Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia IIpumbu, has said supply chain constraints present Namibia with an opportunity to boost its local capacity and self-reliance given the price escalations and product shortages. IIpumbu made these remarks recently at the launch of a baked bean in tomato sauce product by African Deli, an entirely Namibian-owned manufacturing company that specialises in ready-to-eat processed

Striking employees of the Cheetah Cement factory outside Otjiwarongo on Tuesday were warned to cease from any untoward behaviour such as blocking the entrance to the cement factory, where they have downed tools since last Thursday. In a letter addressed to the workers on Tuesday, Windhoek-based lawyers Kopper Linger Boltman Legal Practitioners, representing Cheetah Cement which trades as Whale Rock