Taimi Haihambo The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in the Omusati region is urging the public to help provide vehicles for the upcoming Regional and Local Authority Elections scheduled for 26 November 2025. During a stakeholder engagement session held yesterday, Regional Electoral Officer Elizabeth Shiningayamwe said the commission currently has only 286 registered private vehicles,...
Zebaldt Ngaruka In its efforts to strengthen household and community food security for its citizens, the government donated 266 cattle to the Itereleng Community Council in the Omaheke region on Tuesday. The cattle valued at N$2.6 million are part of the 43 heifers and two bulls procured by the Omaheke Regional Council (ORC) during the...
Hilma Nalupe The Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, Zhao Weiping, has reaffirmed the strong relationship between China and Namibia, while further outlining the key outcomes from recent global and domestic policy events led by China. Zhao addressed the media during a press conference at the Chinese Embassy in Windhoek yesterday. The briefing outlined the outcomes of...
Michael Mutonga Liswaniso KATIMA MULILO – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani has called for urgent national reflection on the state of sanitation and a firm commitment to ending open defecation. In a speech read on her behalf by Deputy Minister Ruth Masake at Katima Mulilo on Monday, Zaamwani stated that...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – Minister of Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi has warned public officials and agencies in the transport and road safety sector that he no longer wants to see reports that do not translate into tangible results. Speaking at the opening of the 10th National Road Safety Conference in Swakopmund on Monday, Nekundi...
Pinehas K. Pinehas The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has set out an ambitious plan to provide adequate, safe and affordable housing to thousands of Namibians yearning for a proper roof over their head. At the launch of its Integrated Strategic Business Plan (ISBP) for 2024/25 -2028/29 yesterday, the parastatal acknowledged the need for decent houses...
A 22-year-old graduate has made history as the first San learner from Hainyeko Combined School in the Oshikunde Circuit to be admitted to university and successfully graduate. Johanna Kamati recently obtained her Diploma in Junior Primary Education from the International University of Management (IUM) in Nkurenkuru, becoming a symbol of hope for many San learners...
Although questions and allegations about alleged crimes committed during the country’s liberation struggle period and early post-independence era continue to surface in various pockets of society, justice minister Fillemon Wise Immanuel has maintained that such assertions do not warrant the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Immanuel said he remains confident in Namibia’s various...
A total of 1,499,449 Namibians are eligible to cast their ballots in the regional and local authority elections on 26 November 2025, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced yesterday. The figure is based on the Final Voters’ Register (FVR), which the Commission released on 24 October 2025 in accordance with the 2025 Electoral Calendar. “The...
Kaviveterue Virere The government’s introduction of free tertiary education in 2026 has caused the Students Union of Namibia (SUN) to express concern on what it describes as significant implementation and funding shortages. The union said that the planned budget allocations for the programme seem inadequate and unequally allocated throughout Namibia’s higher education institutions in a...