Namibian Livestock Producers’ Organisation chairperson Thinus Pretorius says despite good rains received in most parts of the country, more rain is still needed to break the current drought that has ravaged the country for the past seven years.
Month: February 2020
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Not the results you were hoping for – there is a solution
The start of the new decade began with the very familiar situation for a lot of school leavers receiving their Matric results and, immediately their world took a sharp left-turn and spiralled out of control.
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Fysal Fresh paid N$100 000 for illegal fuel
Illegal fuel at Oshikango on the Angolan border totalling 12 600 litres was discovered at Fysal Fresh Produce, one of the biggest fresh produce retail chains in northern Namibia.
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Serviced Rocky Crest erven up for grabs
The City of Windhoek last week notified the public on the upcoming invitation for bids (IFB) for closed bid sale of single residential and general residential erven in the Rocky Crest’s extension four.
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FOCUS: Coronavirus battle in China: Processes and prospects
Since the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic broke out in Wuhan in late December 2019, the Chinese government has taken robust measures to curb the spread
of the deadly virus, most notably a full quarantine on Wuhan, the epicentre of the
outbreak, and strong control and preventive measures in such metropolitan areas as
Beijing and Shanghai as well as other population centres around China.
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Sorri-Sorris conservancy goes solar
SORRI-SORRIS - Solar installation at Sorri-Sorris relieved the community from the cost of buying diesel and air pollution emitted from the diesel.
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Three elephant tusk suspects granted bail
RUNDU - The three men arrested on Friday for being in possession of elephant tusks in the Mukwe constituency were granted bail of N$10 000 each when they appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
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Textbooks destroyed in school fire
ONDEROMBAPA – What was supposed to be a great beginning to an academic year at Dr Fischer Primary School turned out sad after the school’s classroom block was destroyed by fire last week Thursday.
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Namibia suspends visas for Chinese nationals
Namibia has become the first Southern African Development Community (SADC) country to stop granting visas to Chinese nationals as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus outbreak that has become a global health emergency with the death rate increasing daily.
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Second vessel escapes using cover of darkness
WALVIS BAY – A second vessel linked to the controversial Icelandic fishing company, Samherji, which is implicated in the unfolding Fishrot scandal, has left the country, leaving fishermen hanging.