South African Tribune

Efforts against the proliferation of illegal and unlicensed firearms, are paying off with Gauteng police having recovered over 400 firearms and other ammunition in the past two weeks.The recoveries said the South African Police Service (SAPS), are as a result of daily crime prevention actions conducted by police members and…

Civil society organisations have called for an urgent rollout of the basic income grant, while claiming that the levels of poverty and desperation among ordinary Namibians are at an all-time high.The call to implement the income grant is one of the key submissions by representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs)…

The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service’s failure to allocate sufficient funds has resulted in minimal progress towards the construction of a statue dedicated to Namibian sprinter Frank Fredericks.In June 2018, then Minister of Information and Communication Technology Stanley Simataa announced in Parliament that Cabinet had unanimously agreed to…

Finance and Public Enterprises Minister Iipumbu Shiimi said his ministry is busy engaging with other ministries over plans to only have one budget every financial year.Shiimi disclosed this during his interaction with civil society organisations regarding the mid-term budget review, on Monday.He said a consultation process has started in order…

The discovery of oil and gas in Namibia has raised prospects for economic growth, but Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo has warned that this is not a guarantee that the nation's socio-economic problems will be solved.Speaking at the oil and gas conference here on Wednesday, Alweendo said that mismanagement…

The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service says the renovation of the Independence Stadium is expected to commence in September this year.Finance minister, Iipumbu Shiimi, announced an increased allocation of N.dollars 473.2 million for the Ministry of Sports, Youth and National Service for the 2023/24 financial year.Over N.dollars 162.5…

On Thursday 17 August 2023, OCPOL (the Legislature’s Oversight Committee on the Premier’s Office & the Legislature) will meet with the Office of the Premier to discuss progress to-date in implementing the Tshepo 1Million project.Tshepo 1Million is the Gauteng Provincial Government’s initiative that aims to empower young jobseekers and entrepreneurs…