Government has distanced itself from the plastic levy that is currently being charged by some shops, saying the proposed levy is not gazetted yet. This change by businesses came in the wake of the announcement by the Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein during the tabling of the 2019/2020 national budget in March.
With the //Kharas Region being the biggest in terms of the land mass in the country and having at least 76 000 inhabitants, according to the last census in 2011, it only has 684 police officers to combat crime. The region has to have at least 2 211 police officers, according to the Namibian Police […]
Drought is taking its toll on animals in the Oshana Region. Carcasses of cattle are spotted in Oshanas as a result of severe drought. On her tour to Oshana to assess the drought situation, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says Government is committed to minimise the effect of drought to see to it that nobody dies […]
Keetmanshoop Mayor, Gaudentia Khrone, encouraged young people in the //Kharas Region to gain business skills in order to make meaningful contributions to their lives and the country’s economy.
Lack of proper research and development are among the reasons why many African countries are said not to be achieving desired growth. The sentiment was expressed at UNAM’s multi Research conference, currently underway in Windhoek.
The process of excavating the canal and pumping water for animals from Olushandja South to Uuvudhiya has been completed. The project carried out by NAMWATER will now relieve the plight of communal farmers along the canal, who have been hardest hit by the prevailing drought.
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila is on a drought assessment tour to Ompundja and Uuvudhiya constituencies in the Oshana Region. She is accompanied by Oshana Governor Elia Irimari and the Councillors of Ompundja and Uuvudhiya constituencies Adolf Uunona and Amutenya gwa-Ndahafa as well as Oshana Chief Regional Officer Martin Elago and Namwater CEO Abraham Nehemia. […]
