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NUST expands its wings to Ohangwena Region
10 Mar

NUST expands its wings to Ohangwena Region

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Tujoromajo Kasuto THE Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) today unveiled its first satellite campus at Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region. The new campus will offer various disciplines ranging from agriculture, business management, computing and informatics, horticulture, logistics and supply chain management, science,technology, engineering and mathematics to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). These programmes will be offered from certificates to PhD programmes. NUST Chancellor Peter H. Katjavivi, commended the Vice-Chancellor, Erold Naomab, stating that there have been significant events, accomplishments and undertakings at NUST since January 2021 when he took over office. He said this is significant because…
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10 Mar

Small stock sales decline by 50% in January

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Tujoromajo Kasuto Small stock sales of goats and sheep in January 2022, declined significantly month-on-month. The sales dipped from 43 465 recorded in December 2021 to 21 572 in January, which is more than a 50 percent drop. The drop is noticeable in both industries with sheep marketing having experienced the greatest drop of 51 percent to 15,102 in January 2022 from 31,093 the previous month. The decline can be associated with the January breeding and restocking season. The low sales have impacted abattoir performance adversely. This is contained in the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) monthly market watch for…
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Independence Day celebrations destined for the coast
10 Mar

Independence Day celebrations destined for the coast

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Eba Kandovazu NAMIBIA’s Independence Day celebrations will be hosted by the Erongo Region at the coast, the Windhoek Observer can exclusively reveal. The Executive Director in the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, Mbeuta Ua- Ndjarakana says that the government is yet to decide between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. Namibia will turn 32 years on 21 March, having gained its independence on the same date in 1990. This year's independence will be celebrated under the theme “A People United For Prosperity”, he said. Although the Office of the Prime Minister earlier this week said that a total N$2.5 million has…
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Angolan fuel not answer for cheaper pump prices
10 Mar

Angolan fuel not answer for cheaper pump prices

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Eba Kandovazu THE Director of National Planning and Commision, Obeth Kandjoze says that importing fuel from Angola would cost the Namibian government more than it currently spends on fuel imports from other sources. This, he says, is because oil from Angola would have to be refined again to be brought to the same standard as the fuel used in Namibia. The specifications of fuel used in Namibia is stricter in terms of impurities such as sulphur and lead content. Kandjoze also said that even if fuel refined in Angola is imported into Namibia, the same levies and taxes are loaded…
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Age limitation in education against human rights
09 Mar

Age limitation in education against human rights

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Martin Endjala The Landless People’s Movement Member of Parliament, Utaara Mootu has condemned the announcement by the Ministry of Education that learners older than 21 years and who have completed their Namibia Senior Secondary Advance Certificate and the Senior Secondary Ordinary Certificate through Namcol cannot return to full time schooling. However, all learners younger than 21 years will be granted a second opportunity to return to class and take on their AS level. Mootu said this is the promotion of inequality in the education system and goes against freedom of education regardless of age. She said this today via a…
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Sex Offender Register not to be rushed
09 Mar

Sex Offender Register not to be rushed

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Tujoromajo Kasuto MINISTRY of Justice, Chief Public Relations Officer Simon Idipo says the introduction of the National Register for Sex Offenders in Namibia ought not to be rushed and a thorough examination be made before its implementation because of the implications of such a register would have on the wider society. The process of the introduction of the register was expected to be started this month, but Idipo said the process was delayed because of the ongoing consultations involving all stakeholders. The delays, he maintained included administrative processes to ensure that all is in place to get the system in…
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09 Mar

Cooking oil price increases by 21.4 percent …. Fears of price hikes in more stables as war in Ukraine continues

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Eba Kandovazu Simonis Storm Managing Director Bruce Hansen in a geopolitics report says that food prices in Namibia will continue to spike because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He says Ukraine is a major producer of agricultural products, particularly sunflower oil, which is one of the basic products used in the majority of households in Namibia. According to the stock broker, Namibia, as a result of the war can expect to see higher prices in bread, corn, baking flours, honey, beverages in aluminium cans, cheese, cooking oils and many other consumables. Ukraine also ranks first in Europe in terms of…
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Venaani demands respect from State House …. Justifies not attending oil discovery briefing
09 Mar

Venaani demands respect from State House …. Justifies not attending oil discovery briefing

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Eba Kandovazu POPULAR Democratic Movement President McHenry Venaani justified his absence from the briefing of political parties on the green hydrogen project and recent oil discovery in Namibia by President Hage Geingob, saying that State House blundered when it extended an invite to PDM, containing the details of another leader of an opposition party. According to Venaani, the invite was received by PDM on Monday around 11h00. Around 18h00, a State House representative reached out to him enquiring whether or not he would attend the meeting, which was held yesterday. "It was too short of a notice, we are the…
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GBV a major impediment in liberating women
08 Mar

GBV a major impediment in liberating women

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Martin Endjala The International Women’s Day, this year is commemorated under the theme 'Break the Bias', which calls on progressive forces to ensure that systemic biases that manifest themselves in different facets in society against women are broken down. The theme for this year will require everyone to reflect on biases and to defeat the stereotypes that hamper the advancement of women. Popular Democratic Movement MP, Elma Dienda said the Namibia should ensure that all forms of discrimination against women and girls are fought and done away with in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDGs). Deinda…
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Suspended sentence for stealing IPhone
08 Mar

Suspended sentence for stealing IPhone

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Eba Kandovazu THE Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a man to a suspended sentence of eight months for stealing a cellphone of a clerk at the court. The convict, Denzel van Wyk, 39, yesterday admitted guilt when he made his first court appearance on the theft case. Van Wyk reportedly stole Johaness Kondjeleni’s (court clerk) IPhone 13, worth N$19 000 last Thursday from his desk at the court and sold it for N$200. Van Wyk reportedly stole the phone from the desk when he saw that no one was in the office. Confessing to the crime, van Wyk stated that…
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