The government has allocated over N$100 million under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework to roll out open-access network infrastructure, ensuring access to digital services for citizens, Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus announced. Theofelus made the remarks during the official opening of the 12th Annual SAPOA Postal Forum, held in Windhoek. According to Theofelus,...
Tommy Katamila Excitement about the cross-border conference of Ovaherero and Ovambanderu descendants this weekend at Karakubis in Botswana is reaching fever pitch. The brethren and sistren, joined at the hip through generations are congregating for an event dubbed the ‘Otutjindo Tjetu History Conference’ from Friday to Sunday. Otutjindo means migrations, movements or relocations from one...
KEETMANSHOOP – Recent rainfall has significantly contributed to the increase in water levels in key dams across the country for the first week of March. NamWater’s head of public relations and corporate communications, Lot Ndamanomhata in a statement on Tuesday, said the Swakoppoort Dam has experienced an inflow of 0.870 million cubic metres (Mm3), increasing...
NKURENKURU – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (METF) has paid more than N$45 million for 3 301 cases of human-wildlife conflict across the country since 2019. The ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, in an interview with Nampa on Monday, said conservancies received N$29.8 million, while N$4.8 million was utilised for the loss of 3...
Rudolf Gaiseb The number of female-headed households has increased over the past five years, with almost half of Namibia’s households being headed by women. The population and housing census revealed that 49% of total households in the country are headed by women, compared to 43.9% reported by the World Bank 10 years ago. In a...
The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) of Namibia has appointed Romeo Muyunda as communications manager, effective 1 March 2025. He has been at the helm of communications units at the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism as well as at the education ministry. In a statement issued yesterday, EIF CEO Benedict Libanda said Muyunda brings with...
The Oshikoto health and social services directorate recorded one malaria-related death and 41 new malaria cases in the region last week. This brings the total number of malaria-related deaths in the region to eight since the outbreak in November 2024, with 602 confirmed cases. The directorate’s head Joshua Nghipangelwa told Nampa on Monday that 90...
“A grandiose failure” – take it from the best Ukrainian news site. That’s how Strana.ua has summed up the visit of Vladimir Zelensky, past-best-by-date leader in embattled Kiev, to Washington. And no one who watched the no-holds-barred shouting match between Zelensky, on one side, and US president Donald Trump and vice president J.D. Vance, on...
WASHINGTON – US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky told him Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia and the finalisation of a US minerals deal, days after the pair’s explosive White House meeting. The dramatic collapse of Kyiv and Washington’s wartime alliance has played out in the open since the...
Kavetja Ngaizuvare Deon Dennis Zuve Tjizumaue, popularly known as “Slaai”, has been passionate about football since the age of six. He inspired by his grandmother, who bought him his first ball and allowed him to skip kindergarten to watch matches. Growing up, Tjizumaue admired Neymar Jr. for his creativity and confidence on the field. Neymar’s...