Category: National News
Over 57% of Namibian workforce employed in informal sector
IMELDA AMBONDO
About 57.7% of Namibia’s employed population works in the informal market.
This is according to findings of the Diagno [...]
Opposition questions minister’s ‘excessive’ power in Land Bill
TIRI MASAWI
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) have poked holes in the Land Bill currently being debated in parliament.
Chief among their [...]
Namibians have low entrepreneurial ambition -Report
STAFF WRITER
The latest Afrobarometer report says Namibians have the lowest entrepreneurial ambition in Africa.
Commenting on the rep [...]
Namibia needs N$108 billion to fight climate change
TIRI MASAWI
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia needs about N$108 billion (US$6 billion) to fight the impact of climate change.
The P [...]
SSC ends N$720m investment deal over breach of contract
TIRI MASAWI
The Social Security Commission (SSC) has ended its N$720 million asset management deal with Retirement Investment and Savings [...]
Tjivikua appointed Roads Authority CEO
Staff Writer
Walvis Bay Corridor Group Chief Executive Officer Hipi Tjivikua will take over the same position at Roads Authority in a month.
H [...]
Botswana bids to control Namibian diamonds
TIRI MASAWI
Botswana’s multi-billion dollar plan to take over De Beers could give its government greater control and influence over Namibia’s diamo [...]
Over N$800 000 raised for Rhino poaching reward
Staff Writer
More than N$800 000 has been raised within days to fund a N$1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of th [...]
No funds for Independence Stadium in Mid-Year budget
TIRI MASAWI
Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Balloti, remains optimistic that Namibia’s me [...]
N$10m shelter gathers dust as mothers stay in shacks
…Opened in 2022, the shelter remains unoccupied because it was never officially handed over.
TIRI MASAWI
Expectant mothers in Outapi are sleepin [...]