The domestic economy is projected to improve in 2022 before moderating in 2023. The latest economic outlook from the Bank of Namibia (BoN) shows that the country’s real GDP growth is estimated to increase to 3.9% in 2022 before moderating slightly to 2.7% in 2023, the same as that registered in 2021.
The sudden emergence of the pandemic was devastating, and almost overnight, many Namibians became acutely aware of the fragility of life. This reality suddenly brought into question whether we would be able to sustain our quality of life due to the potential long-term effects of the disease.
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has asked healthcare workers to work hand-in-hand with community leaders, listen to community health issues, identify gaps in healthcare provision and make collective decisions aimed at improving and expanding the provision of quality healthcare services.
Environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta expressed concern that most of the country’s resources, specifically indigenous plant products, continue to be utilised for cosmetic or pharmaceutical purposes, without proper benefit-sharing arrangements.
Unemployed and unskilled young Namibians are not taking up apprenticeship opportunities to acquire skills in the wholesale and retail sector.
The dust around Swapo’s contentious seventh elective congress refuses to settle almost two weeks after it came to an end.
Re-elected Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has seemingly wrested control of the ruling party, with her loyalists and backers at the just ended elective congress decisively making up the majority of the executive structure.
Police chief Josef Shikongo warned on Tuesday that stock theft in the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions was on the verge of getting out of hand, and that it was up to "us" to stop it.
Double murder accused Ernst Josef Lichtenstrasser said he only confessed to the murders of two senior executives of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology in Arandis because the police threatened to arrest his wife.
The Swakopmund municipality has managed to convince the High Court to set aside its management committee’s decision to appoint the second-best candidate for the position of general manager for corporate services and human capital.