OSHAKATI – Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare officially handed over four newly installed boreholes at Onamundindi in the Epembe constituency on Sunday. This landmark initiative is set to provide clean potable water to about 23 villages and significantly improve the lives of thousands of the constituency’s residents, signalling a tangible step towards equitable development across Namibia.Speaking...
Rudolf Gaiseb Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa said local authorities are willing to allocate land, but the difficulty lies in the lack of serviced land. In Parliament last Friday, he said for institutions like the City of Windhoek, roads, water, sewerage systems and electricity are a prerequisite for formal allocation, but they require...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Namibia Traffic Information System (NaTIS) centre in Karibib is undergoing renovations, which are expected to end in mid-August 2025. The ministry of transport confirmed that written learner’s licence tests continue “uninterrupted” at the Karibib centre throughout the renovation period, but driving tests have been suspended. Speaking at Parliament last week, transport minister Veikko...
The Namibian Qualifications Authority (NQA) together with the Khomas Regional Council’s Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture and the #BeFree Youth Campus, will host an information session for high school learners. According to a joint statement released on Friday, the three-day information session and career guidance event is slated to take place...
LUANDA – Namibian business leaders who attended the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Angola last week said they are ready to drive job creation and growth but need stronger government support and better access to regional markets to succeed. Many local entrepreneurs say they struggle to attend high-level summits like this due to a lack of...
LUANDA, ANGOLA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on African nations to shift from being raw material suppliers to becoming global leaders in industrialisation, innovation and food security. Speaking at a high-level breakfast dialogue in her honour in Luanda last week, the continent’s only sitting female head of State laid out a powerful vision for...
Rudolf Gaiseb National Youth Service (NYS) has denounced allegations of tribalism and favouritism, with the shortlisting of intakes for its training programme. Two regional and local government leaders expressed deep dissatisfaction with the 16th NYS intake list. The list making rounds on social media, has also been slammed by civil society and youth. The members...
OUTAPI – Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare said Founding President Sam Nujoma was a true leader who believed deeply in the power of culture to ground and guide a people. “As he often reminded us, ‘A nation without culture is like a tree without roots.’ Indeed, through his leadership and vision, Olufuko was revived and recognised...
OPUWO – The newly formed political group, the Association for Localised Interests (Asoli), has announced that it will contest the local authority elections, targeting municipalities in the Khomas, Otjozondjupa, Erongo and Oshana regions. Recently registered with the Electoral Commission of Namibia, Asoli announced an ambitious plan to target the councils of Windhoek, Karibib, Swakopmund, Ongwediva,...
Monika Amunyela “Behaviour is taught; how you speak, address people and do things; children will immediately pick up on it. They are imitating us,” Windhoek community member, Jane !Owases said. Community members in Windhoek are alarmed by the number of high-rise crimes in Namibia. Following the death of three minors in the town of Okahandja...