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Selma Iyambo, a final year media student at the University of Namibia (Unam), has taken a bold step in advocating for sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through her groundbreaking podcast, dubbed ‘Sex Talks’.

The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) is in the process of developing and establishing a venture capital fund as the third leg of the national SME Financing Strategy. The initiative acknowledges the importance of SMEs in the Namibian economy and seeks to, amongst others, improve access to funding and capital for SMEs.

Finance and public enterprises minister Iipumbu Shiimi  has appointed and inaugurated a 36-member technical advisory committee (TAC) on Monday, tasked to consult the broader public on a proposed regulation (RF.R.5.10) on the preservation of retirement benefits.

ICT deputy minister Emma Theofelus recently stated that Namibia will become a ‘world-preferred destination’ for the offshoring of ICT services. This of course immediately piqued our interest as one of Namibia’s largest ICT-services providers.

Media has long moulded our perception of Artificial Intelligence (AI), often portraying it as a replacement for everything ‘human’. Generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, ChatSonic and ChatPDF have been making headlines for their potential to revolutionise content creation in various industries, including journalism. 

Germany is increasingly becoming a pariah state, at least from an African vantage point, over the manner in which it has handled discussions on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama genocide. 

Land delivery, provision of services, infrastructure upgrading and repair constitute a significant portion of the N$39.1 million of Ongwediva’s total budget.

The Ondangwa Town Council last week handed over gardening tools to eight backyard gardeners. Ondangwa constituency councillor Leonard Negonga said he decided to go to the government warehouse to obtain the tools these gardeners need.

Five judges of Namibia’s apex court yesterday overturned a High Court ruling that did not recognise same-sex marriages concluded in foreign territory. Chief Justice Peter Shivute, who wrote the majority judgment with Deputy Chief Justice Petrus Damaseb,

Nurses on night duty at the Nankudu District Hospital in Kavango West region are forced to use cellphone flashlights in the hospital’s corridors at night. They say taking a corpse to the mortuary at night has become a nightmare for them, as there are no light bulbs in the corridors.