National rail service provider TransNamib remains in a challenging financial position due to its short-term cash-flow position, as well as limited rolling stock capacity. Combined with a prolonged delay in spare parts, these factors are steadily exacerbating the rail operator’s woes.
Mother of slain girl heads to High Court
The trial of the biological mother of a nine-year-old girl who was killed and her body burned allegedly by her and two co-accused, was transferred to the High Court by magistrate Dawid Mukuyu on Tuesday.
Swakop Uranium, MUN sign wage agreement
Swakop Uranium’s Husab Mine and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia have signed a three-year wage agreement, effective from 2023.
CPBN abstains from condom factory fracas
Despite promising that it would ascertain whether health tender magnate Shapwa Kanyama’s purported factory exists, and manufactures condoms, the silence from the Central Procurement Board is deafening.
NNFU: Don’t slaughter Meatco yet
It is an open secret that Meatco finds itself between a rock and a hard place, gasping for breath like a dying cow, but it must not be killed, for now, says the Namibia National Farmers Union.
Govt repackages Covid loan scheme…only 1.3% of N$500 million utilised
In November 2020, the Bank of Namibia launched a Covid-19 SME Loan Scheme with N$500 million accessible to small and medium enterprises through participating banking institutions.
MTC charged up for Aweh court clash
A Namibian man, who claims to be the inventor of MTC’s multiple Aweh concept, is dragging the telecommunications giant to the High Court for copyright infringement.
Suspicious unmanned drone confiscated at Lüderitz
The Namibia Defence Force yesterday confirmed they confiscated a sophisticated sailing drone, believed to have been active at the coast in the vicinity of the Lüderitz for half a year.
Otjimbingwe vote dispute looms
Lawyers representing the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, led by paramount chief claimant, academic Mutjinde Katjiua, have written to Ovitoto chief Vipuira Kapuuo to block this weekend's election and coronation of the authority’s successor to Vekuii Rukoro.
Lack of data blamed for school challenges
Rundu Rural constituency councillor Paulus Mbangu has said Kavango East, specifically Rundu, struggles to solve the class shortage challenge because of a lack of statistical data.







