Labour expert Hebert Jauch says it is imperative for trade unions to engage with their members and workers’ organisations. This, he says, is a way of holding unions accountable and giving workers control. Hebert Jauch raised a concern about unions not engaging or knowing their members, let alone holding congresses since their inception. This, Jauch […]
Political analyst Dr. Ndumba Kamwanyah has commended the parliamentary standing committees’ oversight visits, which he said provided a platform for ordinary citizens to give their input and raise concerns on matters of bread and butter. He mentioned that this civic participation is crucial for lawmakers to understand the urgent and pressing issues that require their […]
Funding has always been a challenge for the film industry’s growth, and corporations reluctance to fund has stiffened the film industry. The veteran film makers say producing a film is costly and that the Namibian Film Commission’s annual budget is not even close to the amount needed to produce one. Vickson Hangula, a Namibian veteran […]
Veteran film industry players say the launch of the nbc-Multi-Choice Namibia Mukorob Project last week is the right step towards growing the industry, which has been moving at a snail’s pace. Thirteen local films were produced under the project. The films can now be accessed by millions of viewers on a continental platform, telling Namibian […]
A senior associate at Business Financial Solutions, Hafeni Hamukoto, has emphasised the need to increase investment in African start-ups that provide unique solutions to challenges. Some owners of startups say they have experienced difficulties accessing funding and other types of support to realise their dreams. Business Financial Solutions decided to invest in Namibia’s first TEA […]
Erongo Governor Neville Andre has inaugurated the first ever multi-million-dollar TEA metallurgical laboratory in the country. The lab, owned by two young Africans, Wensia Ruiters from Namibia and Kevin Mwashuma from Kenya, is located in Swakopmund. Ruiters and Mwashuma acquired the Trace Elements Analysis Laboratories (TEA Labs) in 2019 and have since expanded their operations. […]
Family, friends, and former colleagues of the late Rikuetjua Tjombonde paid their last respects during his memorial and funeral services. The nbc’s Director General, Stanley Similo, was among the mourners who paid their tribute. Survived by 11 children and his wife, Veziruapi, Tjombonde was described by mourners as having lived a life well lived. He […]
Parts of Karibib, Walvis Bay Rural, and the Daures constituencies are still facing water shortages. Erongo Governor Neville Andre raised this during a visit by Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. The Office of the Prime Minister donated a water tank truck last year for water to be delivered to the Daures Constituency, where the resource is […]
Swapo Party Deputy Secretary General Uahekua Herunga has cautioned party members to desist from calling for an extraordinary congress to elect a new presidential candidate for the 2024 national elections. Herunga reminded members that the Swapo Party is guided by the constitution, rules, and procedures. He said the election of the presidential candidates is done […]
The SWAPO Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has laid the cornerstone for the construction of the party’s district office at Talismanus in the Otjombinde Constituency. Nandi-Ndaitwah says the envisaged office should be used to advance the interests of the party. “Comrades, for any institution or organisation, let alone a political party like Swapo, an office […]
