Month: October 2022

With birth always comes death; that will never change and is something we need to live with, says musician Vikta Juice Boy. This is the message he wants to bring across through his latest album ‘Itashipu’

They say music is a universal language and one does not have to understand the language sung to interpret the emotions being shared, but have you ever heard a song in Oludhimba/Oluzemba?

After offering life coaching services on a low key for about four years, radio personality Chareen Kauazunda, better known to her listeners on FreshFM as Shai-Quan, recently announced her new venture called ‘Grow with Shai’.

The accessibility to decent housing improves people’s lives and mental health, while also creating a conducive environment for communities to thrive in. In this vein, the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) yesterday housed 40 families in Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region. The 40 houses were constructed through partnerships between NHE, the private sector and the Otjiwarongo municipality.

Stakeholder engagements are a communication imperative to ensure involvement and participation to allow stakeholders to form part of consultations, and in turn inform required decisions and solutions. In pursuit of this lofty goal, the Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, through the Directorate of Commerce, continues to conduct nationwide engagements with relevant stakeholders.

Willy Mertens will assume the reigns of Debmarine Namibia on 1 November 2022. Debmarine Namibia is a joint venture marine diamond recovery company, owned in equal shares by government and the De Beers Group.

Despite OPEC yesterday deciding to cut production by two million barrels per day, this could be offset by increased oil output from the United States and Canada, coupled with a looming global recession early next year, which could see domestic fuel prices come down further by next month.

The past few weeks saw a great increase in Swapo Party campaigning and bargaining activity. For us, that has and continue to serve in the structures, it is indicative of a Swapo Party that is alive, on the ground and a party spreading its wings across all districts in hopes of getting messages of hope across.

One of the concerns in Namibia’s public sector management is the need for creativity and innovation. Innovation is a major source of improved service delivery in the public sector as governments are operating in new landscapes.

There is no doubt that agriculture is one of Namibia’s most important economic sectors. About 70% of Namibians depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their income and livelihood, including subsistence farmers. Despite the massive potential the sector holds, we have not adequately invested in agriculture given the fact that Namibia is still not self-sufficient in food security.