Approval Secured but Implementation Pending: Pensioner and Child Allowances Await Presidential Ratification

Despite clearance from the National Assembly, crucial enhancements to pensioner and vulnerable child allowances, along with tax amendments, remain in limbo pending President Nangolo Mbumba’s ratification. Despite an early budget tabled in February, citizens await the realization of these eagerly anticipated changes. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila.

Written by: Leonard Witbeen

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Analab expands workforce with inauguration of new laboratory

By: Selma Taapopi Analytical Laboratory Services has expanded its operations and now employs approximately 34 staff members, about 60 percent of whom are young people, marking significant growth from the four staff employed when it was established in 1997. The increase in staff follows the inauguration of a new laboratory in Windhoek on Wednesday, which will complement […]

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