Despite disappointing results during the just ended regional and Local elections, social activist Shaun Gariseb has vowed to continue fighting for people’s rights and dignity. During the election last week, Gariseb contested the Katutura Central constituency, where he ran as an independent candidate. The constituency that was won by PDM’s Rodman Katjaimo. However, Gariseb said...
RUNDU – The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development has cancelled the swearing-in ceremony of all newly elected political office bearers, which was scheduled for today, until further notice. There are therefore no active local and regional councillors in the absence of the swearing in of councils. The regional council and Local Authorities elections took...
Modestus Amutse has been appointed as the new Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, taking the reins at a crucial moment for the country’s economic transformation. The move, announced by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday, comes as Namibia pushes to strengthen its mining sector. “Amutse assumes this critical role at a time when Namibia is accelerating...
Rudolf Gaiseb Is the usuage and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) counter productive and robbing people off their right to be creative? Or is AI the next best thing since the invention of sliced bread? Commonly, AI is understood as computer systems that perform functions requiring human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, decision-making, and recognising...
Ali Negumbo Edward Tenete Mental health has increasingly become a public health challenge in Namibia, with rising suicide cases shaking communities and exposing deep social and emotional vulnerabilities, particularly among the youth. With university students among those affected, concerns are mounting over the availability of support systems in higher education and the urgent need to...
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has urged the public to remain calm, saying the health ministry, supported by partners, is implementing full-scale surveillance and response measures across all 14 regions. She made the remarks on Friday as she provided updates on Namibia’s current public health situation, covering measles, Mpox, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic...
Namibia has called for the international criminalisation of colonialism, saying global law has “deliberately ignored” atrocities committed in Africa and left a glaring accountability gap that must finally be closed. International Relations Minister Selma Ashipala-Musavyi led the delegation to the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa in Algiers, where African and Caribbean...
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday commissioned three national task forces to serve as the main engines to drive the seven priority pillars of the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6). She described this as a major turning point in how government delivers services and responds to the country’s pressing needs. Speaking at the State House during the...
Heather Erdmann REHOBOTH – Over the past five years, Salinde Kamberipa, a civil servant at the Rehoboth Magistrate’s Court, has cared for the former Kaptein Hans Diergaardt house, dedicating her own time and money to make it liveable. Now, after the government officially handed the property over to the Baster Traditional Authority, she faces uncertainty...
Sawi Hausiku The Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections witnessed a surge of independent candidates, a trend political analyst and re-elected independent councillor Paulus Mbangu attribute to a lack of merit-based selection within traditional political party structures. In an interview with Nampa, Mbangu, the Rundu Rural constituency councillor who recently won re-election as an independent...