President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for direct private sector partnerships to unlock meaningful economic gains from a relationship that has long been politically strong, but commercially underperforming. Speaking during a courtesy meeting on Monday with Russia’s deputy prime minister Yury Trutnev, who led a high-level delegation to Namibia, Nandi-Ndaitwah said the visit reflected a deepening...
The need for stronger economic cooperation was among the key challenges highlighted during the 11th session of the Namibia–Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Windhoek yesterday. This push comes in the face of global uncertainty and growing threats to international peace. Addressing the opening, Namibia’s chief diplomat and international relations and trade...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Friday met a delegation from the Affirmative Repositioning movement at State House in Windhoek, in what both sides described as a substantive engagement focused on governance, economic development and land delivery. The meeting forms part of the President’s ongoing consultations with political parties. Addressing the visiting delegation, Nandi-Ndaitwah said the engagement...
The Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (Naretu) and Namib Mills have reached an agreement, ending a 59-day strike involving close to 1 000 workers. The union’s commander-in-chief, Petersen Kambinda, revealed this on Wednesday during a media briefing in Windhoek. Five times, the group met with the Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Fillemon Wise...
Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) secretary Ephraim Nekongo says discussions about succession with the ruling party ahead of the 2027 watershed congress are premature. The party is still completing internal renewal processes across its structures, Nekongo said. Entering the Swapo congress discourse this week, the youth leader said the party follows a structured process that...
The United Democratic Front (UDF) used its consultative meeting with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to highlight pressing challenges in Kunene. Chief among them was human-wildlife conflict, a legal dispute involving the regional council, housing shortages, youth unemployment and inequality between rural and urban schools. This comes at a time when stray elephants are wreaking havoc in...
Namibia’s high unemployment, land reform and other socio-economic issues affecting the country dominated Friday’s discussion between President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Swanu leaders at State House. The meeting formed part of the President’s consultations with political parties. The consultations are meant to promote dialogue and exchange of views between the government and political parties. “This invitation...
As the debate around Swapo’s 2027 intraparty elective congress takes shape, questions around the state of the party, possible contenders for key posts and internal unity have emerged. At the heart of the debate are the vacant vice presidency, possible dual centres of power and the efficiency of the party’s grooming machinery, as veterans near...
The National Disaster Fund has received an unqualified audit opinion for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial years (FYs). This is according to auditor general Junias Kandjeke, who added that the Fund’s financial statements “present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position”. In his report submitted and recently tabled in the National Assembly in...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said, although Namibia has made strides to promote gender equality and ensure that women take their rightful place in the country’s development, women globally still face challenges that limit their full participation in society. In her International Women’s Day message yesterday, celebrated under the theme, ‘Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and...