The Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has come under fire for taking the unusual step to not air African Stars activities. The controversial move started with a blanket blackout on all NBC platforms of Stars’ recent Debmarine Namibia Premiership home match against Eeshoke Chula Chula at the Dr Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek. Stars’ subsequent result...
President Hage Geingob has reiterated the Namibian government’s stance on no longer exporting minerals in raw form. He said this while addressing the Namibia-European Union (EU) business summit in Brussels yesterday. “Namibia’s economy is linked to the extraction and processing of minerals for export, contributing significantly to our gross domestic product (GDP) and foreign exchange...
Various governors and chairpersons of regional councils have called for the government’s moratorium on the procurement of new vehicles for government offices, ministries and agencies to be lifted. The leaders made this plea to the parliamentary standing committee on transport, infrastructure and housing, which is currently on an oversight visit to different regions. A five-year...
The Poultry Producers Association (PPA) has predicted a tough two months ahead as a government ban on poultry imports from South Africa (SA) kicked in with immediate effect yesterday. The neighbouring country is in the midst of a major bird flu outbreak which has since the beginning of 2023 seen in excess of five million...
Namibia’s Johan Deysel has been suspended for at least five matches for the brutal tackle on Antoine Dupont that resulted in the France captain suffering a fractured cheekbone, World Rugby said on Tuesday. The ban was originally 12 matches but due to mitigating factors it was reduced by half and he will have another game...
KIEV, Sept. 19 — Kyiv will file a lawsuit to the World Trade Organization against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their decisions to extend a ban on grain imports from Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Monday, citing a senior official. “It is important to prove that these actions are legally wrong. And that’s why...
Ukraine is set to challenge unilateral grain-import bans imposed by three EU neighbors and consider retaliatory actions. The government in Kyiv plans to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization if the restrictions persist beyond Friday. The post Ukraine to sue Hungary, Slovakia and Poland over grain ban first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Stefanus Nashama The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has distanced itself from recent media reports that it has banned the use of special characters such as !Gawaxab or //Karas when indicating click sounds in some names as part of its services. This is despite the assertion that click-sound symbols could potentially lead...
Japan is calling on China to better understand the science behind its controversial nuclear wastewater discharge. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo that Beijing has banned all seafood from Japan in protest over the country’s release of treated water into the ocean. The post Japan calls for understanding after China’s blanket seafood ban first appeared...
Officials have extended the internet ban in some districts of the North Indian state of Haryana after communal clashes shook the state on Monday. The district where the clashes first broke out is also seeing massive troop deployment. Officials say the situation is under control – but reports say some unrest continues. Ishan Garg has...