A former senior traditional councillor and village headman of the Ongula yaNetanga village, in the Ohangwena Region, Petrus Shimwefeleni Kauluma, died today. The long-serving assistant of the Ondonga King died at Paramount Hospital in Windhoek, aged 93. Fillemon Nangolo of the Ondonga Traditional Authority, has confirmed the death of Peter Kauluma. Kauluma has been Omukwaniilwa […]

The dispute among SWAPO councillors at Rundu seems to be far from over. Some SWAPO branches in Rundu Urban District now want councilors who defied a party directive withdrawn from the town council. The branches held meetings over the weekend to deliberate on their next course of action.

Child protection officials from 27 African countries and participants from the SOS International office are in Windhoek for a week long meeting to develop strategy for the Eastern, Southern Africa region.

Public private partnership (PPP) has the potential to be the driving force in accelerating the provision of infrastructure and better services. This was one of the sentiments expressed during a panel discussion on leveraging PPPs as a vehicle for development held at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST).

Sixteen bills are expected to be tabled in the National Assembly this year. The ninth session of the sixth parliament is scheduled to resume on Wednesday under the theme ‘Promoting Integrity, Accountability and Professionalism’.

The Government says it would have been unfair to deny Egypt the rotating AU chairmanship position over claims by lobby groups. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says isolating Egypt while it is solving its internal problems would have created problems for the African Union.

The latest news about the Namibia Premier League which is making headlines in local media for all the wrong reasons has promoted the league’s biggest financial backer MTC to request an urgent meeting with the league’s leadership on the 25th of this month. In a letter addressed to the League’s Chairman Patrick Kauta and the […]

Sport Minister Erastus Uutoni – accompanied by several other ministry officials – visited the local textile company Dinapama manufacturing and supplies in Windhoek on Monday. The visit followed a call by Uutoni to manufacture national sports gear locally to help curb unemployment. Dinapama reacted to the call of the Sports Minister and invited him for […]

Comoros wants SADC to be fully involved in its electoral process but the regional body says its newest member must first ratify required protocols. Comorian President Azali Assoumani and SADC chair, President Hage Geingob met on the sidelines of the 32nd AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Tributes are pouring in for retired teacher and community activist Norman Titus who died on Saturday after a short illness. He was 73. Titus dedicated his life to education and served as teacher and principal at the Gammams Primary School and Emma Hoogenhout Primary School, among others. He fostered the love for education in both […]