Adequate crop care is fundamental for farmers aiming to achieve above-average yields that offer good-quality produce. As temperatures begin to rise due to the change in seasons, it becomes essential for crop farmers to implement strategies that enable them to care for their crops. Crop care is fundamentally associated with activities undertaken to ensure the...
Every business needs funding, whether at the startup stage or later on. Pitching your business to potential investors and lenders is an important step in seeking and securing funds to invest in your business. This is one of the topics I will be presenting at the African Union MSME forum, themed “Fostering financial empowerment and...
The Kalimbeza rice project has finally entered the early stages of rice production after years of inactivity. The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform is redesigning the 229-hectare area, and has provided the project with essential inputs, such as fertiliser, diesel, two restored tractors and one plough tractor, project manager Patric Kompeli told Nampa....
The eighth Information and Communication Technology (ICT) summit is underway in Windhoek, with a strong focus on how Namibia can optimise on opportunities presented by the digital age. The summit brings together industry experts, innovators and policy-makers. Themed ‘Building Resilience to ‘Adapt or Die’ in the Era of Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’, the...
Before Namibia’s independence, those who were involved in mining, natural resource management, and nature conservation largely ignored the local communities living in or near these areas. However, this approach changed in 1990. One outcome was the introduction of the community-based natural resources management (CBNRM) programme and the Nature Conservation Ordinance Amendment Act of 1996. These...
As defined by thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Kwame Nkrumah, decoloniality is the process of dismantling the colonial mindset that continues to shape the cultural, political, and economic lives of formerly colonised peoples. Fanon described decoloniality as a radical transformation that goes beyond the mere removal of colonial rulers; it involves a profound rethinking of...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Student Union of Namibia (SUN) wants the Namibian Financial Assistance Fund to resume ‘one laptop, one student policy’, and fund mature age entry students at tertiary institutions. This was said by new SUN president Shikesho Natangwe during the inauguration of the new national executive committee last week. “Education should be accessible to...
Auleria Wakudumo Okashana communal livestock herders and the surrounding communities of Okashana Kuukongo waNehale protested against the alleged illegal fencing of the grazing area last week. The protesters marched to the Oshikoto Regional Council to hand over a petition demanding an end to the ongoing illegal fencing off and occupation of large hectares of communal...
Charles Ndeumane ONGWEDIVA – Omukiintu a li a pumwa kohauto ta yi hingwa kokanona petameko lyomvula ndjika okwa ti okugulu kwe otaku ehama, ye keshiwo kutya opolisi oya thikama peno moshipotha she, onkene e li momalimbililo. Omukalimo gwomomukunda Omatando mOngwediva Dorkas Mbengela, 25, ngoka anuwa a lyatelwe kohauto ndjoka ya li ta yi hingwa kokanona...
Charles Ndeumane Ehangano lyoNamibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust olya gandja omayambidhidho ga yooloka kosikola yaanuulema yEluwa Special School mOngwediva, oshowo kosikola yEkoka Combined School yokOkongo. NFCPT okwa yambidhidha oshikondo shuunona wu na uunkundi wopamadhiladhilo shoIntellectual Impairment Section shoka shi li shimwe shomiikondo mbyoka yi li mEluwa Special School nesiga lyohaasa lyomasiga ga hamano lyo ku...