While Finance and Public Enterprises Minister Iipumbu Shiimi continues to allocate billions in the domestic budget to prioritised sectors like education, despite repeated undesirable results, he has shown his frustration while reading his statement.
Month: February 2023
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Information commissioner’s office is born
The government has set aside N$20 million in the 2023-2024 financial budget to establish the Office of the Information Commissioner, following the enactment of the Access to Information Act.
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Swakop Uranium moots desalination plant
Swakop Uranium has said they are willing to partner with the government to expedite a second desalination plant at the coast.
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GIPF beneficiaries called to register
The Government Institutions Pension Fund will officially stop payments to beneficiaries, including pensioners, spouses and children who are not enrolled on the fund’s new biometric enrolment system by 28 February 2023.
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Farmers fear drought amidst floods
The fear of being food insecure is looming among farmers in Oshana region, as part of the region is flooded and crops submerged by water while crops in the other part of the region are drying up due to insufficient rain.
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Security guard shoots alleged maize thief
An employee of the Nyime Security Anti-Poaching Unit in Grootfontein is facing murder charges after he shot and killed a man who was allegedly attempting to steal maize.
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Parly committee assesses Naute irrigation project
The parliamentary standing committee on natural resources this week visited the Naute Irrigation Project outside Keetmanshoop.
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Over N$140 million budget increment for sport… as Independence stadium remains priority
The incessant cries of the local sports fraternity for improved funding were finally answered when finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi during yesterday’s tabling of the national budget announced that the sports and youth ministry will receive an increased allocation of N$473.2 million for the coming 2023/24 fiscal period.
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Benjamin announces 40-man squad …as Afcon preps get underway
Brave Warriors head coach Collin Benjamin yesterday named 40 players to join the training squad in preparation for the upcoming 2023 Afcon qualifiers.
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Personality of the week – Armin has world hockey at her feet
I started playing field hockey when I was nine years of age and then indoor hockey at the age of 10. It always seemed like a fun, competitive sport and that’s how I actually fell in love with it. During that time, I wanted to partake in as much extra-curricular activities as possible and hockey became one of them.