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New United PayPoint to make payments easier 
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New United PayPoint to make payments easier 

United Africa Group (UAG) launched the United PayPoint yesterday. A new FinTech company was created to make financial services simple and accessible for people across Namibia.  United PayPoint, is a fully licensed Payment Service Provider with authorisation from the Bank of Namibia to issue e-money and provide payment intermediary services, alongside a Micro Lending License...

!Gawaxab to step down as BoN governor …board lauds his distinguished tenure filled with exemplary stewardship 
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!Gawaxab to step down as BoN governor …board lauds his distinguished tenure filled with exemplary stewardship 

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Namibia yesterday praised the governor of the central bank Johannes !Gawaxab, for his dedicated leadership during his tenure. This follows an unexpected announcement that the governor will vacate his post at the end of this year.  The board cited inflation that remained well contained during his tenure,...

Govt ponders over seal industry
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Govt ponders over seal industry

SWAKOPMUND – Namibia is exploring a more sustainable and value-added approach to its seal industry. The seal industry to date has struggled to transform its seal quota into a more revenue and job creation sector due to a lack of international markets and pressure by human rights groups.  The Namibian seal harvest has been a...

Windhoek’s ‘Farm 508’ gets clinic 
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Windhoek’s ‘Farm 508’ gets clinic 

Adolf Kaure The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao inaugurated the Farm 508 primary health care unit in the Samora Michel constituency on Wednesday. Farm 508 is on the outskirts of Windhoek and consists of mainly residents who were relocated there from Otjomuise’s 8ste Laan informal settlement earlier this year after the...

Nampol intensifies push for Nainda’s Interpol presidency
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Nampol intensifies push for Nainda’s Interpol presidency

Namibia is positioning itself to make global policing history, as Namibian Police Major General Anna-Marie Nainda enters the race to become Interpol’s next president. A formal event was recently convened to rally support for Nainda – Africa’s sole female candidate in the race. The gathering formed part of Namibia’s formal diplomatic outreach ahead of the...

Father pleads guilty to killing son
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Father pleads guilty to killing son

Iuze Mukube A father of a two-year-old boy, whose head was reportedly slammed twice against a concrete pole, along a railway line in Otavi in 2023, tendered a guilty plea for the murder of his son on Tuesday. Thomas Muronga (29) faced three charges, including murder, assault by threat and assault with intent to do...

Red Force demands retraction from Sankwasa
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Red Force demands retraction from Sankwasa

KATIMA MULILO – Red Force Debt Management has formally demanded a retraction, apology, and cessation of statements by Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, allegedly made during a public meeting in Katima Mulilo on 11 November 2025. During the live-streamed event on the Katima Mulilo Town Council’s Facebook page, the minister alleged that...

ECN ready for polls in Kavango East
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ECN ready for polls in Kavango East

RUNDU – Paulus Sifire, Kavango East Electoral Commission of Namibia’s (ECN) regional electoral officer says preparations are on track in the region for the oncoming polls. A total of 215 teams will be ensuring that eligible voters cast their votes. “Out of the 215 total, 128 are fixed teams, while 87 are mobile teams, they...

Genocide joint application squashed by court 
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Genocide joint application squashed by court 

Iuze Mukube  An application that sought to have the Federal Republic of Germany joined as a party to answer to the atrocities committed during the country’s colonial regime in Namibia was on Tuesday dismissed in the Windhoek High Court.  The decision read by Judge Beatrix de Jager and concurred by Judge Hannelie Prinsloo and Judge...

Nudo’s Kapukare has big plans for Windhoek 
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Nudo’s Kapukare has big plans for Windhoek 

Lissony Njembo  National Unity Democratic (NUDO) candidate for the Windhoek Local Authority election, Percy Kapukare is targeting land and housing provision for the youth, and the expansion of Windhoek borders for smart development.  Kapukare is contesting the local authority in the upcoming regional councils and local authority elections, slated for next week Wednesday. In an...