ONGWEDIVA– Several schools in the Oshana region are battling a bat infestation that is severely disrupting lessons and potentially putting the health of thousands of learners and teachers at risk. At least 45 schools across various education circuits in the region are reportedly affected. School principals and department heads have raised alarm over the growing...
Pricilla Mukokobi Edgar Brandt Many Namibians expected yesterday’s national budget, tabled in the National Assembly by Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah, to focus on economic sustainability, personal prosperity, social safety nets and the country’s self-reliance. When reading her 2026/27 budget speech, Shafudah admitted that drawing up this national appropriation bill was not an easy task as...
As government tables a budget anchored on restoring balance between ambition and affordability, one provision stands out not as a revenue grab, but as a pragmatic instrument of fiscal repair: the Tax Amnesty Programme. Launched in 2017 and extended at various stages, the programme now carries a firm deadline of 31 October 2026. Extensions will...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on the private sector to play a stronger role in growing Namibia’s energy industry, saying the sector is key to fighting unemployment and boosting economic development. The President made the remarks during a recent courtesy visit by Selma Shimutwikeni, Chief Executive Officer of RichAfrica and founder of the Namibia International Energy...
Lahja Nashuuta The Ohangwena Regional Council has failed to submit required financial statements and sufficient supporting documentation to account for funds allocated to the region for the financial years ended 31 March 2020, 2021 and 2022. This is contained in a report by the Office of the Auditor General, recently tabled in the National Assembly....
Adolf Kaure Namibia is set to pioneer Africa’s first salmon farming industry with an aquaculture farm worth N$41 million at Lüderitz. The investment was made possible through the Norwegian company African Aquaculture Company (AAC). Speaking at the Namibia Industrial Development Agency (NIDA) investment conference in Windhoek on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and...
KATIMA MULILO – Cross-border truck drivers operating between Namibia’s Walvis Bay and Zambia logistics corridor have bemoaned the rising costs of transit permits charged by Zambia, which they say threatens their livelihoods and undermines regional trade. Speaking on behalf of fellow cross-border drivers at Katima Mulilo, Nyathi Dingani, who was enroute to the DRC, said...
SWAKOPMUND – Cancer patients in the Erongo region no longer have to endure costly and exhausting trips to Windhoek for specialised care. This follows the official opening of a state-of-the-art Palliative Care Centre in Swakopmund on Friday by the Cancer Association of Namibia. The 10-bed facility will provide specialised palliative services to patients in the...
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, says the directive by the Head of State to shift civil servants’ medical care from private facilities to State hospitals is set to create at least 2 000 jobs within the health sector. According to the minister, more than 2 000 additional health personnel posts were...
The leader of the Popular Democratic Movement, McHenry Venaani, yesterday pressed President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to urgently prioritise transparency in the country’s booming petroleum sector to tackle joblessness and lack of housing. With Namibia on the brink of its first oil production and youth unemployment estimated at over 40%, Venaani described his meeting with the President...