The Namibian public health sector continues to make commendable progress in rolling out equitable, accessible and quality health care and social welfare services to the populace, President Nandi-Ndaitwah has said. This, she said, is evident through the rapid upgrading of health facilities, enhanced procurement of medicines and the recruitment of additional health professionals. Through the...
Despite external economic shocks and unexpected disruptive global political headwinds, the Namibian economy remains resilient and has made notable progress. This progress has been noticed in sectors of youth empowerment, infrastructure development, health, environmental sustainability and strategic economic diversification. Notably, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah indicated that the oil and gas sector, to be overseen directly by...
ǁAma!khunis ǀkha hâ ǀHôakao!narib ôa!nâs !Nans (ACC) ǂnôa-ū ǀoro mariǂnûiǂuis, ǂâuǀoa tama dīhe nî sîsenni !aroma !gôab sîsenaon tsî ǀoro tamas ka i o a ǀkhai ǀasa texnoloxib ǀkha ǂnôasen ǁama!khunis ǀkha hâ ǀhôakao!nariba nî !kham!oa !khaisa ACCsa xu !âubasens ge a īǁoa. Nēn ge ǁgâiǂuisen ǀgaun hîa !kharaga parlements ǁanina xu ǂoa ge wekheb...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has described the late James Unomasa Uerikua not just as a politician but as a leader who was a voice for the voiceless and who strongly believed in unity, in bridging divides, and in the genuine empowerment of the most downtrodden. Uerikua, a Swapo member of Parliament and former governor of Otjozondjupa...
Given its perennial underfunding levels, inadequate human capital and limited access to modern tools and advanced technologies for combating corruption, it is unfair and unreasonable to expect the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to fully live up to its mandate. These were the sentiments of most Parliamentarians during Tuesday’s national budget contributions to the vote of...
Namibiab ge ǂoa ge wekheb di Wunstaxtsēs ai ǁnā !hūgu hîa ge khobosis hîan Afrikab khoena Euopab !hūgu xa Amerikab ai ǁamaxūhe tsî ǁîn xa a ǀhonkhoe-aihe !nāmab !naka gere tsî ra sîsenūheba ǀamǀams !oagu ge hâ is !nâ nē !khaisa ra !khō!gâse ge ǁhûi. Nē ǁhûis ge UNs Hoa!nâ-aixa ǂNûs tawa Namibiab tsî nau...
The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) interim CEO, Albertus !Aochamub, and his management team recently held a strategic engagement with the leadership of the Livestock Producers Organisation (LPO), where key issues of mutual interest were discussed. The engagement, which forms part of Meatco’s ongoing push for inclusivity, transparency and sector-wide collaboration, placed emphasis on strengthening...
The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) recently engaged mines and energy minister Modestus Amutse, to raise concerns about ongoing sector-wide retrenchments as well as other alarming developments within the diamond cutting and polishing industry. MUN’s acting president Poco-key Mathew Mberiuana and his executive team also told the minister that key policy and regularity issues such...
Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has nullified the process that was followed in swearing in three Gobabis municipality councillors. They are Veronia Mokaleng-Kuzeeko, Wynand Lukas and Alleta Kooper, who are all from the Right To Shelter Foundation of Namibia. Sankwasa, who was recently in Gobabis to officiate the induction and training sessions for...
Namibia was on Wednesday amongst the leading nations that overwhelmingly voted to have the transatlantic chattel slave trade declared as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”. The voting took place at the UN General Assembly, which saw Namibia and another 122 countries all voting...