Chelva Wells Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp has announced a N$1.3 billion budget allocation for her ministry, dedicated to youth empowerment and development. She announced on Tuesday during her presentation of the Vote 27 budget for the 2025/26 financial year in the National Assembly that it reflects the government’s...
Eba Kandovazu Namibian Police Force Deputy Inspector General Elias Mutota has confirmed the arrest of three family members in connection with the Namib Desert Diamonds (Namdia) diamond heist that took place in Windhoek in January 2025.The arrested trio has been identified as George Cloete, his wife Charmaine Cloete, and his brother Bino Cloete. Mutota could...
Lahja Nashuuta The government has constructed 957 housing units across the country during the 2024/2025 financial year through different initiatives. The initiatives include the Mass Housing Development Programme, the Build Together Programme and the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN). This was revealed by Urban and Rural Development minister Sankwasa James Sankwasa while motivating the...
Iuze Mukube A Zimbabwean couple accused of killing a nine-year-old girl told Judge Philanda Christiaan on Tuesday that they were intimidated by police investigators into disclosing incriminating information in their warning statements. During the trial-within-a-trial proceeding, Caroline and Edward Nkata, who are challenging the admissibility of their statements, argued that they were not properly informed...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II, which crashed a year ago, killing three people in Windhoek’s Pioneerspark residential area, was not equipped with a black box. The deadly crash occurred on 3 May 2024. It resulted in the loss of life of Rozanne de Beer-Olivier (33), the pilot-in-command, who joined Westair in 2017....
Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Member of Parliament Vaino Hangula has called on minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi to include former Air Namibia employees in the process of establishing and operating a new national airline. Air Namibia was closed down and liquidated in 2021 due to financial hardships after years of financial losses and accumulation...
Lahja Nashuuta The tourism ministry has allocated N$346 million towards the wildlife and protected area management programme for the 2025/2026 financial year. This programme focuses on national park management, wildlife protection, human-wildlife conflict mitigation and Namibia’s Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Programme. Motivating the budget in Parliament, minister Indileni Daniel said for the 2024/2025 financial...
Lahja Nashuuta As Namibia prepares for Regional Councils and Local Authority elections later this year, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) needs N$648 million to pull off the exercise. Motivating the ECN budget in Parliament, National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila announced that N$70 million of the proposed budget will go toward personnel expenses, while N$578.5...
Rudolf Gaiseb The health ministry needs N$11.5 billion for medical supplies. This includes clinical services, prioritising the replacement of outdated equipment and expansion of specialities. A total of N$12.3 billion was allocated for the ministry this financial year. Motivating the budget in Parliament on Tuesday, health minister Dr Esperance Luvindao said despite global disruptions, the...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Tuesday reaffirmed the strong relationship between Namibia and France during a courtesy visit by French ambassador to Namibia, Cecile Vigneau.“You are welcome. I am really happy that you are here, and you are working in order to ensure that the relationship between the two countries will remain strong and for us,...