Year: 2023

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has appointed Penda Ithindi as the GIPF Board of Trustees’ chairperson and Evans Maswahu as vice-chairperson, effective 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. 

Bannerman Energy Ltd has received a mining licence (ML) for its flagship Etango Uranium Project (Etango) in Namibia, along with an award of initial contracts for the Etango early works programme.

One of the latest and biggest satellite systems in the world, Starlink, has expressed interest in commencing operations in Namibia by next year. Starlink uses a low earth orbit to deliver broadband internet capabilities, and the business is already active in a few African nations.

The Speaker of the Parliament of South Africa, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, has called for immediate action to end the devastating conflict in Gaza.

The 54th Plenary Assembly Session of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) recently adopted a motion on cooperation between SADC and BRICS, a group of major emerging economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 

The 32-year-old Jaezuruka Beverly Kamongua never imagined being a single mother, let alone raising a newborn baby behind the four corners of the Windhoek Correctional Facility. She is currently one of many female offenders serving time and raising their babies within correctional facilities.

Farmers in Okomungondo and surrounding villages in the Omaheke region have suffered significant losses, with more than 100 cattle succumbing to the severe drought between September and December.

The executive director in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Audrin Mathe has announced that there will be no extension for SIM card registration, and non-registered cards will be blocked for three months.