WALVIS BAY – Fisheries Observer Agency CEO Stanley Ndara, has urged young Namibians to consider maritime law as a career. Speaking to journalists shortly after a SADC Atlantic regional workshop held in Walvis Bay, Ndara, who also serves as interim chairperson of the Southern African Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Coordination Centre (MCSCC) said the fight...
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Daures project pioneers fertigation
SWAKOPMUND – The Daures Green Hydrogen Village is demonstrating how advanced fertigation and water-saving technologies can transform agriculture in Namibia’s dry climate while reducing reliance on imports. The project, launched in 2023 in Erongo’s Daures constituency, operates a one-hectare butterfly greenhouse and a pad-and-fan nursery, where cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers are cultivated using precision fertigation...
Election fever heats up at Walvis
WALVIS BAY –With regional and local authority elections drawing closer, political temperatures are rising in Walvis Bay as rival parties gear up for what promises to be a fiercely contested battle for control of the harbour town. Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Donatus, who is currently restrained by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)...
Police brutality allegations surface in Spitzkoppe
WALVIS BAY – The community of Spitzkoppe is demanding answers from the Namibian police after tour guide Melvin Areseb, was allegedly severely assaulted by three officers who responded to an altercation in the area. Areseb (44) has been recovering in the Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek for the past three weeks. He has already undergone...
Mukurona godoropa zaUsakos kapi ana kukasikama hena mwaNovember komahoroworo
WalvisBay- mukurona godoropa zaUsakos Irene Simeon -Kurtz kwakuka=hageka kapi ana kukasikama hena apa nasihaga siruwo sendi omu ana tokora asi kapi ana kukasikama hena momahoroworo gonodoropa aga gana kuwiza. Age takakara tupiu nye muhameni gombnunga zendi zaswapo. Mahoroworo gonondango zonomukunda nonodoropa kuna kukakarako mo 26 November 2025, omu vaNamibia navakahorowora vakansela vakakaremo nomvhura ne. Simeon-Kurtz...
Namport acquires new cranes
WALVIS BAY – The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) has acquired three mobile cranes to replace its ageing fleet. Two of the cranes will be deployed at the port of Walvis Bay, while the third has already been allocated to Lüderitz. The cranes, manufactured by Liebherr, include the LHM 550 with a lifting capacity of 154...
Erongob ǀKharisi ǀawemā!nans ge N$182 miljuns di mariǂnûiǂuisa go ǁgui-ai!â
!GOMENǁGAMS – Erongob ǀKharisi ǀAwemā!nans ge N$182 miljuns mariǂnûiǂuisa 2025/26 marikurib !aroma go ǁgui-ai!â. Nē mariǂnûiǂuis ge !oabade mās, ǂâuǀoasasib !nâ sîsens, tsî omkhâisens projekdi ai ǀkharib a ǂhabase ǂâisa ǂnûisa ai!hūba ra ǁam kai. ǂOa ge wekheb di Donertaxtsēs ais ge nē mariǂnûiǂuisa gere mâi-ai!â soab ais ge Mariǁhōn !Nakaǂnôa Direkters, Daphne Cloetesa ge...
Adverse audit opinion for Swakopmund
SWAKOPMUND – Auditor-General Junias Kandjeke has issued an adverse audit opinion on the municipality of Swakopmund for the financial year ending 30 June 2023. According to Kandjeke, the report contains several irregularities and weaknesses in financial reporting. An adverse audit opinion means the financial statements contain significant misstatements or omissions and do not accurately reflect...
Usakos mayor opts out of November election
WALVIS BAY – Usakos mayor, Irene Simeon-Kurtz will step down at the end of her term and will not contest the upcoming local authority elections. She will however continue being an active member of her party, Swapo. The regional and local authority elections are scheduled for Wednesday, 26 November 2025, when Namibians will elect councillors...
IPC suspends councillor amid tension
WALVIS BAY – Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Donatus has dismissed claims that his suspension from party duties was linked to a foreword in the five-year strategic plan of the Erongo Regional Council, launched on Thursday in Walvis Bay. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) on Friday suspended Donatus for alleged maladministration and corrupt...









