Despite extreme volatility of international oil prices coupled with under-recoveries in the domestic market, local fuel prices will remain unchanged for July 2025. This is as the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy provides relief to consumers by keeping fuel prices for all products unchanged until the next review. The National Energy Fund (NEF) will absorb the full cost of...
NIPDB realignment part of efforts to drive trade
The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) has welcomed the strategic alignment by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah for it to resort under the Ministry of International Relations and Trade. NIPDB’s chief executive officer Nangula Uaandja, said the move is part of a broader effort to streamline government’s economic development agenda and to enhance coordination across key institutions that drive investment,...
Namibia to officially commence AfCFTA trading …. event to mark active participation in Africa’s flagship initiative
The Ministry of International Relations and Trade has announced the official launch of Namibia’s first export consignment under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework. The event is scheduled to take place today, at Walvis Bay and will be officiated by the Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. This historic event will mark the beginning of Namibia’s...
Appreciating culture through pageantry
Vice President Lucia Witbooi says it is through initiatives and institutions like Miss NGO Namibia that young people are taught to not only be proud of their roots, but also to understand and respect the roots of others. Witbooi gave these sentiments at the weekend during the preliminary competition of the Miss NGO 2025 in Windhoek whose crowning ceremony will...
A night of poetry, memory and softness
Monika Amunyela Windhoek’s Etcetera space pulsed with emotion, vulnerability and truth as Frieda Mukufa, known as Damn_Etu hosted her official brand launch through a moving night of poetry. The Friday evening was rooted in themes of identity, cultural memory, trauma, healing, and relationships, the Damn_Etu Show brought together poets, visuals, and community in a deeply intimate and intentional experience. “This...
Opinion – High time for Namibia to have a legislation that promotes administrative justice
Many natural or juristic persons found themselves in a predicament when aggrieved by the conduct of the functionaries or institutions that infringe on their right to just administrative action. Such administrative conduct usually unravels in a form of a decision of public administrators. Think about a decision of a public body that affects a tender bidder for public works, an...
Bastos dismisses fishing and land deal allegations
WALVIS BAY – Businessman Jose Luis Bastos has dismissed claims linking him to alleged irregular fishing dividend payments and a land deal involving the late Founding President Sam Nujoma. The allegations, published in the local daily of 24 and 27 June 2025, claim that Bastos paid fishing dividends from Emeritus Fishing (Pty) Ltd to Nujoma. The paper suggest that questions...
First African leads global energy talks
For the first time since its founding in 1982, the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) has elected an African and a Namibian as its global president. Shakwa Nyambe, a legal expert in energy and natural resources, now represents over 3 000 professionals from around the world in shaping energy contract standards and negotiations. Speaking after his courtesy visit to...
Shaping tomorrow: How adult behaviour moulds today’s youth
Monika Amunyela “Behaviour is taught; how you speak, address people and do things; children will immediately pick up on it. They are imitating us,” Windhoek community member, Jane !Owases said. Community members in Windhoek are alarmed by the number of high-rise crimes in Namibia. Following the death of three minors in the town of Okahandja last month, community members have...
Asoli targets four regions in November elections
OPUWO – The newly formed political group, the Association for Localised Interests (Asoli), has announced that it will contest the local authority elections, targeting municipalities in the Khomas, Otjozondjupa, Erongo and Oshana regions. Recently registered with the Electoral Commission of Namibia, Asoli announced an ambitious plan to target the councils of Windhoek, Karibib, Swakopmund, Ongwediva, and Otjiwarongo in the Regional...