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South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana scrapped R20 billion in planned tax increases and forecast improved economic growth, low inflation, and healthier and more sustainable public finances. https://iono.fm/e/1650091

Speaking in Windhoek on Tuesday at a seminar introducing a planned Norwegian-Namibian venture, Deputy minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Ruthy Masake, said the emerging Atlantic salmon aquaculture sector could transform Namibia from wild-capture fisheries to high-value aquaculture and agro-processing. https://iono.fm/e/1649598

Marine experts have stressed that urgent action is needed to repopulate Namibia’s sardine and pilchard stocks as the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources’s moratorium on sardine fishing failed to reach its repopulation target of one million tons by 2025, which led to a three-year extension. https://iono.fm/e/1649155

Twenty-five-year-old Isaak Matengu from the Kongola Constituency in the Zambezi Region on Friday evening won the N$500 000 grand prize in the MTC Namibia Summer Promotion competition. https://iono.fm/e/1648743

The City of Windhoek has assured residents that planned maintenance at NamWater booster stations will not interrupt the city’s water supply. https://iono.fm/e/1648167

An analysis by Climate Central, which researches and reports on the crisis, shows that the countries where coffee beans are grown could be becoming too hot to cultivate them because of climate breakdown. https://iono.fm/e/1647747

Namibia’s position as a strategic logistics hub for Southern Africa is set to strengthen following a newly announced five-year fuel transportation partnership between Puma Energy and BHL Group. https://iono.fm/e/1647285

The dream of Namibia becoming a net exporter of bananas in the coming years may remain uncertain as farmers continue to battle climate challenges and limited access to water. https://iono.fm/e/1646436

Namibian police Inspector General, Joseph Shikongo, says the Tourism Protection Sub-Division will temporarily operate under his office to protect tourists and the public. https://iono.fm/e/1644647