Namibia and Singapore are exploring stronger cooperation in trade, investment and port development following high-level talks between the two countries during an official visit by international relations minister Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. Ashipala-Musavyi was in Singapore for a two-day official visit which eneded yesterday. Chief on her agenda was deepening bilateral relations and expanding practical economic cooperation....
Festus Hamalwa Joseph Kaula OKONGO – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says government will continue providing resources to schools to improve learners’ academic fortunes and enable teachers to provide quality education more effectively. “Office of the circuits have ordered books, and they will be sent to all schools,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said. She was speaking at Oshisho Combined School...
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare yesterday held a string of extensive meetings with diplomats and senior officials from Iran, Egypt and Indonesia. The talks focused on trade and bilateral issues between the countries. During his engagement with the Iranian delegation, Ngurare touched on the importance of further exploring avenues to expand economic and cultural cooperation, with...
Adolf Kaure A meeting between government representatives and the Former Refugees Repatriation Association of Namibia (FRRAN) yesterday ended in a cul-de-sac, with parties failing to find common ground. The meeting was held to provide clarity on the correspondence written between the government and the United Nations (UN) resident coordinators over the years about the financial...
OSHAKATI – Teachers and the Namibian Police in Oshana region have warned against the growing trend of primary school learners skipping classes to work at the Oshakati open market. They said the practice is harming children’s education and amounts to child labour. The Oshakati open market hosts “market days” every Monday and Friday to allow...
Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has described the late liberation struggle veteran Kanana Hishoono as one of Namibia’s most cherished and celebrated liberation struggle icons. Ngurare conveyed a message of condolences in a statement yesterday. Ngurare said that Hishoono’s legacy will never be forgotten. Hishoono (89) died last week. He is survived by his wife and...
Rudolf Gaiseb Allegations of a potential rift between the official opposition leader in the National Assembly Imms Nashinge and IPC president Panduleni Itula are devoid of any truth and peddled by those preoccupied with sowing division within Namibia’s second-largest political party. This is the position of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and its leaders...
The days of auctioning State land through overpriced bids and regional councillors striking dodgy deals amongst themselves to illegally acquire multiple portions of land at the expense of deprived residents are over. This is if a Monday warning by urban and rural development James Sankwasa – under whose auspices local authorities and regional councils as...
The parents of a 15-year-old boy who died by suicide last week have placed their version of events on the record, describing him as happy, loving and full of life. This follows an earlier report report about their son’s demise. Vali Valentino Mwashekele a grade 10 learner allegedly committed suicide last Wednesday at their Grysblock...
For decades, residents of Mutengo Mukuru village in the Uvhungu Vhungu area relied on the nearby river as their only source of water. This daily journey often came with danger and hardship. Today, the installation of a communal water tap has transformed life in the village, bringing safety, dignity and relief to some of its...