Innovation is at the heart of sustainable progress. Any nation that is genuinely committed to substantive change necessarily needs to prioritise technological initiative and proactivity.
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NovaNam invests N$36m in solar energy
based NovaNam will generate 317.000 kilowatts per month with their solar investment project where the company has embedded its sustainability strategy and invested about N$36 million in two photovoltaic solar projects, which is a success story in the renewable energy sector.
Family agony over missing seaman… ‘I may never know what happened to my son’
“I may never know what happened to my son, and no one knows what happened or saw him going overboard. But I remain hopeful that he is alive and safe,”
Job uncertainty clouds Dundee … Tsumeb company confirms retrenchments
A mainstay of the Tsumeb economy in the Oshikoto region has announced job cuts as it streamlines its operations to ensure sustainability.
DaFonsech, church fight over N$6.8m land
Namibian Police Chief Inspector Christina van Dunem DaFonsech-Shikongo is embroiled in a dispute with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia over the customary rights to a piece of land worth N$6.8 million situated close to the Omafo township of Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena region.
‘Bishop’ reaches out for support… as he is ordered to pay First Lady N$250 000
Family and friends of northern-based teacher Abednego ‘Bishop’ Hishoono, who was ordered by the High Court to pay N$250 000 to First Lady Monica Geingos for defamation, have indicated their willingness to help raise the funds.
Broadcasters urged to scale up fact-checking
Deputy information minister Emma Theofelus has called on radio broadcasters to continuously fact-check information before disseminating it to the public, and to become champions in the fight against disinformation.
Opinion – The politics of gendered insults
“A gendered insult is any word or phrase which is disproportionately applied to a member of a particular gender, and which generally bears some connection to societal expectations or norms placed upon that gender”.
Opinion – Five land-related hoaxes all Namibians should know
A hoax is a falsehood consciously or unconsciously fabricated to hide the truth. Basing decisions on hoaxes can lead to errors in observation or judgement.
Opinion – The challenge to transform
A friend writes in a book that his experience of the work of ministers can be best described as “hatching” (baptisms), “matching” (weddings), and “dispatching” (burials).









