in excess of N$40 million in subsidies to spare consumers the burden of a fuel increase for November.
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2019-11-052024-05-06Business
CIF highlights necessity of Namibian Construction Council
WINDHOEK – One of the main topics scheduled to be discussed at the Construction Industries Federation (CIF) Construction Conference & AGM on 14 and 15 November will be the establishment of a Namibian Construction Council, which is in line with the government’s commitment to have the council promulgated before the end of the 2019/2020 financial year.
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2019-11-052024-04-30Front Page News
Weapons seized at rallies …police chief urges political tolerance
WINDHOEK - Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga said weapons, including firearms, have been seized at political rallies across the country as campaigning for the general election heats up.
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2019-11-052024-05-07National
Over 400 000 born-frees register to vote
WINDHOEK – Of the over 1,3 million Namibians registered to vote in the upcoming general elections, 700 648 are young people, including 403 106 born-frees, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced this week.
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2019-11-052024-04-30Front Page News
Kuvukiland: Scores languish in squalor
TSUMEB - The outskirts of Tsumeb in the Oshikoto region embodies all the woes of over-urbanisation.
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2019-11-052024-04-30Front Page News
Gobabis double murderer gets two life terms
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Alfred Siboleka yesterday sentenced double murder convict, Petrus Paai, to two life imprisonment terms.
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2019-11-052024-05-07National
ECN to recruit 1 200 polling officials in Oshikoto
OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will recruit 1 212 polling and 33 field information technology officials who are to be deployed in Oshikoto region for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections slated for 27 November.
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2019-11-052024-04-30Front Page News
Rains bring relief to northern farmers
ONGWEDIVA – Rain in the northern regions came as a relief to many farmers whose livestock have been decimated by the persistent drought.