The Namibian government aims to increase food production by 30% over the NDP5 period. This was said by John Mutorwa, the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry at the opening of the 2017 Keetmanshoop Business Seminar.

The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) received 796 consumer complaints during the 2016/17 financial year. Namfisa Chief Executive Officer, Kenneth Matomola said this was 84 more than the previous financial year.

Bamunu Nature Conservation Community Project, in Sibbinda Constituency of the Zambezi Region, this week pledged to plough revenue it generated from trophy hunting back into community development.

The Windhoek High Court will start hearing arguments on Friday on the final dissolution of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Bank.

A pensioner burnt to death when her shack caught fire on Wednesday at Oshikango location in the Oshana Region.

The Opuwo Urban Constituency in the Kunene Region has thus far met all its commitments to developmental projects despite the government’s budget cuts.

The MVA Fund is appealing to the community to assist in identifying and tracing the next of kin of a male pedestrian. The man was bumped by a vehicle on 1 June in Sean MacBride Street in Olympia, Windhoek.

The Patron of the African World Heritage Fund Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on the private sector to invest in heritage for the preservation of Africa’s legacy.

Stakeholder’s meetings on recreational, sport and subsistence fishing levies are underway at Henties Bay in the Erongo Region. Similar meetings will also be held in Swakopmund, Lüderitz and Windhoek within the next four weeks to ensure all stakeholders have their say.

Cabinet Committee met to discuss among others the delay in payments to contractors constructing the Neckartal Dam on the outskirts of Keetmanshoop. This was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa.