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30 Jun

Namibia exports ‘Greenest Charcoal’ to US

info_e12wt4csNational NewsAfrica Burns, Namibia exports ‘Greenest Charcoal’ to US, US Embassy Public Affairs Officer and spokesperson, Walter Parrs

Tujoromajo Kasuto Africa Burns, a Namibian charcoal producer, has been acclaimed for its innovative approach of converting the acacia tree into green charcoal. According to the US Embassy, its supply chain consists of hundreds of local small-scale suppliers who are transforming the acacia into charcoal which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing devastating droughts, has become an economic lifeline to over 10,000 people in Namibia’s charcoal sector. This comes after communities across Namibia grapple with the problem of acacia bushes that encroach on their land. US Embassy Public Affairs Officer and spokesperson, Walter Parrs says the invasive acacia reduces…

30 Jun

500 Oshikoto school pupils impregnated

info_e12wt4csNational NewsA total of 500 minor school girls fell pregnant in the Oshikoto Region in the 2021 academic year, Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), Penda ya Ndakolo, recording a one percent increase., United States of America International Development Agency

Obrein Simasiku A total of 500 minor school girls fell pregnant in the Oshikoto Region in the 2021 academic year, recording a one percent increase. “ Teenage pregnancy rate has also increased to 15% from 14% last year. Therefore, there is reason for concern. We need to do things differently as leaders, parents, teachers and the general community and to work hand in hand to protect our young generation,” said Oshikoto governor Penda Ya Ndakolo, in his State of the Region Address delivered today. He thus said that sexual education be taken very serious, as a way to protect young…

29 Jun

CBPN boots contractor for incompetence

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCBPN boots contractor for incompetence, CBPN on behalf of the Namibia Vocational Training Authority (NTA), Namibia Vocational Training Authority (NTA)

Obrein Simasiku The Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CBPN) has booted a contractor who was appointed to construct a N$35 million state-of-the-art Vocational Training Centre in Nkurenkuru. The contract was terminated for incompetency and falling short of the agreed time frame, after having only completed around seven percent of the supposed project, as well as failure to formulate and implement a catch-up plan. The tender was conducted by CBPN on behalf of the Namibia Vocational Training Authority (NTA) for the construction of the centre with an amount of N$35 561 067, of which at the time of the contract termination,…

29 Jun

School pleads for assistance to ‘stateless’ destitute children

info_e12wt4csNational NewsEheke in the Oshana Region, Esther Nakale, Ondiamande Combined School, School pleads for assistance to ‘stateless’ destitute children

Obrein Simasiku Ondiamande Combined School, at Eheke in the Oshana Region, is pleading with government, including good Samaritans to come to the aid of 14 destitute children of whom five are school-going and who find themselves in abject poverty. The children are under the care of their elderly grandmother, who is also looking after her own two mentally ill elder children. This was brought to Observer's attention by Esther Nakale, a Life Skills teacher at Ondiamande, who said the livelihood of the family is painful, as she pleaded with to the government to at least take charge of the five…

29 Jun

PM calls for enhanced fight against ocean pollution

info_e12wt4csNational NewsPM calls for enhanced fight against ocean pollution, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila

Obrein Simasiku Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has called for a unified fight against polluting of oceans and maritime piracy, as she emphasised the integral part oceans play in the Namibian economy. Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said this at the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon. "We cannot engage on the issue of marine and aquatic resources without looking into the negative impact of pollution. Pollution in oceans should be viewed in a holistic manner. If land pollution control measures are poorly implemented, ocean pollution is inevitable. In this regard, investments should be increased to prevent and manage pollution both on land and…

29 Jun

Laws must be streamlined to fight fake qualifications

info_e12wt4csNational NewsLaws must be streamlined to fight fake qualifications, Mike Kavekotora, Ministry of Higher Education, Namibia Training Authority (NTA), Van Kent

Martin Endjala The Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation officials have revealed that due to the gap between legislative bodies of higher education that regulate institutions, it is proving to be a challenge to address forgery and falsification of qualifications. The Namibia Training Authority (NTA), Namibia Council of Higher Education (NCHE) and the Namibia Qualifications (NQA) Authority are the regulating bodies of higher education institutions country. The Executive Director of MHETI Alfred Van Kent said that one of the Ministry’s challenges is the executing laws that are put in place that regulate higher education institutions. The MHETI ED said…

29 Jun

Rotational principle election saga under the scope

info_e12wt4csNational NewsMacky Sall, Pan-African Parliament, Rotational principle election saga under the scope

Martin Endjala The fifth Pan-African Parliament session following last year’s chaotic and aborted event are meeting this week in South Africa to among other elect a President, which was fiercely fought last year. The South and West caucuses fought for their candidates and the election was postponed and the African parliamentarians will again be meeting with an agenda of electing a new president and a vice-President during which all five caucuses will root for their candidates. With the embarrassing pandemonium election still fresh in some minds, the parliamentarians will try and put all of it behind and hope to speak…

29 Jun

BoN strengthens African ties

info_e12wt4csNational Newsand the Bank of Botswana, e Governors of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, Johannes !Gawaxab, Moses Dinekere Pelaelo, Zemburuka

Tujoromajo Kasuto Last week, Bank of Namibia Governor Johannes !Gawaxab met with his counterparts on the continent as part of his efforts to strengthen collaboration and seek mutually beneficial relationships among African central banks. According to the Central Bank’s Director of Strategic Communications and International Relations, Kazembire Zemburuka, separate meetings were held to strengthen ties between the Governors of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, and the Bank of Botswana, Moses Dinekere Pelaelo. He says that the Bank also intends to call on the Central Bank of Kenya, given the advances made in the fintech space. Zemburuka noted that the…

29 Jun

Shangula calls for more progressive

info_e12wt4csNational NewsCriminal Procedure Act of 1977, Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula, Second Joint High Level Continental Seminar, Shangula calls for more progressive

Staff Writer The Minister of Health and Social Services, has called for the continued promotion of women’s political freedom and the abolition of all forms of violence against women and girls. Kalumbi Shangula said this yesterday at the opening of Second Joint High Level Continental Seminar on the right to health and social protection in Africa in Windhoek. The health minister said African counties need to collaborate and push forward to put an end to all forms of harmful practices that undermine the commendable progress we have made on many fronts. “We must hold hands and forge ahead in order…

29 Jun

Old Mutual facilitates housing in Mariental

info_e12wt4csNational NewsOld Mutual facilitates housing in Mariental, Old Mutual Investment Group Managing Director Lionel Kannemeyer

Tujoromajo Kasuto Old Mutual Investment Group has committed funding to the development of 224 serviced erven and the development of affordable houses in Mariental, the administrative capital of Hardap Region. The Tunga Real Estate Fund, an unlisted property and housing fund managed by the Old Mutual, completed the first phase of land servicing for 56 residential plots and handed over the infrastructure and services to the Mariental Municipality. According to a press statement issued today by Ashante Manetti, the group’s Acting Marketing and Communications Executive, sales have begun and the homes have been completed. ‘’A further sub division is underway…