Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )

The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture is, through the National Arts Council of Namibia (NACN), calling on Namibian artists to apply for funding under the 2024/25 cycle 2 National Arts Fund Grants.

Five political leaders took part in a presidential candidate discussion in Windhoek on Friday to promote the general robustness of democratic and political discourse as well as public participation and readiness ahead of the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections,. 

Tensions between a faction of the Dauredaman community and their traditional authority persist, and saw the group boycotting the annual cultural festival on Saturday and afterwards locking the traditional authority offices in Uis.

The principal of J.P. Brand Primary School in Utuseb, Anna Josti, says the school requires financial and material assistance to rebuild their hostel matron’s living quarters and also replace all books and supplies meant for pupils that were destroyed during a fire on Thursday evening.

President Nangolo Mbumba has urged police officers patrolling the Namibia-Angola border to allow the import of mahangu grains from Angola. 

The Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) lost the battle in which it was fighting to have the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) be found in contempt of a court order.

One of the alleged masterminds of the Fishrot scandal, Tamson Hatuikulipi (43), has denied the assertion by the lower court in his previous failed bail application that he was part of a syndicate that ‘plundered’ Namibia’s resources.

The Supreme Court last week dismissed an appeal by former member of parliament Geoffrey Mwilima to be released from prison on medical grounds.

Special Olympics Namibia (SON) has announced that they will host the Special Olympics Namibia National Games in the Erongo region.