Month: April 2023

Some local authority councillors at Otjiwarongo have accused fellow members of missing management committee meetings which are aimed to discuss pertinent developmental issues as these individuals apparently work outside the town.

SPYL spokesperson Moses Shikerete has said SPYL is aware of challenges faced by the youths and is calling on the Swapo-led government to establish a National Youth Fund to strengthen and increase access to funding for youth developmental, innovation and entrepreneurial activities.

Namibia’s lithium revenues, based on Simonis Storm estimates, could exceed all other commodities combined, and could therefore improve the country’s trade and current account balances as well as gross domestic product growth rates. 

A controversial tweet about a cultural event has not just caused a public outcry, but has now ignited a legal tit-for-tat. 

The Namibian Police have reportedly beefed up security for National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia board chairperson Jennifer Comalie after receiving information of an
alleged plot to harm her.

Rössing Uranium mine has denied claims that their voluntary separation process, which will see the mine’s workforce reduced by at least 400, is a disguised retrenchment.

As the world commemorates the World Health Organisation’s 75th anniversary tomorrow, Namibian President Hage Geingob commended the global progress in public health over the past decades, while highlighting some of the country’s achievements in the field. 

Farmers in the Daures constituency said their main source of income, farming, is being threatened by the increasing mining activities in the constituency.

Former City of Windhoek executive Fillemon Hambuda has lost the fight for his last salary at the City of Windhoek after the High Court dismissed his appeal.

Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) Freddy Mwiya has welcomed the increased budget allocation to the commission, which will see it getting an allotment of N$17.5 million for the 2023/24 fiscal year.