Lylie Joel MPUNGU – The Mpungu fish farm in Kavango West, established in the early 2000s and handed to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources in 2004, continues to underperform. It has a design capacity of 20 metric tonnes per year, which it has been failing to meet. Chief fisheries biologist Albertina Joseph told...
Lissony Njembo Restaurant owner Ketungoutji Natasha Kauteza is serving nostalgic, mouth-watering traditional cuisine in the heart of Katutura. She operates from The Spot at the corner of Clemence Kapuuo and Numeri Street. Founded in 2023 and named in honour of her grandmother, Pukaa Catering initially offered a traditional menu featuring kneecaps (ombumbwangoro), chicken wings and...
A nation that confronts its most sensitive questions with honesty and courage is often a nation that ultimately triumphs, no matter how long the journey may take. History repeatedly shows that countries do not collapse because they discuss difficult issues; rather, they weaken when they avoid them. Silence around sensitive national matters may create temporary...
Rudolf Gaiseb The recently tabled national budget is highly responsive to social protection and poverty reduction, allocating over 60% of the total budget to social sectors. This is the opinion from Twilight Capital Consulting Economist, Mally Likukela. The analyst this week shared his opinion that the budget is broadly regarded as a “pro-poor” tool but...
Ohoromende, okutuurungira motuwano tune mehi totutu tuovaṱuta; Orupa rOuverule wOvinauinyo; Otjirata Tjovinamuinyo nOvyungurwa Vyopovinamuinyoo nozonganda zombirivate, vya tonga tongere Omutjise wOtjinyo nOtjikoti. Ohoromende novanzapamwe motjitamba otji va tjiukisire Ombuiko yOhauzeu kOmutjise wOtjinyo nOtjikoti nawina Otjimbumba tjaro, ovyo mbi ma visekamene wo oku tjevera otjitamba tja Namibia tjovinamuinyo, ehup momahi wa kangamwa no nḓimakemo mombuiko. Kombunda...
Moses Magadza A two-day annual review meeting of the Sweden-funded Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), HIV and Aids Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday. The meeting closed with strong appreciation for progress made and urgent calls for domestic resource mobilisation to safeguard hard-won gains amid shifting global...
SWAKOPMUND – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has outlined an urgent need for decisive reforms to regularise Namibia’s gambling industry amid concerns that weak oversight is costing the country revenue and exposing citizens to social harm. The minister, Indileni Daniel, expressed the concerns while recently officiating at the opening of a strategic engagement...
War isn’t just something the United States of America (USA) wages overseas. It has become an entrenched aspect of that country’s foreign policy, domestic economic production and employment. This extraordinary pattern of perpetual conflict by the USA is not incidental. It has become woven into the very fabric of American economic life because for the...
Mulisa Simiyasa GROOTFONTEIN – The Grootfontein Municipality has installed 3 400 prepaid water meters across the town since December 2025, marking significant progress in its transition to a prepaid water management system. The project targets the installation of approximately 7 000 meters for households, businesses, government buildings and churches. Municipal public relations officer Luke Salomo...
Makanga rape A 26-year-old Zambian man, Mayumbelo Maiba, entered a not guilty plea on Monday when he made his first appearance in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court following his arrest over the alleged rape of a minor. The rape incident allegedly took place in the Makanga area of the Linyanti Constituency in the Zambezi region...