Crime Shifts to Formal Suburbs, City Police

“Now it’s moving to the formal locations like residential in town, we’re talking about the business premises located in the industrial areas Prosperita, Northern Industrial and even areas such as Klein Windhoek and Ludwigsdorf. So it’s shifting,” said Cillie Auala Public & Community Relations Officer at the City Police. Auala noted that despite normal law enforcement activities they try to …

Bush’s to Focus on Improving Lives of Women and Girls During Namibia Visit

Former US President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush will visit Namibia and Botswana from April 4 – 6, 2017. “The trip will highlight the Bush Institute- affiliated Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon which is a global partnership to fight women’s cancers, in addition the Bush Institutes First lady Initiative, which engages and supports first ladies from around …

Develop Rural Areas, Enable People to Feed Themselves

“We need to think differently and take development back to the rural areas instead of having everyone flock into cities and thereby actually putting strain on the infrastructure that is already there; We already know we’ve got challenges and not only on transportation infrastructure but also on other social infrastructure such as provision of water and other amenities,” said Eino …

Mental, Maternal and Dental Care Services for the Most Vulnerable

The Society for Family Health (SFH) in collaboration with the Finnish Nuovo Nordic Health Care Centre and Betesda Medical Care Centre recently joined hands in supporting Government efforts to provide Health care Services to all. SFH Country Director Taimi Amaambo said they have identified areas of common interest such as Mental Health Services, Maternal Health Services and Dental Health Care …

Construction Companies Unhappy with Awarding of Tenders

“Government needs to change, they cannot just give one person five to six tenders in a year while there are other companies that are not getting anything,” said Johannes Alugodhi from Alugodhi Construction & Renovation cc. Alugodhi said most of the big companies are also in competition with Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), while some tenders advertised are specifically stating …

Windhoek Population Expected to Reach Over 400 000 in 2017

“Even with the normal population growth within the City, excluding the impact of migration, the infrastructure development and the support systems that the City of Windhoek has in place is unable to meet the existing demand as it is,” said Ulrich Eiseb Chief Financial Officer at Namibia Asset Management; We are seriously behind in terms of the ability to support …

Malaria Mosquito Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets

“The mosquitoes have developed resistance against insecticides used to treat these nets. The nets are treated with insecticides to kill the mosquitoes before they actually bite human beings or their lifespan will be shorter so that they will not be able to transmit the disease. This has been an increasing problem,” said Dr. Desta Tiruneh, World Health Organisation (WHO) Acting …

Bleak Future Predicted for Black Rhinoceros Population

The black rhinoceros has already been hunted to extinction in many parts of Africa and now survives in only five countries namely Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Renewed poaching has threatened this recovery as rhinoceros horn has attained an unprecedented and steadily rising value. For the first time, an international team of researchers compared the genes of all …

Latest NSA Survey Finds Significant Reduction in Poverty Rate

Findings from the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) Namibia Household Income & Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/16 show a substantial drop in poverty rates over the past 13 years. The latest Economy Watch bulletin from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) states that poverty rates have dropped to 11.0% and 18.0% respectively adding that in 2003/04, 21.9% of the Namibian population …

Public Urged to Give Input on PPP Bill

Minister of Finance Honourable Calle Schlettwein in 2016 held a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Conference in order to harness PPP’s to finance infrastructure. As Government struggles to fund infrastructure projects, Schlettwein tabled the PPP Bill in the National Assembly in November last year. The National Council has referred the PPP Bill tabled by the minister to a Select Committee in …