NAMIBIA SEEKS CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL EXPERTISE

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Namibia is turning to China's agricultural expertise to revive local research institutions, strengthen seed production and improve access to the Chinese market.

This follows President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's visit to the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Sichuan Province, China.

BUDGET CUTS LEAVE DAPEES POSTS VACANT

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The Directorate of Agricultural Production, Extension and Engineering South (DAPEES) division in the ||Kharas Region has attributed a number of unfilled vacancies to budgetary cuts. 

NUST, UNINBE SIGN ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP

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The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Angola's University of Namibe (UNINBE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen academic cooperation between the two institutions.

||KHARAS SEEKS GREATER INVESTOR COLLABORATION

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The ||Kharas  regional leadership has appealed for stronger collaboration with investors exploiting the region's natural resources to ensure local communities optimally benefit from developmental projects. 

ICT COMMITTEE CONDUCTS KUNENE OVERSIGHT VISIT

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology is in the Kunene Region for an oversight visit.

The visit is as part of its constitutional mandate to exercise oversight over executive institutions entrusted with public funds to deliver services to citizens.

SENIORS DECRY SUSPENDED PENSION PAYMENTS

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For two senior citizens, the suspension of their monthly pension grants has brought uncertainty and hardship.

They say the suspension was effected despite having complied with the government's verification requirements.

PENSION GRANTS SUSPENDED AFTER VERIFICATION

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The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare has suspended pension grants for an undisclosed number of beneficiaries after a verification exercise found discrepancies between their records and the National Population Register.