Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein today delivered the 2018/19 budget speech under the theme, ‘Shared Prosperity’. • Government plans to spend N$65 billion, compared to N$66 billion in the previous year. • Urban and Rural Development receives N$2.2 billion, and a total of about N$7.0 billion over the MTEF. The emphasis is shifted to the provision […]
Windhoek Field Archery Club hosted a shooting competition on Saturday 3 March 2018 at their range outside Windhoek. A group of 12 Archers started their Saturday morning competition in fantastic cool weather with high humidity and ended the day in good spirits. After a long absence from archery due to injury, Bea Viviers, joined the […]
Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein will table the Appropriation Bill in the National Assembly Wednesday afternoon. Producer Denver Isaacs spoke to economist Ngoni Bobota to get his budget expectations.
Construction of the new Otjozondjupa referral state hospital at Otjiwarongo will start this year. The hospital, to be built at a cost of about N$720 million, aims to serve a population of over 28 000 at the town. Health and Social Services Deputy-Minister, Juliet Kavetuna made the announcement during a clean-up campaign Tuesday at the […]
Residents of central Mondesa are demanding compensation from the Swakopmund Municipality after a broken municipal water pipe flooded their homes. The residents, who were affected are from Omugulugwombashe, Obie and Erica Tsuses streets of Mondesa. Last week, they told NBC News that a pipe transporting water to their homes burst and water gushed into the […]
Namibia is among one of the last six countries still on the European Union’s (EU) blacklist as a possible tax haven. The other five countries are American Samoa, Guam, Palau, Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago. The EU is set to remove Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Saint Lucia from an EU list of tax havens […]
Works and Transport Minister, John Mutorwa, lashed out at nepotism in the allocation of government houses and flats saying all Namibians deserves to be treated fairly. He says there is a need for accountability when it comes to government property.
The Law Reform and Development Commission has submitted its proposed changes to the New Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEEF) Bill.
The former Otjiherero Radio station of the NBC celebrated its rebranding, to Omurari Radio. Since last year NBC has been embarked on rebranding its indigenous radio stations, changing their colonial names in effort to better represent Namibian cultures and traditions. So far the Damara/Nama station has changed its name to Kaisames and the Afrikaans service […]
The delay in the implementation of programmes is one of the contributing factors to rising unemployment among the youth. Youth Minister Erastus Utoni now wants to review implementation strategies. He held consultations with President Hage Geingob recently.
