WALVIS BAY – The Erongo Regional Council will construct a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Park with the aim of addressing youth unemployment and economic exclusion in Kuisebmond. This is part of the council’s attempt to further promote township economy and reduce poverty within the Walvis Bay community. The park will be built on...
Charmaine Boois MARIENTAL – Hardap governor Riaan McNab, now former, partnered with Teviva Trading CC to expand the Hardap //Uib Kindergarten situated in the Withuis informal settlement on the outskirts of Mariental, and officially handed it over to its founder, Lena Garoes, on Monday. In his remarks during the handover, McNab emphasised the importance of...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Opuwo Town Council is in the hot seat after allegations of unprocedurally appointing a second-ranking interviewee. The first-ranking interviewee Gerson Hinambangi Musewa, is a lawyer and accountant by training and a former employee at the council. The interviews were for the position of manager for finance, information technology and asset management. Musewa...
Eleven medical doctors from the private sector will provide pro bono health services at the Katutura Health Centre in Windhoek as of yesterday. The Ministry of Health and Social Services on Monday welcomed the doctors, who will assist at the health centre between 17h00 and 23h00, seven days a week, as part of its decongestion...
Iuze Mukube The country has witnessed protest marches, hunger strikes and public declarations, all calling for the reform of what many have come to know as Namibia’s draconian anti-cannabis laws. These actions, often with the Ganja Users of Namibia (GUN) at the forefront, reflect growing frustration over the current legislation on cannabis, which has been...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – The newly-elected councillors for the Kamanjab and Sesfontein constituencies have pledged to unite for a common purpose and prioritise the needs of their communities, emphasising the importance of enhancing the well-being of the region’s development. Sesfontein constituency councillor, Bernadus ||Hoeb of the United Democratic Movement (UDF) and Swapo’s Nikodemus Amutenya of...
Information executive director Adrin Mathe says the African continent stands at a digital crossroads, with a population of 1.4 billion people, yet it holds less than 1% of global data centre capacity. He was speaking at the African Data Summit, Nairobi, Kenya, recently. Mathe said this stark statistic is not merely a number but a...
Linea Dishena At the heart of every functioning democracy lies a strong and well-resourced Legislature. However, this cannot be said of Namibia’s National Assembly, where lawmakers face significant challenges in fulfilling their constitutional mandate. A critical shortage of essential staff, particularly researchers, policy analysts, and legal support, is subtly undermining the institution tasked with enacting...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has thrown her full support behind the transformation of the public service during a key meeting with the Public Service Commission (PSC) at State House yesterday. High up on its agenda was a push for its independence through reforms to ensure the commission itself becomes more independent and better resourced, as outlined...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has entered the free education debate, saying the Namibian government is able to finance free tertiary education. While delivering her maiden State of the Nation Address earlier this year, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah promised to make tertiary education accessible to all, free of charge. She indicated that...