The Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday unveiled a N$60 commemorative banknote to honour the late president Hage Geingob. The launch of the banknote forms part of the central bank’s proud tradition of issuing high-quality currency that the public and the region trusts and holds in high regard. The BoN decided to issue a N$60 denomination...
Rudolf Gaiseb The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security has found most correctional facilities and police holding cells across the country in a deteriorated state. This prompted them to recommend urgent reforms and upgrades at these facilities. In their latest report tabled in the National Assembly recently for scrutiny, the committee said...
Legislators Veikko Nekundi and Tjekero Tweya have voiced concerns about the proposed Ombudsman Bill’s definition of human rights, which in the current form could serve a sinister agenda, they claim. Nekundi warned that without an explicit definition aligned with Article 144 of the Namibian Constitution, the bill could be exploited to advocate LGBTQ+ rights, questioning...
KATIMA MULILO – The Zambezi River continues to rise significantly following heavy rainfall over the past few days. As of Monday morning, data from the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) showed that the water level of the river stood at 1.67 metres, a substantial increase compared to the 0.82 metres recorded on the same date last...
Eveline de Klerk Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp has urged regional directors to ensure transparency in procurement and appointments of teachers in their respective regions. This is because the ministry has been inundated with complaints of unfairness in its recruitment process and a mismatch in advertisement of positions, combination of fields...
The government has allocated over N$100 million under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework to roll out open-access network infrastructure, ensuring access to digital services for citizens, Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus announced. Theofelus made the remarks during the official opening of the 12th Annual SAPOA Postal Forum, held in Windhoek. According to Theofelus,...
ONGWEDIVA – The chairperson of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, Elias Waandja, has called on communities to start delivering marula juice to the palace, as preparations for the annual Omaongo Festival, set for 10 May, gain momentum. The festival derives its name from omaongo, the fermented juice from marula fruits, commonly known as omagongo or omaongo...
Tommy Katamila Excitement about the cross-border conference of Ovaherero and Ovambanderu descendants this weekend at Karakubis in Botswana is reaching fever pitch. The brethren and sistren, joined at the hip through generations are congregating for an event dubbed the ‘Otutjindo Tjetu History Conference’ from Friday to Sunday. Otutjindo means migrations, movements or relocations from one...
KEETMANSHOOP – Recent rainfall has significantly contributed to the increase in water levels in key dams across the country for the first week of March. NamWater’s head of public relations and corporate communications, Lot Ndamanomhata in a statement on Tuesday, said the Swakoppoort Dam has experienced an inflow of 0.870 million cubic metres (Mm3), increasing...
NKURENKURU – The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (METF) has paid more than N$45 million for 3 301 cases of human-wildlife conflict across the country since 2019. The ministry’s spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, in an interview with Nampa on Monday, said conservancies received N$29.8 million, while N$4.8 million was utilised for the loss of 3...