Namibia and Kenya have committed to aggressively strengthen trade relations. Speaking during a joint media conference the two nations’ leaders said investments in sectors such as mining, agriculture and tourism have been prioritised to advance a common development agenda.
A project aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity, and reduce importation of staple cereal crops and grains, was launched in the //Karas Region.
The renovations of the boys’ hostel block at SI !Gobs Secondary School in Omaruru, which was destroyed by fire in 2011, has commenced.
Namibian kwaito artist and rapper, Eric Sell, known as EES, won Germany’s The X Factor talent show. The X Factor originated in the United Kingdom. VIDEO CONTRIBUTED
October is World Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The aim is to make people aware of the abilities and accomplishments of those living with Down Syndrome.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Bukalo Village Council office park.
The Road Fund Authority (RFA) has made N$1,5 million available towards the rehabilitation of First Avenue at Keetmanshoop.
Land Reform Minister Utoni Nujoma says both his ministry and the Government were not involved in the purchasing of four farms by Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov.
A Cuban expert in agriculture and land-use says it is important for land reform in Namibia to be meaningfully tranformed in the interest of agricultural development. Eddy Socca was a guest speaker at the second National Land Conference, which he described as a huge success.
Regional councils will now manage the water supply and sanitation coordination purposes in their respective areas. The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry Alpheus !Naruseb who handed over the functions says the move is part of government’s decentralisation policy aimed at bringing services closer to the people.
