The rate of inflation in the UK remained unchanged at 6.7% in the year to September after two months of falls. Price rises are slowing for many staple foods but energy costs are on the up. Julia Chapman reports from London. The post UK inflation holds at 6.7 percent first appeared on Future Media. Source...
A stunning 85th-minute equalizer from Eduard Bello earned Venezuela a rare draw at Brazil while world champions Argentina made it three wins out of three in South American World Cup qualifying with a hard-earned 1-0 win over a determined Paraguay on Thursday. Darwin Nunez struck a stoppage time penalty as Uruguay fought back for a...
France’s talismanic captain Antoine Dupont is “100 percent” ready to face defending champions South Africa in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, scrum coach William Servat said. Servat was speaking after 26-year-old Dupont trained for the second day wearing a headguard. The scrumhalf was given the green light to return to full contact training earlier this week...
Martin Endjala Namibia’s trade deficit swelled by 17 percent, marking its most significant gap since May 2022. While exports fell by 5.8 percent, imports rose by 2.2 percent in August 2023. The export bill stood at N$7.4 billion, with imports amounting to N$12.3 billion. This resulted in a trade deficit of N$4.9 billion, up from...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Trust Fund for Regional Development and Equity Provision has not met its ambitious 100 percent target for delivering basic sanitation and municipal services in the towns of Helao Nafidi and Divindu. This was highlighted in Auditor General Junias Kandjeke’s report for the financial years ending March 31, 2021, and 2022, which was...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Namibian economy showed a growth of 3.7 percent during the second quarter of 2023, reflecting a slowdown compared to the remarkable 8.5 percent growth recorded in the same quarter of 2022. Namibia’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2023 was N$58.6 billion, displaying an increase of N$7.3 billion...
AC Milan continued their perfect start to the new Serie A season with Friday’s straightforward 2-1 win at Roma who struggled even after Romelu Lukaku made his debut from the bench. An early Olivier Giroud penalty and Rafael Leao’s stunning volley two minutes after half-time gave Milan a deserved victory at the Stadio Olimpico and...
Investments in higher-yielding horticultural seeds, water availability and basic training for farmers should be Namibia’s focal points to substantially boost local food production. In addition, domestic horticulture production can further be scaled up by providing affordable credit, subsidised ploughing, weeding services and government support (fertiliser subsidies) to farmers to upscale their production. These are the...