The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, has taken aim at the private sector, whose administration has proved to be a failure in running and making the most out of the green schemes and abattoirs despite renewed empowerment efforts. Schlettwein expressed his disappointment at the ongoing five-day ministerial planning workshop in the capital,...
Aiming to keep children in school nourished, Bank Windhoek donated N$252 000 to Imago Dei Welfare and Poverty Relief. This was confirmed by the bank in a statement on Monday. From August 2023, Imago Dei facilitated feeding programmes and soup kitchens catering to over 1 700 children across five regions. “The feeding scheme was successfully...
Bank Windhoek has taken a significant step towards supporting sustainable feeding schemes aimed at keeping children in school while ensuring they receive proper nourishment. A donation totaling N$252,000 was made to Imago Dei Welfare and Poverty Relief, reinforcing the bank’s commitment to community welfare and development. Since August 2023, Imago Dei has been instrumental in...
Zambezi regional governor Lawrence Sampofu has appealed to potential investors to reach out to his office to acquire land for green scheme project developments in the region. He made this call on Saturday during the official handover of gardening tools and small-scale irrigation systems to the Zambezi Regional Council by the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says although hydroponic fodder production plants at some green schemes were set up years ago, they are still not operational. This is caused by the fact that green schemes were only transferred to the ministry in 2022, ministry spokesperson Jona Musheko says. He was recently responding to...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform says it anticipates a bumper harvest of about 14,967 tonnes of maize by the end of the summer from five green schemes under production. The schemes include Etunda, Sikondo, Uuvhungu Vhungu, Ndonga Linena and Shadikongoro Green Scheme Irrigation Projects. The forecasted harvest comes after the Ministry of...
Winni Metzger, the private operator of the Musese green scheme in the Kavango West region has expressed his unhappiness with the Ministry of Mines and Energy for not implementing a Cabinet decision to provide electricity utility subsidies to all green schemes in Namibia. Metzger told The Namibian recently at Musese they are paying too much...
Martin Endjala Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, has called on the mining sector to do more and consider introducing employee share schemes in the ownership of the company. Alweendo said among the benefits of employee share schemes is a stronger relationship with employers and that they will be motivated to work diligently in...