Namibia: Covid-19 Upsurge Worries Geingob

President Hage Geingob has expressed concern over the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Geingob said it is worrisome, especially when the country's economy is still… Read more »

Namibia: Amukana - Rural Schools Perform Better

Oshana regional director of education Hileni Amukana expressed her surprise and admiration that rural schools are performing better than those in urban areas. She was speaking last… Read more »

Namibia: Increasing Ongwediva Councillors' Allowances Not a Priority

Allowances for councillors at the Ongwediva local authority have remained unchanged for the 2023/2024 financial year. This is as the town's service tariffs have also remained… Read more »

Namibia: Appeal Court Reduces Child Rapist's Sentence

Two judges of the High Court reduced the 30-year sentence a man received in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court for rapes. Read more »

Namibia: Relaunched Covid-19 Loan Scheme Gains Momentum

Government's relaunched scheme is starting to play a more meaningful role in supporting the growth and sustainability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with over N$85.9… Read more »

Namibia: Appeal Court Sets Aside Wholly Suspended Sentence

The High Court last week set aside a wholly suspended sentence of 10 years imposed on a Windhoek resident, who killed a fellow security guard on 13 August 2015 and replaced it with… Read more »

Namibia: Matyayi Studies City's Offer

The long wait for a substantive CEO at the country's biggest municipality, the City of Windhoek, could be over, as Moses Matyayi, the runner-up in the protracted recruitment… Read more »

Namibia: 'Various Factors' Caused Impalila Aircraft Accident

The Directorate of Aircraft Accident Investigations listed a multitude of factors which played a role in the aircraft crash on Impalila Island, Zambezi region on 30 August 2022,… Read more »

Namibia: Call Out for Designers for Katutura Fashion Week

Organisers of Katutura Fashion Week have announced the opening of the application process for designers who wish to showcase their talent at this proudly Namibian event Read more »

Namibia: Ondangwa Councillor Equips Gardeners

The Ondangwa Town Council last week handed over gardening tools to eight backyard gardeners. Ondangwa constituency councillor Leonard Negonga said he decided to go to the… Read more »

Namibia: Nurses Use Cellphone Flashlights At Night in Hospital

Nurses on night duty at the Nankudu District Hospital in Kavango West region are forced to use cellphone flashlights in the hospital's corridors at night. They say taking a corpse… Read more »

Namibia: Student Launches Podcast Around Sexual Health

Selma Iyambo, a final year media student at the University of Namibia (Unam), has taken a bold step in advocating for sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through her… Read more »

Namibia: Chaos At Court Over Not-Guilty Verdict

An uproar erupted at the Windhoek High Court yesterday when Judge Christi Liebenberg exonerated Azaan Madisia (30) and her brother and co-accused Steven Mulundu (25) on charges of… Read more »

Namibia: Germany Can't Ignore Namibia, UN Criticism - MP

Germany is increasingly becoming a pariah state, at least from an African vantage point, over the manner in which it has handled discussions on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama… Read more »

Namibia: Over 420 Houses in Omaheke Get Electricity

Vice President Nangolo Mbumba on Monday commissioned the electrification of 426 houses in the Omaheke region. This saw the region taking another giant leap towards further… Read more »

Namibia: Xinfeng Pays N$10 000 to Mine Lithium

UIS - Daures constituency members have complained bitterly about mining companies running roughshod over rules, doing nothing to develop the area as well as highlighting the loss… Read more »

Namibia: Keetmanshoop Residents Protest Poor Service Delivery

KEETMANSHOOP - A group of unhappy residents protested yesterday in front of the Keetmanshoop Urban constituency councillor, Joseph Isaack's office insisting to have an audience… Read more »

Namibia: Time to Rethink Local Empowerment

Any driver coming from Windhoek on their way to the coast will tell you the 32km stretch of road between Karibib and Usakos is a breeze and usually doesn't take very long because… Read more »

Namibia: Diplomatic Spouses Host Bazaar

The Association of Diplomatic Spouses in Namibia will host an international food and craft bazaar at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort tomorrow, in support of gender-based… Read more »

Southern Africa: SADC Force to Restore DR Congo Peace

In light of the worsening political and military situation in the eastern DRC, President Hage Geingob, the chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security… Read more »

Namibia: Lawyer Accuses State of Collusion

Salomon Kanyemba, the defence counsel for one of the American citizen's accused of the assassin-like murder of Namibian André Heckmair in Windhoek in January 2011, yesterday… Read more »

Namibia: Daures Chaos Blamed On Lax Monitoring

The lack of monitoring of mining activities and mines in the Daures constituency has resulted in the mushrooming of illegal activities at the expense of the local community. Read more »

Namibia: Conservancies Want Legal Cost Waived

Conservancies who have dragged ReconAfrica to court in an attempt to stop exploration on community-managed land, are asking government to waive the legal cost which now stands at… Read more »

Namibia: Outjo Remains Kunene's Crime Capital

Between 2016 and now, the police in the Kunene region recorded 11 936 criminal cases across all 16 stations. The cases include murder, rape, stock theft and domestic violence,… Read more »

Namibia: Boulter's Legal Woes Mount...As Emiratis Sue Him for N$57m

Legal trouble seems to follow British businessman and murder-accused, Harvey Boulter everywhere he goes as a group of Emiratis claim he defrauded them out of more than N$56.9… Read more »