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07 Mar

Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

ObserverNational NewsArts, Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building, Windhoek’s oldest building to be turned into business center

Steve Nashama The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture last Thursday announced that it will establish and maintain the Arts, Crafts and Heritage Centre of Excellence at the Alte Feste Building, after they entered into a ten-year-agreement with the Namibia Arts, Craft and Design (NACD) to renovate, manage and redefine the complex into a business center. The Alte Feste is the oldest building in Windhoek and is of significant historical value to the country. It was declared a national museum in 1957 and turned into the National Museum of Namibia after independence. The building became severely dilapidated, and it is…

07 Mar

Wesco donates N$ 70K cements to Oshikoto schools

ObserverFeaturedMark-Anthony Nangoro, Operations Manager of Wesco Waste Management, Wesco donates N$ 70K cements to Oshikoto schools

Martin Endjala The Wesco Group Namibia has donated 30 tons of cements valued at around N$ 70 000 to the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture in the Oshikoto region for the benefit of nine schools. According to the Operations Manager of Wesco Waste Management, Mark-Anthony Nangoro, more similar donations will be made in the nearby future as there are still more batches of cement to be removed from the current supply. The donation comes from the Wesco Waste Management division. Omena Primary School, Oshikandailawa Primary School, Elavi Primary School, Namutidha Primary School, Okalumbu Combined School, Omukwiyugwemanya Secondary School, Ekulo…

07 Mar

Judgment for surrogate child’s citizenship reserved

ObserverNational NewsJudgment for surrogate child’s citizenship reserved, Phillip Luhl and Guillermo Delgado

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in a matter in which same-sex couple, Phillip Luhl and Guillermo Delgado are fighting to have their son granted Namibian citizenship status. The child was born in 2019, via surrogacy, in South Africa. Luhl, a Namibian is married to Delgado, a Mexican National. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against a 2021 ruling in the High Court declaring that the couple’s first-born child be granted citizenship by descent. The ministry’s position is that the child, a boy, could not be granted citizenship…

06 Mar

Local Ownership must start with the state-Alweendo

ObserverFeatured, Observer MoneyLocal Ownership must start with the state-Alweendo

Martin Endjala The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo says that local ownership must start with the state, in whose ownership of the country’s natural resources is vested. The proposed State ownership should take the form where the state owns a minimum equity percentage in all mining companies and petroleum products for which it does not have to pay. This comes after several Members of Parliament questioned the exploration and ownership rights of foreign investors in the country and not Namibians. “If we agree that local ownership is so important - and we do agree - and we also…

06 Mar

Namibia could supply SA with electricity in 2026

ObserverMainDr Leake Hangala, Namibia could supply SA with electricity in 2026

Staff Reporter Renowned Businessman and the first Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Dr Leake Hangala says that by 2026, Namibia will have the potential to supply electricity to South Africa and the rest of southern Africa. This, he said would be possible with the setting up of a gas power station, come 2026. “The colleagues who are involved with the development of Kudu Gas are professional, well qualified and well resourced. We must support the venture of putting up a gas power plant near Lüderitz. We will have enough electricity to send to South Africa and…

06 Mar

Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry

ObserverNational NewsDerek Klassen, Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry, Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

Martin Endjala The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klassen has reiterated that the management of Seals in the sea is not as easy as people make it out to be, as one adult seal is said to feed on 3.8 kg tons of fish daily, meaning that 1.5 million seals would eat 5,7 million Kg, 5 700 metric tons of fish per day and 2,8 million metric tons of fish per year. This amount is approximately four times more than the annual combined Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for hake, horse mackerel and monk per year. “The issue of…

06 Mar

Botswana far ahead of Namibia in deal negotiations -Venaani

ObserverFeaturedBernadus Swartbooi, Botswana far ahead of Namibia in deal negotiations -Venaani, McHenry Venaani

Martin Endjala Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) President McHenry Venaani, says Namibia is underserving itself as a country in terms of sharing resources with outside investors, leaving many Namibians deprived and left out from benefiting from their country’s resources. “Africa is not poor, but Africans are poor and we need to do better when we negotiate our minerals with foreign investors. We cannot be bowing down to their demands, and our negotiation models need to be seriously looked at to benefit us more. Our neighbour, Botswana, is far ahead of us in that regard”, Venaani said in response to the Ministry…

06 Mar

HIV positive women more than HIV positive men in Namibia

ObserverNational NewsHIV positive women more than HIV positive men in Namibia, Kalumbi Shangula

Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula revealed on Sunday that the number of HIV infections is disproportionally high among females compared to their male counterparts. The prevalence is high among women at 15.1 percent compared to 8.4 percent in men, he said. Shangula said that an estimated total of 215 348 people in Namibia are living with HIV. This number includes adults and children. “The latest HIV prevalence among adults 15-49 years is 11.8 percent. It is estimated that a total of 7 193 Children less than 15 years are living with HIV,” Shangula said.…

06 Mar

Roll-out of green loans earmarked for youth entrepreneurs

ObserverNational NewsEnvironmental Investment Fund (EIF), Iipumbu Shiimi, Roll-out of green loans earmarked for youth entrepreneurs

Martin Endjala A green concessional loan facility, targeting youth entrepreneurs will be rolled out to the tune of N$72 million over the next 12 months and is expected to grow to N$300 million by the 2024/25 financial year. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi during his Financial Year 2023/24 National Budget as well as the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for FY2023/24 – FY2025/26 on 22 February 2023. During the 2023/24 financial year, the Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) through an Ecosystem-based Adaptation Project funded by the Green Climate Fund, will provide grants amounting to…

06 Mar

Woman arrested for burying stillborn baby

ObserverNational NewsNampol Spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, Woman arrested for burying stillborn baby

Martin Endjalo Police in Oshikoto region are investigating a case of concealment of birth, after a 23 year-old woman allegedly buried the body of her stillborn baby, aged seven months on Saturday. The incident happened at Oneputa village in Oshigambo constituency. Police allege that the woman buried the deceased, a female baby, in a shallow grave at an unknown time. Nampol Spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi in a weekend crime report said that the suspect gave birth to a lifeless baby girl and buried the fetus in a shallow grave at home. The suspect is reported to have been seven…