Isai Sipunga Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah highlighted geopolitical tensions such as the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Palestine as obstacles to the ongoing genocide negotiations between Namibia and Germany. During her opening statement at the 2024 Chiefs’ Forum last week, Nandi-Ndaitwah emphasised how these global conflicts are not conducive to the negotiations. ...
Looking for work in Namibia can not only be a nightmare, but is also a mammoth and expensive exercise. Namibia’s overall unemployment rate last year was estimated at 34%, while youth unemployment had surpassed the astronomical 45% mark. It is a situation described by late president Hage Geingob as a ticking time-bomb. However, local employment...
Lahja Nashuuta OPUWO – Served by a single borehole, over 2 000 residents of the community are compelled to fight for their turn at the borehole each morning. The area sits on underground aquifers, but access to potable water for the residents of Kaoko-Otavi in the Opuwo Rural constituency remains a distant dream. During school...
ONAKANKUZI – Residents of Onakankuzi village in Omuthiya constituency of Oshikoto region, have expressed concern over water shortages in their village. A total of 97 residents from 94 households attended a village meeting on Thursday where they expressed concern over the challenges they face in securing water, to the various directorates of the Oshikoto regional...
Linea Dishena Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says it is important for Namibians to appreciate the progress that has been made in the 1904-1908 genocide negotiations, cautioning that relying on external organisations may not benefit Namibia in the current highly polarised international political order. Opening the Chiefs Forum for more than 100 chiefs and their senior...
A female friend of one the alleged killers of the Riedel couple whose farmhouse was set alight with their bodies, testified yesterday how he described the events to her.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services said cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer after breast cancer in Namibia.
About 17 learners from the marginalised San community in the Omaheke region qualified to study at institutions of higher learning in the country.
What is believed to be another substantial oil find has been made in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia, an area that has emerged as one of the world’s most prospective oil and gas regions.
The Electricity Control Board (ECB) and the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (Cran) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), committing to collaborate on areas of common interest.