Keetmanshoop residents in the //Kharas region, have urged the government to ensure the petroleum industry delivers tangible benefits to ordinary Namibians, especially women, youth and small businesses. The residents who included entrepreneurs, traditional leaders, the elderly and youth shared their perspectives at a national consultation meeting of the Upstream Petroleum Unit in the Presidency, on...
Kaviveterue Virere Osona village community activist Kephas Hembapu will contest for a seat in the Okahandja municipality during the November local and regional authority elections. Hembapu, who serves as the constituency coordinator of the Promise Land Residents Association (Plara), is campaigning to represent Osona residents in the municipality. He believes that by having a seat...
Matheus David Foibe Sakaria, a Windhoek resident, could not contain her joy as she shared how support from the Nutrition and Food Security Alliance of Namibia (NAFSAN) helped her move from unemployment to self-sufficiency. Sakaria was speaking at a meeting recently held at Protea Hotel in Windhoek to launch the collaboration between NAFSAN and Community-Based...
WALVIS BAY – The Erongo Regional Council has tabled a N$182.8 million budget for the 2025/26 financial year, prioritising service delivery, operational efficiency, and development projects across the region. Presenting the budget yesterday, Deputy Director of Finance Daphne Cloete said N$95.9 million is earmarked for operations, while N$7 million is set aside for development projects....
Namibia’s multi-faceted social safety net programme, which is globally touted as resilient and shock-responsive, continues to lift thousands of Namibians from abject poverty through which food-insecure people access healthy and nutritious meals daily. The country’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Feeding Programme, spearheaded by the government through the gender equality and child welfare ministry with technical...
OKANDJE – A family of three from Ongwediva constituency has been left destitute after their homestead, including the mahangu storage, was destroyed in a fire. Petrina Nghishiiko, a 49-year-old woman from Okandje village, said her eight-year-old grandchild accidentally started the blaze while playing with matches. The fire quickly spread to other thatched huts and food...
Minister of Finance Ericah Shafudah on Tuesday clarified the objectives of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Fund (NYEF), outlining its intended impact on youth empowerment, and contribution to national economic growth. Shafudah emphasised that the programme aligns with the sixth National Development Plan, under which the ministry has been tasked with the development of the NYEF...
Lahja Nashuuta MARIENTAL – Thousands of mourners, including President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, filled the Mariental Stadium yesterday afternoon for the national memorial service in honour of the 16 people who lost their lives in last week’s tragic road accident, about 10 kilometres outside the town, in Hardap region. The victims were 12 Namibian Correctional Service officers,...
Rudolf Gaiseb Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) member of parliament John Louw Mouton has brought the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) under scrutiny following revelations in its 2023 audit report, which highlighted the financial constraints gripping the national broadcaster. Amid these constraints, NBC’s management has been accused of overworking and underpaying staff while awarding themselves hefty...
Rudolf Gaiseb Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani says tribalism continues to rear its ugly head, keeping Namibia polarised, thereby threatening cohesion, social harmony and equitable development. In addition, he said tribalism is rooted in the legacy of colonialism and apartheid systems and it deliberately divides Namibians and entrenches unequal development across regions. Venaani, who...