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GAM – “I’ve travelled all over the world. This [Namibia] is home. I want to take all of you [along when I travel] on a big bus, and take you around. “When you are there, you will say, ‘I want to go back home.’ That’s why I say Namibia is the only place we can...
Auleria Wakudumo Severe flooding in the northern regions has forced the closure of 87 schools, disrupting learning for over 30 000 learners and destroying six classrooms in the Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshana regions. In the Ohangwena region, ongoing floods have severely disrupted education, affecting 302 schools, with 16 temporarily closed and six schools suspending classes for...
Vice President Lucia Witbooi wants the speedy finalisation and implementation of a comprehensive national policy and regulatory framework around the country’s booming green hydrogen programme and emerging fossil energy industry. She made the call on the executive team of the Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme (NGHP), led by Green Hydrogen Commissioner James Mnyupe, during a courtesy...
The Roads Authority (RA) plans to spend at least N$230 million to rehabilitate roads damaged by recent heavy rainfall in the Oshana, Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Omusati and Kunene regions. This was revealed by RA CEO, Conrad Lutombi, in an interview yesterday. The restoration work is set to begin on Monday, ensuring that roads are accessible ahead...
Bilateral trade between Namibia and the United Kingdom has impressively tripled during the four years three-month tenure of outgoing British High Commissioner Charles Moore. This significant economic achievement was revealed on Wednesday during Moore’s farewell meeting with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House, where discussions also touched upon the recent increase in rainfall and the...
Lahja Nashuuta Land reform, agriculture and fisheries minister Mac Albert Hengari has set sights on expediting Namibia’s land reform programme while also placing modernisation, mechanisation and sustainability high on the ministry’s agenda. He laid out his vision earlier this week while addressing staff members of the ministry, which platform was used to introduce the minister...
Lahja Nashuuta Zimbabwe’s ongoing political turmoil has been described by many observers as a classic case of “the chickens coming home to roost.” Political parties and analysts have suggested that the alliance between president Emmerson Mnangagwa and vice president Constantino Chiwenga was always a marriage of convenience, one forged to unseat the late Robert Mugabe....
OPUWO – The Kunene Regional Disaster Risk Management team, with support from the Office of the Office Prime Minister (OPM), is assessing impact of the recent flooding in various parts of the region, to swiftly implement measures to address the predicament. Heavy rains and subsequent flooding since March have resulted in loss of lives, while...
To combat period poverty in Namibia’s rural communities, local non-profit organisation Pewa Care Humanitarian (PCH) has launched a campaign to support 5 000 schoolgirls in need over the Easter weekend. The campaign is the brainchild of Ndapewa Ndongo, the founder of PCH, who has been on a mission to uplift underprivileged girls since 2019 when...
Lahja Nashuuta Members of Parliament have raised strong concerns over the current education budget, calling for deliberate and transformative strategies to address critical challenges such as overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and lack of infrastructure – particularly in rural areas. Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) MP, Kalimbo Iipumbu, accused the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture...