UNAM and trade unions NAPWU and NANTU agreed to a once-off cash payment equivalent to 5% of seven months’ basic salary payable to all staff members within the bargaining unit on 14 December and those who are still in the employment of Unam at the time of signing of the agreement. To end the strike […]

Farmers in the Erongo Region continue to feel the pinch of the prolonged drought. Mini !Uiseb is a famer from the Daures Constituency who lost 50 head of cattle in the past four years.

SADC Ministers of Health have agreed to strengthen capacity at district levels as well as train junior medical officers to gain the necessary skills for surgical interventions. These were some of the resolutions at the just-concluded SADC Ministers of Health meeting in Windhoek.

A five-member delegation of the Advisory Council on Military Veterans of South Africa is in Namibia on a five-day study tour. The head of the delegation and member of the Advisory Council, Dr Pumza Dyantyi says the purpose of the tour is to benchmark experiences in the integration of war veterans and veterans’ welfare programmes […]

Namibia’s current ambassador to Angola, Grace Uushona has been appointed as Permanent Secretary to the Presidency. The Presidency made the announcement on Monday. Uushona’s appointment is effective from 1 December to May 2021. She will replace Samuel /Goagoseb, who is tipped to take up an ambassadorial assignment. Uushona served in a number of positions in […]

The first-ever Safety and Security Expo is scheduled to take place in February next year. The aim of the expo is to find solutions to social ills plaguing the country. Launching the Namibia Safety and Security Expo in Windhoek, managing director Helena Mootseng says there is a need to create a safe society through public […]

A 22-year-old man, accused of killing his employer, kidnapped his employer’s wife and rolled a car he had stolen from the farm, before going on the run, was was arrested Monday afternoon at Rundu, Kavango East. The Namibian Police in Erongo say the deceased and his wife were visiting the farm for the weekend, when […]

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) has refuted claims by the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation that it has failed to furnish the ministry with audited financial statements. The student organisation says it was never required to provide the ministry with audited financial reports, as stated by Minister of Higher Education, Training and […]

The Outjo Mayoral Fund continues to address social issues affecting the community, and those unable to sustain themselves financially.

The number of people who died in a car accident on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi road last week has risen to nine. The latest victim is the 48-year-old driver of the Toyota Hilux bakkie.