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Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:02:12 GMT
Govt Pays U.S.$214.4 Million to End Air Namibia Airplane Deal
[Namibian] Public enterprises minister Leon Jooste says the government has paid N$1,6 billion to terminate a contract with an American company that leased aircraft to Air Namibia.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:06:44 GMT
Liberation Heroes and Heroines As Well As 'Modern-Day Heroes' Honoured By Geingob
[Namibia Economist] The President HE Dr.Hage Geingob paid tribute to the heroes and heroines during the dark days of the liberation struggle that ensued and contributed immensely to advancing the cause of freedom, self-rule, sovereignty, and independ...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:25:16 GMT
Resilient Medium-Scale Farmer Dreams of Feeding the Nation
[Namibian] AGRIBANK'S production loan beneficiary and medium-scale horticulture farmer, Nelson Ashipala, is a medium-scale crop producer in the Kavango West region who aspires to feed as many Namibians in the north-eastern regions of the country as p...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:24:41 GMT
Crematorium Breaks Down Again
[Namibian] ALTHOUGH the number of Covid-19 related deaths at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund have gone down, state mortuaries are still overflowing with bodies and the situation is now a concern for authorities.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:23:53 GMT
Athletes Brace for Tokyo Furnace
[Namibian] NAMIBIA'S athletes will have to contend with more than just Covid-19 and their fired-up rivals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:23:27 GMT
Empty-Headed Noisemakers Fail Local Councils - Noa
[New Era] Local authorities are failing Namibians by not enforcing administrative laws and regulations, and allowing officials to get away with gross negligence.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:22:54 GMT
'Kazenambo Kazenambo Wanted Swapo to Heal'
[Namibian] FORMER cabinet minister Richard Kamwi says the late Kazenambo Kazenambo, popularly known as KK, was a unifier who spoke about healing Swapo.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:20:33 GMT
Association of Local Authorities in Namibia's 50% Pay Hike Proposal Rejected
[New Era] A proposal that would have seen elected local authority councillors pocket significant increases in allowances, has been given short shrift by government. Urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni is adamant that the proposal by t...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:19:19 GMT
Namibia Loses 21 Healthcare Workers to Covid-19
[Namibian] TWENTY-ONE healthcare workers have succumbed to Covid-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March last year.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:19:01 GMT
Graig Elected Hockey President
[Namibian] THE Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) has elected former captain of the national men's hockey team and well-known Namibian business personality, Reagon Graig, as its new president.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:18:04 GMT
Fix the City's Dysfunctional Administration
[Namibian] WINDHOEK, the capital of Namibia, is in urgent need of sound leadership and solid administration. It has lacked both for the past decade and longer.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:17:44 GMT
Ondonga Leaders a No-Show At Sand-Mining Hearing
[Namibian] ONDONGA Traditional Authority leaders on Wednesday failed to attend an appeal hearing between them and the residents of Ondando C village over sand mining.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:17:13 GMT
Brave Warriors Step-Up Preparations for World Cup Qualifiers
[Namibia Economist] Tafel Lager Brave Warriors coach Bobby Samaria will have a full compliment of players by Sunday ahead of the 02 September clash against Congo in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:16:47 GMT
High Production Costs Sink Small-Scale Farmer
[New Era] A small-scale horticulture producer from the Oshikuku constituency says it is becoming extremely difficult to manage a crop field while keeping up with competitive pricing.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:15:50 GMT
Insurers Face Covid-19 Claims Test
[Namibian] THE tourism and hospitality sector in both Namibia and South Africa is facing a crisis, with financial losses deepened due to insurance companies' rejection or delay of business-interruption insurance claims related to the Covid-19 pandemi...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:15:22 GMT
Namibia, Germany Form Green Hydrogen Partnership
[Namibia Economist] The Director General of the National Planning Commission, Obeth Kandjoze and Germany's Federal Research Minister, Anja Karliczek, agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a joint communiquÃ...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:14:32 GMT
Movie Rape Scene Leads to Father's Arrest
[New Era] A movie scene about sexual abuse resulted in a Swakopmund father being arrested for allegedly raping his biological daughter for years.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:13:37 GMT
Anti-Corruption Commission Keeps On Wasting Resources
[Namibian] AT LEAST two cases in the past couple of months have reminded us, in part, why Namibia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) remains largely ineffective despite being operational for 15 years.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:13:02 GMT
Public Interviews for Ombudsman Post Underway
[Namibian] THE first ever public interviews to fill the vacancy of the Ombudsman are currently underway at the Supreme Court in Windhoek.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:12:02 GMT
Inferior Infrastructure Threatens to Derail Transnamib
[New Era] More than 50% of the railway lines that state-owned railway company TransNamib currently operate on do not meet the minimum Southern African Development Community (SADC) stipulated standard of 18.5 tonnes/axle load.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:11:26 GMT
Namibian Navy Patrols Chobe River
[Namibian] THE communities around Impalila Island in the Zambezi region have welcomed the arrival of three navy boats early this week.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:11:15 GMT
Record-Breaking Striker Now Education Transport Officer
[Namibian] FORMER Civics and Ramblers free-scoring striker Konrad Costa Khaiseb still holds the record of the most goals scored in a season after he netted 30 goals to finish as the top goalscorer in the Namibia Premier League in the 2003 season.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:08:50 GMT
Hesitancy Rife Among Oshikoto Teachers
[New Era] The directorate of education has noted with great concern that despite many Covid-19 infections recorded at Oshikoto schools, teachers and eligible learners are still unwilling to get vaccinated. This was revealed by the acting inspector fo...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:07:45 GMT
Remembering Heroes Past and Present
[Namibian] HEROES' DAY WAS observed yesterday. Isn't there a risk that in future an ever-growing number will view it as just another public holiday?

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:33:39 GMT
Ishitile Into 400m Semis
[Namibian] Namibia's Lahja Ishitile qualified for the semifinals of the Women's 400m T11 at the Tokyo Paralympic Games when she came second in her first round heat on Friday.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:13:48 GMT
Ecn Dissatisfied Over Katima Mulilo Urban By-Election Voter Turnout
[Namibian] THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has expressed disappointment over the voter turnout of the Katima Mulilo Urban by-election on Wednesday.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:13:47 GMT
KK Was a Humble Straight Talker - Governor
[Namibian] OTJOZONDJUPA regional governor, the late Kazenambo Kazenambo's cousin James Uerikua, has described Kazenambo as principled, humble and a straight talker.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:13:46 GMT
Swapo Deputy Sg Hausiku Dies
[Namibian] FORMER deputy prime minister Marco Hausiku has died.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:54:09 GMT
Govt Donates 20,000 Covid Doses to Namibia
[New Zimbabwe] The government says it will soon donate 20 000 Covid-19 vaccines to neighbouring Namibia, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has confirmed.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:35:37 GMT
Ruling Party Wins Katima By-Election
[Namibian] SWAPO Party candidate Kennedy Simasiku won the Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency by-election on Wednesday night, after securing 1 557 votes.



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