Govt needs N$60m for Oshakati Cancer Treatment Centre – The Brief is Namibia’s leading Daily Business, Finance and Economic News publication The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) says it needs N$60 million to construct a specialised bunker to house the necessary nuclear technology equipment to establish a fully functional cancer treatment centre at...
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has allocated N$19 million for the operationalisation of the Information Commission. This move comes in anticipation of implementing the Access to Information Act No. 8 of 2022 in the forthcoming 2024-2025 financial year. The Access to Information Act is poised to address critical issues surrounding government transparency...
Although fishing resources, particularly hake, were diminishing, the government was willing to give extra quotas to companies that employed the 1 500 fishermen who lost their jobs five years ago to make up for operational expenses. This was said by fisheries and marine resources minister Derek Klazen on Friday morning when he signed the renewal...
The government is giving the widow of former housing minister John Pandeni a newly renovated house. The Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs has justified the decision to take the house from the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and allocate it to the late minister’s wife, Julia, claiming she deserves it since she is...
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has warned the government against enacting discriminatory laws targeting marginalised communities, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals. A report published by IPPR researcher Frederico Links on Sunday has been submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging the government to uphold LGBTQI+ individuals’...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says the feasibility studies, design and drawings for the construction of a N$35-million meat processing plant at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi Region will be completed by September. This phase, according to the Ministry’s Head of Public Relations, Chrispin Matongela, will be funded through the Livestock Support...
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism says the country did well enough in its conservation efforts to be able to donate wild animals for national events. The ministry was referring to a wildlife donation for consumption at yesterday’s 34th Independence Day celebrations at Katima Mulilo. This response comes after public concern was raised about...
President Nangolo Mbumba has revealed that the government has made a budget allocation of N$8 million to revive the now-defunct Kalimbeza Rice Project in the Zambezi Region and approved plans to set up a sugar plantation on part of Kalimbeza, as well as a sugar processing plant in Katima Mulilo. “I am pleased to inform...
The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has investigated the mass death of cattle in the Zambezi region. Between June and October 2023, 585 cattle died in the Kabe South constituency, as reported by The Namibian last October. Cattle have been mysteriously dying in several villages since...
The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has investigated the mass death of cattle in the Zambezi region. Between June and October 2023, 585 cattle died in the Kabe South constituency, as reported by The Namibian last October. Cattle have been mysteriously dying in several villages since...