Fransina Kahungu Pierre van Rensburg In the intricate tapestry of community life, municipalities serve as the linchpin that holds the fabric of society together. Charged with the responsibility of providing essential services, municipalities play a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being and functionality of local communities. Central to the effective provision of these services is...
KEETMANSHOOP – Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says the major threats to forests in Namibia are clearing land for agriculture, infrastructure development, and the cutting of wood for domestic use. He was speaking at the first international conference on afforestation and reforestation in Brazzaville, Congo on Friday, where he said other threats...
George Sanzila LUANDA – The SADC Parliamentary Forum launched its new strategic plan for 2024–2028 in Luanda, Angola last week. The strategic plan, which involved input from SADC national parliaments, is a comprehensive roadmap for advancing the organisation’s objectives, and fostering positive change within the region. It also aims to address pertinent issues such as...
Rudolf Gaiseb Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said bureaucracy in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) delays Namibia’s progress. She recommended that these businesses adopt new approaches to speed up economic transformation. “The purpose of SOEs was to get rid of bureaucracy to speed up the economic transformation of our country from a colonial economy to an economy that...
OMANDONGO – While President Nangolo Mbumba is adamant that churches are safe havens where people gather not only to worship but to support one another, creating a strong sense of community and belonging, he also warned against the mushrooming of unregulated houses of worship. Mbumba, while addressing members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia...
Lahja Nashuuta In the face of adversity in the form of perennial droughts, high unemployment, malnutrition and limited business prospects, the Khorixas Vocational Training Centre is seen as a beacon of hope by many in Kunene, a region considered among the poorest in Namibia. Due to a short supply of qualified artisans, it is great...
NAUTE DAM – Namibia Industrial Development Agency (Nida) employees stationed at the entity’s Naute Dam irrigation project outside Keetmanshoop, have stuck to their guns and say they won’t return to work until their demands for salary increments have been met. The employees through their union, the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), have been...
Despite a strong negative perception from the public and lawmakers to toll roads as a revenue-generating option to maintain the national road network, the Road Fund Administration remains adamant that tolling is the answer. The alternative, the RFA cautions, would be a rapid deterioration of the national road infrastructure. “The country’s infrastructure is ageing, and...
OTJIWARONGO – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has announced an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in the Otjituuo and Okamatapati villages of the Okakarara Constituency, with some restriction measures imposed on the movement of cattle. The ministry’s acting chief veterinary officer in the Department of Veterinary Services, Dr Johannes Shoopala, in a...
OMBAMBIHAKA – Five northern regions received 20 boreholes from the Ministry of Environment through the Namibia Integrated Landscape Approach for Enhancing Livelihood and Environmental Governance (NILALEG). The boreholes, drilled at an amount of over N$14.4 million, were handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry at Ombambihaka village in the Omusati region on...