The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, is disappointed with some councillors whom he said did not learn anything during the induction.

This, Uutoni said, results in the councillors making catastrophic and uniform decisions contrary to what they were supposed to have learnt. 

The Namibia-China High-Level Business Forum in Beijing, China, has already witnessed the announcement by the Namibian Government of plans to launch the Namibia Trade Policy to calibrate economic sector competitiveness.

The European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, says there is a demand for hydrogen energy from Europe.

But green hydrogen off-takers are not only in Europe but can also come from Africa.

Kadri Simson made the remarks during the first Global African Hydrogen Summit in Windhoek, Namibia.

The proposed raise to the N$100,000 threshold for income tax exemption has divided MPs in the National Council.

This change would mean individuals earning below this amount would not have to pay income tax.

China has pledged to avail more than N$50.7 billion to finance mega-projects in Africa over the next three years.

This is part of the ten partnership actions unveiled by the Chinese government to scale up and deepen cooperation between the continent and China.