SIBBINDA – Balimi mwa silalo sa Sibbinda babilaezwa ki kuekezeha kwa busholi bwa likomu, ili taba ye siala isina tatululo mwa sikiliti sa Zambezi. Taba ya busholi bwa likomu izwelapili kubilaeza balimi mwa sikiliti se si ipa museto ni Zambia, teñi buñata bwa likomu lisotezwa kuyo lekiswa kwa misika yehapa maikuto. Mwangambolo cwalecwale induna wa...
BELÉM (Brazil) – The United States is launching a new initiative to help South American nations disrupt illicit activities that harm the Amazon rainforest, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced in Brazil on Saturday. “Across the Amazon, criminal organisations and individuals are motivated by the potential for financial gain to illegally harvest plants, minerals and wildlife,”...
WASHINGTON – The US Federal Reserve may signal this week that interest rate cuts are on the way – although it is widely expected to remain on pause until its next rate decision in September. Fed officials, who have admitted moving too slowly to stem an inflationary surge in 2021 and 2022, have been wary...
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The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) on Friday certified 49 young Namibians with basic fire-fighting skills following six-months of rigorous training at the Hosea Kutako International and Walvis Bay International airports. The graduation at the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM) heralds a new lease for the country’s airport safety. The trainees will now...
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) recovered N$20 million from 14 fishing companies between 1 May and 19 July 2024. This is as the revenue agency intensifies efforts to combat deliberate tax evasion within the fishing industry. In a statement issued last week, NamRA stated it has taken targeted actions to halt revenue leakage in this...
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform provided close to N$800 000 for free vaccination against lumpy skin disease in the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions. The ministry’s spokesperson, Jona Musheko said funds will enable the Directorate of Veterinary Services in the affected areas to conduct vaccination campaigns against the disease. “This money...
SWAKOPMUND – A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of over 140 middle-income houses in Swakopmund’s Matutura Proper residential area was held on Friday. The houses, which will consist of two to three bedrooms, will cost not less than N$500 000, and will soon be constructed through a partnership between Quintessential Construction, the Municipality of Swakopmund,...
MARIENTAL – Describing her as the diamond of the south and pre-and post-Independence icon, President Nangolo Mbumba, Founding President Sam Nujoma as well as former President Hifikepunye Pohamba acknowledged the role Katrina Hanse-Himarwa played in the history of the Namibian nation, during her funeral in Mariental at the weekend. In a message read on his...
Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia has rejected the Affirmative Repossession movement’s invitation to attend a capacity-building workshop organised by the party. The head of legal affairs of the AR, Maitjituavi Kavetu, confirmed that they had invited the ECN, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) and the Namibia Institute of Democracy (NID), but their invitations...