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By: Ritta Lotto Unam’s Ogongo Campus Hydrology and Climatology Environmental Science department lecturer, Dr. David Gwapedza, says the country needs detailed climate research to establish whether cloud seeding can help mitigate the effects of drought.  His comments come as Namibia considers cloud seeding experiments following recent remarks by Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, on the possibility of reviving the practice as part of the country’s response to drought and the anticipated El […]

By: Taati Niilenge A 44-year-old man was arrested at Swakopmund on Saturday, after he allegedly commanded his pet dog to attack a police officer. According to Erongo police spokesperson, senior inspector Judith Shomongula, it is alleged that police officers were conducting a random stop and search operation on Saturday at the T-junction of Tiras and Ondjamba Streets in Mondesa, Swakopmund. The suspect, Christian Petrus, reportedly refused to co-operate and allegedly […]

By: Envaalde Matheus Opposition political parties are questioning the government’s financial controls after the defence ministry overspent its approved budget by N$252.9 million in the 2024/25 financial year. The Auditor General reported that the Defence Department spent N$7.14 billion against its approved budget of N$6.88 billion, despite receiving an unqualified audit opinion. The report attributed overspending to a five percent salary adjustment implemented in April 2024. The finance ministry explained […]

By: Josia Shigwedha  Police Acting Inspector-General, Major-General Anna-Marie Nainda, has acknowledged that the families of Ingrid Maasdorp and Roslin Fabian were only informed of the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect after the news had already circulated on social media.   Nainda acknowledged that the families should have been informed first but said that, by the time police reached out to them, the information was already circulating online.    Nainda confirmed at a press […]

By: Yanna Smith Auas Motors has approached the High Court on an urgent basis to review and set aside the Central Procurement Board’s (CPB) recent tender for 68 municipal vehicles for the City of Windhoek. The applicant argues that the tender’s technical specifications are a direct duplication of Toyota models and treated as mandatory, effectively disqualifying all other leading manufacturers. Auas Motors contends this amounts to unlawful direct procurement disguised […]

By: Josia Shigwedha   The Independent Patriots for Change says the establishment of the Public Assets Management Agency of Namibia, PAMA, will duplicate existing government functions and increase personnel costs.   IPC Shadow Minister Nelson Kalangula was responding to Cabinet’s recent approval to establish the agency, whose mandate is to strengthen management of the country’s N$47.4 billion commercial public assets.   Kalangula told NewsOnOne the parastatal’s creation will further add to the government’s […]

By: Envaalde Matheus The government has criticised mining companies for relying on temporary workers and subcontracting to cut labour costs, saying the practice undermines meaningful job creation. Mines minister Modestus Amutse made the remarks on Thursday in Opuwo while officiating at the Kunene Mining Summit on behalf of the President, in a video provided by NBC’s Digital News. Amutse said some companies use subcontracting to avoid employing workers directly, leaving […]

By: Envaalde Matheus Meatco CEO Albertus Aochamub says the debate over the veterinary fence has become an artificial political argument, saying meat from the north has already been available to consumers on both sides of the cordon fence.  Aochamub says the Rundu abattoir is fully export and halal certified and could help serve the African as well as Middle Eastern markets.  Aochamub said the FMD area covers Zambezi, while the […]

By: Josia Shigwedha Works and transport ministry senior housing officer, Zaraida Haufiku, says law enforcement officers are their biggest problem when dealing with the illegal occupants at government flats. Hauaufiku made the remarks on Wednesday after several government flats in Windhoek’s Ausspannplatz were welded shut over alleged illegal occupations. Months earlier, Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi gave people illegally occupying government flats a deadline to vacate the properties. Haufiku […]