The Finance Minister has announced a 5.5 billion dollars cut in the 2016-2017 budget. Calle Schlettwein presented the mid-year budget review on Thursday.
The African Union, AU, has donated about 1,3 million dollars to the Namibian government to assist drought-affected communities. Namibia is suffering from persistent drought, due to poor rainfall received over the past-three years. More than 700 000 people in the country have been affected by drought, with about 600 000 living in rural areas. A […]
Founding President Sam Nujoma paid tribute to the founder of the Frans Indongo Group for his determination in establishing successful companies. Nujoma says the Frans Indongo Holding company played a leading role in the economic emancipation of Namibia.
President Hage Geingob is happy that political leaders and business people from the United States of America are coming to Namibia to explore potential areas of cooperation and investment. The Head of State was speaking at the State banquet hosted for the visiting Mayor of San Antonio City, Ivy Taylor on Wednesday.
The Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency -TIKA continues to empower San people. The Agency has been running a programme in Tsumkwe called Tsumkwe San People Rural Development Programme for the past two years after learning about their living conditions and survival.
Engineering students at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) are working on the second prototype of a solar taxi. The solar taxi is the first of its kind in Namibia and the 25 students have started with the 2nd prototype for the vehicle at their campus laboratory.
The debate on the motion on the Provision of Sanitary pads to school girls has been deferred to next week after MP’s in the National Assembly failed to reach a consensus.
The Erongo Region plans to integrate all mini expos into one annual event to provide a much better chance of marketing all industries. This was said by the Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua at the Opening of the Namport Erongo Business and Tourism Expo at Walvis Bay.
Bethuel Tyson Uushona has been granted a second opportunity to contend for a vacant WBF welterweight title, following a controversial fight against Dennis Ilbay last year. WBF has declared the title vacant after Ilbay allegedly stated that he is not prepared to comply with WBF’s order to fight Ushona again. Salute academy was suspended by […]
China has commended African countries for their plans to pull out of the International Criminal Court. The country says it respects the decision and understands their long standing concerns with the court. The news comes as Gambia becomes the latest country to announce its intention to exit. South Africa and Burundi are leading the exit.
