Faced with chronic drought conditions, nearly 100 Namibian farmers recently received training on innovative solutions like hydroponics for fodder production and using encroacher bush as animal feed. The Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) collaborated with the University of Namibia (Unam), the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Farmyard Training, and Agri-tech Namibia on the...
Staff members of the Elambo Combined School in the Oshikoto Region petitioned the Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture to address inconsistencies in the bush allowances. Demonstrators claim that staff members at some schools get a bush allowance of N$1,750 per month, but at Elambo Combined School, they get N$1,150 per month. Teachers said they...
Minister of information and communication technology, Peya Mushelenga, says parliamentarians are “seeing ghosts in every bush.” Mushelenga made these remarks in response to inquiries posed by Maxmilliant Katjimune, a member of the opposition party in parliament, concerning matters surrounding the operations of New Era newspaper. These questions were raised back in October. Katjimune queried Mushelenga...
The Perivoli Rangeland Institute is conducting research on the impact of bush encroachment, bush control and grazing management on soil organic carbon (SOC). According to a statement issued by Assellah David of the Bush Control and Biogas Utilisation Project, 10 university students and graduates from the University of Namibia (Unam), the Namibia University of Science...
