The just ended Swapo Party Youth League Central Committee meeting resolved that the position of Party President will not be contested at the upcoming congress later this year. The Youth league had a marathon meeting deliberating on a number of issues, which include a call for continuity of leadership in the Swapo party.

The Walvis Bay Municipality says the number of backyard squatters at the town has quadrupled over the past 19 years. There were only 9 000 people living in backyard shacks at the town in 1998 but the figure today stands at 50 000 people.

President Hage Geingob will attend the African Union Committee of Ten in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea next week. The committee, known as C-10 is looking at the acceleration of the United Nations reforms, particularly the Security Council.

The United People’s Movement held its central committee meeting calling on members to commit themselves to the party. As the party repositions itself for the year 2020, hard work and community service are key to the UPM’s success.

Young people in Usakos want the Town Council to increase investment opportunities to reduce the high unemployment rate at the town.

The Nigerian government has called for extra vigilance for the symptoms of Ebola. That comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced an outbreak in the DRC.

The SADC Parliamentary Forum intends to transform into a regional parliament. It says such a move would enable it to be a stand alone body of the regional bloc.

The four lions that escaped from the Etosha National Park have killed seven more cattle in Omutambo Gwomawe area of the Omusati Region. Officials from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has killed one lion and are searching for the other three.

A total of 49 unemployed youth in the Oshana Region received sponsorship of over N$150 000 from the Regional Governor’s Skills Development Programme. The sponsorship, funded by NAMSOV Community Trust, is to train the youth in different vocational disciplines to supplement government’s efforts in accelerating youth enterprise development, poverty alleviation and unemployment.

Namibians are urged to stop consulting traditional and spiritual healers for their ailments, but to rather visit the nearest medical health services. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Bernard Haufiku made the plea at the inauguration of the Maxuilili Clinic in the Tobias Hainyeko Constituency in Windhoek. Haufiku says despite that the ministry ensuring […]