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06 Jun

Amunime rejects SUN infighting claims

ObserverNational NewsAmunime rejects SUN infighting claims, Students Union of Namibia (SUN)

Stefanus Nashama Simon Amunimd, one of the founders of the Students Union of Namibia (SUN), a body that represents students at institutions of higher learning, yesterday said he left the organisation for new students to pick up from where he and other colleagues left off. He said those that are saying he left the student organisation because of disunity are not factually correct, adding that he just created room for new students. “I have graduated from student politics to other bigger responsibilities in society. Some are in the corporate environment and others in mainstream politics,” he said. Amunime said the…

06 Jun

EU donates ten vehicles valued at N$6.5m

ObserverNational NewsEU donates ten vehicles valued at N$6.5m, Programme for Communal Land Development (PCLD)

Martin Endjala The European Union has donated ten vehicles valued at N$6 549 963 million to the Ministry of Agriculture Water Land Reform. The vehicles are part of the Programme for Communal Land Development (PCLD), supported jointly by KfW, the European Union and the Government of Namibia. The PCLD’s overall objective is to improve the land-based livelihoods of rural communities through the development of communal land and their better integration into the mainstream economy. “I am informed that these vehicles will be used to further support the mapping and verification of communal land rights in the different regions of Namibia,…

06 Jun

Geingob calls on zero plastic usage on Environment day

ObserverNational NewsGeingob calls on zero plastic usage on Environment day, president Hage Geingob

Herrtta-Maria Amutenja President Hage Geingob has urged Namibians to make changes to their lives and reduce the heavy burden of plastics on the natural and human environment because of the threat it poses. Geingob made these remarks on the occasion of World Environment Day which was commemorated around the globe yesterday. “Plastics contain hazardous additives, which pose a threat to our ecosystem, biodiversity, economy and health. As we commemorate World Environment Day under the theme, ‘Beat Plastic Pollution ‘, we should take action to promote a circular economy for the future of our planet,” he said. Meanwhile, the Environmental Investment…

06 Jun

Struggle Kids divided over N$13 million from OPM

ObserverMainStruggle Kids divided over N$13 million from OPM

Hertta-Maria Amutenja A group of the so-called Struggle Kids is demanding that N$13 million in an account named Children of the Liberation Struggle, resorting under the Office of Prime Minister must be pumped into different ministries to create job opportunities for them. “We gave our point of view that we want that money to be divided between different ministries so that those ministries can create employment and opportunities for the children of the liberation struggle. They can even invest in the Ministry of agriculture or just in nature conservation. There are many opportunities they can create for the children of…

05 Jun

World Bank’s dictates regarding NEEEFno more than Capitalism preservation

ObserverOpinionsWorld Bank’s dictates regarding NEEEFno more than Capitalism preservation

Kae Matundu “World Bank study says no to NEEEF,” screamed the headline of the lead article of a local English daily. Yours Truly Ideologically could not but muse as to who the heck is the World Bank and what nerve and audacity if not arrogance they have to literally dictate to Namibia how she may or may not run her affairs? This to some may be seen as a friendly advice from a world institution to a friendly but sovereign nation. But there’s more to the seeming friendly advice by the World Bank. Simple dictatorship all in the final analysis…

05 Jun

Growth, increased investments meaninglessunless accompanied by belief in socialist ethos

ObserverOpinionsGrowth, increased investments meaninglessunless accompanied by belief in socialist ethos

Kae MatunduA government publication, titled Namibia: A Decade of Peace, Democracy and Stability, describing the decade 1990-2000 as such as the title. Relative Peace, Democracy, indeed have been in Namibia during the said decade. Regarding Prosperity Yours Truly Ideologically cannot be so sure. Also wondering if the government itself can be so sure about prosperity without qualifying it indeed. Because prosperity in Namibia since independence is not something obvious, and thus a commodity one can take for granted unless prosperity can be qualified as the widening of the gap of inequality and increasing impoverishment of the masses. Accompnaied and paralleled…

05 Jun

“Only full reparation can remedy past wounds”

ObserverOpinions“Only full reparation can remedy past wounds”

Kae Matundu The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) Special Rapporteurs are requesting for answers from both the Namibian and German governments regarding the way in which they have been dealing with the issue of Genocide, Apology and Reparations. While it has written to both governments this February, this has become public only this month. But be that as it may be, the UN is raising pertinent questions as well as making very fundamental observations. Observations which descendants all along have been raising and impressing upon our Namibian government and its German counterpart. With regard to the Namibian government, they…

05 Jun

Swakopmund all set to host SADC Development Finance Network meeting

ObserverObserver MoneyMaureen Hinda-Mbuende, Swakopmund all set to host SADC Development Finance Network meeting

Niël Terblanché Local development finance institutions (DFI), namely, Agribank, Development Bank of Namibia, Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia, and the National Housing Enterprise, will host the 2023 SADC-DFIs network forum meetings in Swakopmund. The engagements under the SADC Development Finance Resource Centre (SADC-DFRC) are scheduled to be held from 6 to 9 June 2023. The theme of the forum meeting is ‘Balancing DFI developmental mandate with sustainability’. The Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Maureen Hinda-Mbuende, will officially open the event at the coast. The objective of the forum meeting will be to discuss and share experiences on how…

05 Jun

MAWLR extends drought relief

ObserverObserver MoneyErginus Endjala, Ndyakupi Nghituwamata

Martin Endjala The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Land and Reform has announced that it will be extending its livestock drought mitigation measures to affected farmers in the Kunene region and parts of the Erongo and Omusati regions with effect from 1 July 20223 to 31st December 2023. This was announced by the Ministry’s Executive Director Ndyakupi Nghituwamata last week in a statement, the Ministry will also provide a livestock support programme to drought-stricken regions of Omaheke, Hardap and //Karas for six months from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023. This is in alignment with Cabinet decisions issued at the…

05 Jun

Schlettwein calls on old traditions to be aligned with modern technology

ObserverNational NewsCalle Schlettwein, Schlettwein calls on old traditions to be aligned with modern technology

Martin Endjala Farmers who still use the old traditions are being urged to align themselves with modern technology in order to optimally yield positive results from their crop and livestock production which will bring about economic growth both for themselves and the country at large. The green economy is seen as one of the best capable driving engines for all industries which is why the emphasis is put on farmers familiarizing themselves with emerging technology to ensure that they produce the best products. These were the sentiments of Calle Schlettwein, the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, during the…