WALVIS BAY – The Fisheries Observer Fund has received an adverse audit opinion from Auditor General (AG) Junias Kandjeke. The AG found that the entity’s financial statements do not fairly reflect its financial position for the 2024/2025 financial years. In a report tabled in the National Assembly, Kandjeke said the financial statements are not a...
Rudolf Gaiseb Trophy hunting earned communal conservancies over N$292.5 million between 2013 and 2024. The conservancies also earned over N$166 million through joint venture tourism during the same period. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism acknowledged that conservation hunting remains an important part of Namibia’s integrated sustainable development and conservation strategy. Minister Indileni Daniel...
KATIMA MULILO – The University of Namibia (Unam) has taken a major step towards addressing longstanding sewer challenges in Katima Mulilo. It is being done through a new integrated wastewater management system as part of the expansion of its campus in the Zambezi region. The project – known as Component 3: Campus Integrated Wastewater Management...
Rudolf Gaiseb National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says Namibia is well on course in balancing the scales in gender equality. The world celebrated International Women’s Day last Sunday, appreciating the imperative role of women and reinforcing promoting gender equality and eliminating all forms of violence, discrimination and harmful practices against women.On Sunday, Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said that...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – Nationwide consultations are underway to revise Namibia’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) policy as government prepares to transfer its mandate to the education ministry (MEIYSAC). The review process is grounded in the Basic Education Act, which provides that the ECD policy must be developed and administered under the education ministry. The formal...
The National Disaster Fund has received an unqualified audit opinion for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 financial years (FYs). This is according to auditor general Junias Kandjeke, who added that the Fund’s financial statements “present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position”. In his report submitted and recently tabled in the National Assembly in...
RUNDU – The National African Students’ Association (Nasa) has sounded the alarm over the dire situation facing Namibian government-sponsored health students in Zambia, calling for immediate ministerial intervention to rescue those allegedly stranded due to unpaid scholarship funds. In a statement, Nasa secretary for academics, sports, arts and culture, Abel Miguel, said the association expressed a...
NKURENKURU – Kavango West Regional Council Chief Regional Officer Matheus Singambwe has called for reforms to the pension and social grant payment system, including allowing beneficiaries to collect multiple grants in a single visit. Singambwe made the remarks during Nampost’s regional stakeholder engagement on the implementation of the national social grant payment administration in Nkurenkuru...
Bravery Kabula A security guard who works for Amsteel Security Services has raised concern over low wages, long working hours and what he describes as non-compliance with labour regulations. The guard, who asked not to be named for fear of victimisation, said he and his colleagues work 12-hour shifts without adequate equipment and without additional...
The Namibia Training Authority (NTA) CEO Erick Nenghwanya has warned unregistered training providers that they will be shut down.He made these remarks during the official opening of the 2026 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) calendar year in Windhoek last week. The event attended by various public figures, and trainees was observed under the...