A 35-year-old Swakopmund resident Zenobia Seas pleaded guilty to murdering her three-year-old daughter, Ava Owoses, in September 2016. Seas was accused of suffocating her daughter with a piece of cloth along the Henties Bay-Terrace Bay road.
SADC member states are expected to grow their gross domestic product (GDP) up to 7%. Speaking at a media briefing in the capital SADC Director of Finance, Investment and Customs and Industrial Development and Trade, Tapiwa Samanga said so far only Tanzania has been consistent in doing so. Economic analyst Mally Likukela discuss the issue.
The upcoming SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government will set a date for the region’s solidarity conference with Western Sahara. Western Sahara is colonised by Morocco.
The former Chairperson of SADC Council of Ministers Lindiwe Sisulu says the region should continue efforts at developing infrastructure to facilitate regional trade. Sisulu also encouraged member states to diversify their economies to promote value addition to accelerate economic integration process.
Windhoek – 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Ananias Shikongo received the keys to his newly-built house in Windhoek’s Greenwell Matongo area on Monday. The house was built by Standard Bank Namibia in conjunction with the National Housing Enterprise to the tune of N$500 000. The house was presented as a token of appreciation for Shikongo’s Gold […]
The incoming Chairperson of SADC Council of Ministers, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants to see the regional body creates its own pool of knowledge to effectively participate in the global industrial value chain. Nandi-Ndaitwah, says member states should provide quality education as well as skills training to the youth to motivate them to be innovative entrepreneurs for […]
The Namibia National Netball Team is set to kick off their Africa Netball World Cup campaign against Uganda on Tuesday. The week-long African Championship, which takes place in Zambia, started today. Namibia will, however, only get active tomorrow as they try to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in Liverpool, England. For Namibia to book […]
Media awards will be scooped during the 38th SADC Summit currently underway in the capital. Since 1996 the SADC Secretariat introduced media awards to promote regional media in disseminating information. NBC News team caught up with the previous NBC winners of the SADC media awards to find out the importance of the awards. Jacqueline Hindjou-Mafwila […]
The Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Ministry will host a social protection expert seminar in Swakopmund on 21 to 23 August. That was revealed by the Permanent Secretary, Esther Lusepani, in a media statement. The seminar, which seeks amicable ways to strengthen Namibia’s existing social protection system, will be held under the theme; ‘Towards a […]
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has appointed its vice president, Steve Bezuidenhout, as interim president. RDP secretary-general Mike Kavekotora said Bezuidenhout will serve as acting-president until the elective convention is held in November. Kavekotora explained that since the date for the elective convention had already been set, the RDP resolved that there is […]
