Lahja Nashuuta The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has been hit by back-to-back resignations of two senior party members in less than a week. Former Member of Parliament Esmeralda !Aebes resigned from the party yesterday, citing deep-rooted factionalism, betrayal, and a lack of stability within the opposition movement. Her resignation came just a day after another...
Namibia is ready to work with the continent to ensure its natural resources are managed sustainably and regional value chains are strengthened. This was said by Namibia’s Vice President Lucia Witbooi during the Presidential Roundtable discussion on the margins of the Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers, Algeria, last week. According to Witbooi, the African Continental...
On September 1, 2025, upon the conclusion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin Summit, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, together with SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev, met Chinese and foreign press at the Media Center of the Summit and answered questions.In response to a journalist’s...
China-proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) has gained a significant attention worldwide, which marks the fourth landmark global initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping over the past several years, following the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. Some countries have expressed the support to the initiative and some others already...
The Namibia Youth Energy Forum (NYEF) yesterday said it is set to launch a N$10 million fund to provide targeted support to young professionals. The fund has been designed to support professionals, youth-owned businesses and local SMEs operating in and around the energy sector, with a particular focus on oil and gas and emerging industries...
Bank Windhoek’s principal goal is to drive impactful change across Namibia to build resilience by funding key sectors such as renewable energy, sustainable water management, clean transportation and access to essential services. This is according to the bank’s managing director, James Chapman, who yesterday said the bank is making significant strides in promoting sustainable finance...
Imagine a scenario where you see an online video of a prominent authority announcing a shocking new policy. The footage looks authentic, the voice is uncannily accurate, and it has already gone viral, so you hit “share”. The catch? It is entirely fake, conjured up by artificial intelligence (AI) in minutes. As AI advances, it...
Success in entrepreneurship begins with clarity, knowing what one seeks to offer, understanding the purpose behind it, and exercising sound financial management. This was said by Emilia Nghikembua, chief executive officer of the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran), at the authority’s inaugural Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship Breakfast Session in Windhoek last week. Nghikembua emphasised...
WALVIS BAY- When Ivolene Van Reneen first stepped into the world of non-destructive testing (NDT) in 2009, she started out as a sales representative at RITC Namibia, then a small company servicing the maritime, oil and gas industries. Four years later, she took over as managing director, determined to grow the business against all odds....
With unemployment rate standing at 36.9%, many Namibians are turning to small businesses as a means of survival. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah last year said 15 000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are registered in the country, contributing around 12% to the gross domestic product (GDP). Broader estimates suggest there are more than 40...