RUNDU – The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) yesterday officially launched the Kavango East regional profile, a comprehensive report based on the 2023 Population and Housing Census results. The profile provides detailed demographic, social, and economic statistics for the region and its constituencies. “The Statistics Act requires us to conduct a census. In fact, the census...
Lahja Nashuuta The charismatic church leader, who heads the True Gospel of Salvation Ministry, will stand under the banner of the Body of Christ Party (BCP), which currently holds one seat in the National Assembly. Festus leads a congregation with 92 branches across the country, supported by more than 420 pastors. His ambition is to...
Auleria Wakudumo The Roads Contractor Company (RCC) and the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) signed a five-year memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating land servicing and affordable housing delivery across Namibia. The agreement was done in line with government’s national development priorities under the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6). At the signing ceremony, NHE Chief Executive...
Iuze Mukube Legal practitioners across the country united online and offline to express condolences and gratitude to one of the prominent criminal lawyers in Namibia. Hipura Ujaha, who died on 5 September 2025, graduated from the University of Namibia alongside Sisa Namandje and Brian Uirab. Natjirikasorua Tjirera stated that Ujaha’s life was an “oasis of...
According to the latest Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) regional census profile, about 92.1% of homesteads in the Otjozondjupa region have access to a sustainable supply of safe, clean drinking water. The number of households in Otjozondjupa increased by 75.5% between 2011 and 2023, with homes in urban areas having increased significantly by 96.2%. In total,...
SWAKOPMUND – The Daures Green Hydrogen Village is demonstrating how advanced fertigation and water-saving technologies can transform agriculture in Namibia’s dry climate while reducing reliance on imports. The project, launched in 2023 in Erongo’s Daures constituency, operates a one-hectare butterfly greenhouse and a pad-and-fan nursery, where cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers are cultivated using precision fertigation...
Lahja Nashuuta The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has registered four new community-based associations ahead of this year’s regional and local authority elections. The commission is now calling for public objections to the registration of these associations. The objection period, which commenced on 11 September, will run until 11 October 2025. “All objections must be...
Government, through the sixth National Development Plan (NDP6), plans to rake in over N$100 million in revenue from the country’s gaming industry. This will be done by implementing a raft of technologically advanced systems that will evolve and unlock growth opportunities within the sector. Last year, the gaming industry generated revenues of about N$32 million,...
WALVIS BAY –With regional and local authority elections drawing closer, political temperatures are rising in Walvis Bay as rival parties gear up for what promises to be a fiercely contested battle for control of the harbour town. Walvis Bay Rural constituency councillor Florian Donatus, who is currently restrained by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)...
Heather Erdmann Globally, Alzheimer’s remains one of the pressing health challenges, although it is rarely spoken about. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that impairs memory, thinking, and daily functioning. It is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 60 to 70%, and affects one in three people worldwide. According to the World Health...