A homestead in Ondado village in the Oshikoto Region is on the verge of collapsing due to the excessive sand mining in the area.

The Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo this week announced that the price of fuel will increase for the fifth time this year. The fuel price rise is attributed to a widening depreciation in the exchange rate between the Namibia dollar against the US dollar. The petrol price will go up by 50 cents […]

The Hardap regional council has started with feedback sessions on the the outcome of the second Land Conference. The Chairperson of the Hardap Regional Council Edward Wambo says such sessions gives the council an opportunity to explain the resolutions emanating from the land conference to the community at the grassroots level.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, is calling for a holistic approach towards gender-based violence. The ministry wants to establish regional ‘gender-based violence’ and ‘human rights’ clusters, to more effectively address the issue of GBV.

SADC Ministers responsible for health will be meeting in Namibia’s capital to discuss ways to provide and improve quality health care to the region’s population. This was said by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ben Nangombe in an interview with NBC News ahead of the official opening of the […]

Farming and agro-processing are soon to become attractive and rewarding businesses in Namibia. This is according to Agriculture, Water and Forestry Permanent Secretary Percy Misika. Misika was speaking at the graduation and hand over of farming units to 30 small and medium scale farmers at Mashare.

The Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua is promoting support for orphanages to decrease the number of children on streets and baby dumping cases. There are about five registered orphanages in Swakopmund and Tears of Hope is one of them. This centre was set up in 2001 and accommodates 23 children with the youngest 10-months old.

Police have removed the body of 29-year-old Ivan Pitt, the man suspected to have killed his live-in girlfriend, Lindie Prinsloo, in Swakopmund on Friday. Pitt’s body was found hanging from the ceiling of the garage in the house the couple was living in. The police were looking for him over the weekend after Prinsloo’s body […]