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Namibia: Fee Relief for University Students
By Angela KabozuThe Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund on Friday agreed to settle all outstanding students fees as from today. This comes after the Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso), and the NSFAF signed an agreement to that effect last week. The agreement was reached after the students' body had threatened to shut down the fund if there was no clarity on outstanding fees.
Namibia: Deadlock On Retrenchment Packages for 63 Workers
By Angela KabozuWORKERS from the Nu Diamonds manufacturing company are disgruntled after the company rejected their proposed retrenchment packages last week. This comes after the 63 employees were informed in May that their services would be terminated at the end of this month, due to the non-renewal of an agreement with the Namibian Diamond Trading Company.
Namibia: Freight Firm Accused of Unfair Practices
By Angela KabozuA COMPANY that transports newspapers across the country has been accused by its workers of unfair treatment and wrongful dismissals. Hardap Freight Services transports newspapers such as The Namibian, Republikein and Namibian Sun across the country. About six workers told The Namibian last week about unfair practices by the company. The company, owned by Gert Liebenberg, also transports South African newspapers from Cape Town to Namibia every week.
Namibia: Works to Repay Roads Contractor Company Overdraft
By Angela KabozuSenior officials of the Ministry of Works and Transport held an urgent meeting with Bank Windhoek representatives on Monday regarding the payment of the N$80,2 million overdraft the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) owes the bank. This comes after Bank Windhoek gave the RCC 30 days to repay the overdraft, or risk having its assets auctioned to recover the money.
Namibia: Nothing Wrong With Education System - Minister
By Okeri Ngutjinazo and Angela KabozuEducation minister Katrina Hanse-Himarwa yesterday said there is nothing wrong with the education system in the country, but some people within it. Hanse-Himarwa, who met Khomas school principals during a visit to the Eros Primary School in Windhoek, did not mince her words when she called on principals to play their part in schools as she would not be held accountable solely.
Namibia: HIV/AIDs Deaths Drop From 10 000 to 4 000
By Angela KabozuFIGURES released by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have revealed that the number of people dying of HIV-AIDS has dropped from 10 000 per year to 4 000 between 1991 and 2016 in Namibia. The director of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention at the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), Eric Dziuban, revealed this during a press conference in Windhoek yesterday.
Namibia: Union Wants a Reshuffle At Nampower
By Angela KabozuThe Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) has told NamPower to reshuffle its human resources department in two months after complaints in the manner in which officials were being employed at the power utility. This is contained in a letter MUN chairperson Epson Nakale wrote to NamPower's human resources manager Johan Knoetze on 23 May this year.
Namibia: Great Lesson for Namibia As Tulonga Teaches the Nation to Love
By Angela KabozuNAMIBIANS were united last Thursday after the video of a woman risking her life to rescue an eight-months-old baby who was thrown out of a motor-vehicle during an accident that killed five people along the Windhoek-Okahandja road, went viral.
Namibia: Taxi Associations to Discuss Fuel Increase
By Angela KabozuTHE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) yesterday said they will be joining the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) to discuss the proposed fuel increase this month. Energy minister Tom Alweendo announced last week that the price of both petrol and diesel would go up by 60 cents a litre on Wednesday.
Namibia: Stimulus Sees Limited Growth Opportunities
By Angela KabozuStimulus Investments Limited saw no portfolio growth in terms of independent valuations. Stimulus' operational manager, Pieter Laubscher, said this in Windhoek yesterday during the presentation of the company's financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2018, which showed flat portfolio growth. "This is reflective of the tough economic environment and commensurate effect on the company's earnings for the year under review," he added.
Namibia: Retrenched Workers Yet to Receive Packages
By Angela KabozuA group of 17 workers who were dismissed from REX QUIP, a company that supplies mining and construction equipment, have not yet received their retrenchment packages. The employees were dismissed last year September, following the company's downfall due to financial constraints. Speaking to The Namibian on condition of anonymity, a worker claimed that the company shut down, and later relocated under the name Road Runners.
Namibia: B2gold Solar Farm to Produce Renewable Energy
By Angela KabozuMines and energy minister Tom Alweendo said socio-economic development challenges will be addressed more successfully when there is an effective partnership between the government, private sector and Namibian citizens. He said this when he officially inaugurated the B2Gold Otjiko Solar Farm in the Otjozondjupa region on Tuesday.
Namibia: 17 Die Over the Long Weekend
By Angela KabozuThe police yesterday said 17 people died in various incidents across the country from Thursday last week until Sunday. In Windhoek, a 33-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend (42) to death on Thursday last week in Damara location, Katutura. According to the police, the woman tried to commit suicide after the stabbing incident, but survived and was admitted at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital under police guard.
Namibia: Call to Hold Clean-Up Campaigns Bi-Monthly
By Ndanki Kahiurika and Angela KabozuFormer deputy prime minister Libertina Amathila says there should be clean-up campaigns every two months, which could also be run as food-for-work projects. Amathila said this to The Namibian last Wednesday. She was sharing her thoughts on how the country could maintain a cleaning culture after last Friday's clean-up campaign where thousands of Namibians from all 14 regions took part in the initiative.
Namibia: 300 Houses to Be Built At Rocky Crest
By Angela KabozuA groundbreaking ceremony by the City of Windhoek yesterday marked the start of the Rocky Crest Extension 4 development, under which 300 houses will be constructed. In a partnership involving the city council, the Development Bank of Namibia, Ino Harith Capital, Namibia Contractors and Tweya Land Developers through a public-private partnership, the project will include the servicing of plots and the construction of 300 houses on 37 hectares of land.
Namibia: First Intersex Health Centre Opens
By Angela KabozuOutright Namibia opened the first outreach health centre for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community (LGBTI) in Windhoek last week. This coincided with the celebration of the international day against homophobia, transgender and biphobia held annually on 17 May to bring attention to the discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community.
Namibia: Boutique Owners Hand Over Petition to Finance
By Angela KabozuBoutique owners on Friday handed over a petition to the finance ministry after its customs and excise department confiscated alleged counterfeit goods from passengers flying in from China at the Hosea Kutako International Airport roughly two weeks ago. "We want our goods back, and we demand that the ministry allows every person buying outside the country to be allowed at least 20 items per brand," said Desire Suits, spokesperson of the group.
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