SYDNEY – Australian households will be able to access three hours a day of free solar power under an energy-saving programme that the government unveiled yesterday and will begin next year. “We want to see the benefits of renewable energy flow to all,” Energy Minister Chris Bowen told national broadcaster ABC. In a statement, he...
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is on track with its preparations for the 2025 Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections, scheduled for 26 November. Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer, Peter Shaama, confirmed that ECN has made steady progress in executing its electoral calendar, with the arrival of ballot papers on Monday. During a press...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) has received N$4.5 million in sponsorship from the directorate of sport under the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture. The NHU has been actively seeking and raising funds to send both the U/21 women’s and men’s national teams to the upcoming Junior World Cups, which...
Taimi Haihambo Minista woimaliwa nomaliko oshilongo Ericah Shafudah okwa ti ovakwashiwana vaAngola ava hava kala ve lihanena odoolopa yaShikango tava landifa kolupadi, otava ka pewa eembapila dokushingifa okudja omwedi ou. Shafudah eshi okwe shi popya pefimbo loshoongalele shoSwapo sha li kOndangwa Olomakaya, konima eshi ovanyasha ava va li va kufa ombinga va yandja omakemo avo...
Namibia is on the brink of an energy transformation. With some of the highest solar irradiation levels in the world and vast stretches of unpopulated land, the country is ideally positioned to harness solar power. This will prove particularly important in the mining sector, where energy security and cost efficiency are critical. With government planning...
Lahja Nashuuta Opolisi moshitopolwa shOshikoto oya tula miipandeko omulumentu gwominvo 19, shi na sha nedhipago lyi nyanyeleka lyayinakulu nosho wo hekulu. Oshiningwanima shika osha longwa mOmaandaha momukunda Oniihwa B. Okuzilila kuuyelele womepeko lyopolisi, otaku hokololwa kutya aakulupe yoomvula inadhi tumbulwa oya si poshikando nosheetithi shoshikumithalonga shika inashi tseyika natango . Omakonakono gopolisi onkene natango ge...
Taimi Haihambo After more than 30 years of independence, communities in the deep rural areas of Omboloka and Omolondo in Oshikunde constituency of Ohangwena region, are finally seeing light at the end of a long, sandy road. For decades, residents have lived in isolation, relying on rough sandy tracks that made travel nearly impossible. The...
Adolf Kaure A proactive approach is needed to improve healthcare in the country. Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) systems analyst and programmer Meduletu Kamati said this during the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) Data Sparks Namibia workshop in Windhoek yesterday. MoHSS plans to upgrade their current manual format of data collection to Extract, Transform,...
Taimi Haihambo Shiyenga shaNangobe oyo ya li ya denga omata a pama pedu mexuliloshivike, natango oya teelelika i ka diinine moshivike omu. Ngeenge tashi ya koshipolwa shanooli povakulupe vahapu ova tameka nale oku ka kala ve na omukumo tava ti omuloka woneudo fiyo omodula tai uya ou na okukala muwa, omo vahapu va tameka nale...
Former First Lady and founder of the One Economy Foundation, Monica Geingos, has highlighted the potential of new long-acting HIV medicines to transform prevention efforts in Namibia, particularly among young women at high risk of infection. “We now have revolutionary long-acting medicines for HIV that are available, and which can absolutely transform the HIV response....