POLICE reinforcements were called in at the Skorpion Zinc Mine in the South yesterday, when striking workers defied a lawyers' agreement to allow contract workers to perform duties during a strike.
BY March next year, Karibib could be Namibia's main chicken producer: one of the biggest poultry suppliers in southern Africa, Ross Africa, intends to develop a N$150 million hatchery and abattoir there.
THE cost to install a fourth turbine at the Ruacana hydropower station on the Kunene River has increased by N$50 million in barely five months - from N$350 to N$400 million.
AREAS that were cleared by Community Development Committees in the Oshikoto Region for the construction of roads have again been encroached by bush, Swapo MP in the National Council Henock Kankoshi told the House yesterday.
TEACHERS' proficiency in English has been identified as the major contributing factor to poor school performance in the northern regions, especially Oshana.
The interim president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), Hidipo Hamutenya, has appealed to President Hifikepunye Pohamba to adhere to the solemn pledge of upholding the Namibian Constitution.
The newly appointed CEO of the Rehoboth Town Council is optimistic about the developmental potential of the town, considered to be the gateway to the South, despite the current multiple socio-economic problems.
THE four-year-old son of murdered teacher Wilhelmine Nangula Amukwaya Tshafa is still telling people about his mother's dying moments, which he witnessed when security guard turned robber Bonifatius Konstantinus killed her with a shotgun blast to the chest near Oshakati
Heavy rains received in most parts of the country this year have left Ruacana Falls flowing at full capacity resulting in the Ruacana Hydro-electric Power Station remaining a dependable power generation source for Namibia amid severe electricity shortages.
AFRICAN Stars yesterday accused the Namibia Premier League (NPL) of acting as both prosecutor and judge by ignoring an earlier protest following an abandoned match against Black Africa last December.
THE chief executive officer of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) will be appointed within the next month and a half, according to the body's president, John Muinjo.
If the current negotiations between the Mineworkers Union of Namibia and Skorpion Zinc were a chess game, then Skorpion Zinc would be on the verge of clinching the chess masters title.
THE most successful chess player in Namibia, Charles Eichab, the 2007 national champion did it again when he won the third Namibian, Icelandic International Chess Tournament recently.
