The Minister of Sports, Youth, and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero, has encouraged young people to aspire towards entrepreneurship as a solution to addressing the high rate of youth unemployment. Spearheaded by the Begin To Imagine (BTI) youth group, the Expo is the first to be hosted by Bethanie Village. Tjongarero made the call during the […]
Former nbc Executive Producer at Kati FM, Hangula Pohamba, has called on those aspiring to take up employment at indigenous radio stations to strive for fluency in their vernacular languages, saying the airwaves have been dominated for too long by foreign languages. The 69-year-old Pohamba is one of the most fluent producers in Oshiwambo and […]
The Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area launched an Energy Efficiency Network in Kasane, Botswana, on Thursday. The project is aimed at assisting selected enterprises in Chobe district, Kasane in Botswana, and lodges in the Zambezi Region to identify suitable energy and carbon dioxide-saving technical solutions. The twelve enterprises that entered into an agreement with […]
The Namibian government remains committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities. Hardap Governor Salomon April said this while donating food parcels to people with disabilities at Aranos, courtesy of Rani Trading Group. The Office of the Hardap Governor also spoiled people with disabilities with a warm meal after the handing-over ceremony. The event […]
Of all the country’s 14 regions, Kavango West is the only one without a fully-fledged Namibian Traffic Information System (NaTIS) office. As a result, residents travel 130 kilometers to Rundu for services. At the moment, the NaTIS office at Nkurenkuru only offers learners’ license tests, renewals of driving licenses, registration and licensing of vehicles, and […]
Employees of Coca-Cola’s Oshakati branch staged a demonstration in protest against Africa Personnel Service (APS), the biggest labor hire company in Namibia. The employees in their petition claim that they have been receiving low wages since the company outsourced the employment of workers to APS in 2015. In addition, the employees said they do not […]
Two families at Kahoro Village in Kavango West are at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land on the banks of the Kavango River. This happened after one family allegedly sold the 10-hectare piece of land to a couple who wanted to construct a lodge there. Three men from the Nambase family are […]
National Council MPs have called on the Ministry of Labour to take the necessary steps against any form of exploitation of workers. They expressed concern over the ineffectiveness of labor unions in representing workers, which they said leads to retrenchment without protection. MPs urged labor unions to do more to safeguard the interests of workers. […]
President Hage Geingob has concluded his three-day state visit to South Africa. The purpose of the visit was to further strengthen bilateral relations, enhance economic cooperation, explore trade and investment, and identify new areas of cooperation. Dr. Geingob and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, have directed that an audit be carried out on all […]
New graduates from the UNAM campus at Katima Mulilo Campus are hopeful for a bright future. They are not deterred, they say, by the high unemployment rate. More than 400 students graduated in the fields of health and natural sciences, as well as veterinary medicine, education, human resources, and agriculture. Leon Munali, who received his […]
