The Namibian National Teachers’ Union (NANTU) has warned the government to ensure the process of addressing of the increase in wage bill costs does not affect social sectors. The Union’s call comes after the Central Bank advised government to consider freezing wages of civil servants to address the causes of the increase in its wage […]

Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba has been installed as the University of Namibia’s Chancellor. Mbumba was also accorded honorary doctorate Degree of Public Administration. He takes over from former President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, whose term ended last year.

Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Ester Anna Nghipondoka officially inaugurated the Karasburg Learning Village on Wednesday. She said recent statistics indicate that 99,1% of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years in the //Karas Region are considered literate. But this, according to Nghipondoka, is not reason enough to be content, […]

President of the official opposition, the Popular Democratic Movement, McHenry Venaani has applauded President Hage Geingob for his achievements over his past three years in office. Venaani was speaking at an event organised to analyse three years of the President in office.

The mushrooming of illegal gambling houses in Namibia could be a thing of the past once the Gambling and Entertainment Control Bill becomes law. Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta tabled the Bill in National Assembly. There are said to be more illegal gambling machines compared to those registered countrywide.

Communities living along the rivers and floodplain areas are cautioned to be on the lookout for wild animals. This warning comes in the wake of separate incidents last month in which crocodiles and hippos attacked and killed three people. The first incident claimed the live of a 45-year-old man, who was killed by a hippo […]

Four unemployed women, who are part of Katutura East Council Development Committee, voluntarily started a clean-up campaign in their location along the Mikka Shimbuli Street in Windhoek. Residents of the Katutura East Constituency in the Khomas Region have decided to jointly maintain general health and hygiene, in order to prevent contagious diseases. Members of the […]

Olukonda born, Rauha Alumbungu, from the Katutura Old Age home, celebrated her 104th birthday in the capital on Wednesday.

President Hage Geingob has added his voice to the thousands who have paid tribute to the late ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. President Geingob, in a statement issued, said Madikizela-Mandela was a “courageous revolutionary and a colossus in the fight for freedom in South Africa, and the struggle for a better life, for the majority.” Geingob […]

The Facebook account of the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Alpheus !Naruseb has reportedly been hacked. Permanent Secretary in that ministry, Percy Misika says the minister’s account has been hacked by an unscrupulous person claiming to be Alpheus !Naruseb. The hacker is believed responsible for information circulated on the minister’s Facebook account, offering loans […]