Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi says the government should explore exporting labour by sending qualified Namibians abroad and receiving remittances that can be ploughed back into society. This follows his concerns that the government is overemphasising social protection…

Lifeguards at Walvis Bay warn that the ongoing heatwave affecting Namibia’s coastal towns is increasing the risk of drowning as more people flock to beaches and swimming areas to cool off. This week temperatures at Walvis Bay ranged between 35°C…

The government is facilitating the re-employment of 222 former Walu Fishing workers through a redress programme involving four companies following a protracted labour dispute. The companies will participate in the government employment redress programme (Gerp) initiative. Walu Fishing did not…

Independent Patriots for Change parliamentarian Armas Amukoto says the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development’s reduced N$1.9-billion budget will fail miserably to address Namibia’s housing backlog. Amukoto said this during his contribution to the budget in the National Assembly on…

Namib Mills has given its workers 72 hours to return to work after the company reached an agreement with the Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (Naretu) to end a 59-day strike involving about 1 000 workers. In an internal…

Namibian household credit growth rose to 3% in January, driven by a rebound in overdraft demand despite an overall slowdown in private sector credit. This was a 1.4% year-on-year (y/y) increase, reflecting post-holiday financial strain, compounded by weak wage growth…

The term ‘turnaround strategy’ is mostly used to place renewed emphasis on a rescue effort and is most commonly applied when appointing a new board or chief executive of a public enterprise. Public enterprises are based upon an act of…

MOST PROPERTIES AT Katima Mulilo are struggling to sell because they are overpriced. Many sellers are putting properties on the market without doing proper valuations or checking current market trends. In many cases, the price is based on what the…

ACCORDING TO A baseline study on informal settlements conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency, chief executive Alex Shimuafeni reports that more than 200 000 Namibians currently reside in the country’s 419 informal settlements. In addition to this urban residential informality,…

The Capricorn Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to improving education outcomes in Namibia by expanding its support for Meerkat Learning’s Teaching at the Right Level (Tarl) programme. The foundation’s support reached 1 200 pupils and 200 teachers across the Kunene…

The government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday launched a N$28.5-billion partnership designed to overhaul national infrastructure and break the country’s dependence on the mining sector. The 2025 to 2030 country strategy paper, launched in Windhoek, serves as a…

NAMIBIA is preparing to launch its first heavy-duty freight locomotive powered by locally produced green hydrogen later this year. The project could position Namibia as one of the first countries in Africa to operate a heavy duty freight train powered…