Cabinet has approved plans by a Chinese company to grow tobacco and maize in the Zambezi Region. The leasehold of a piece of land measuring 10 000 hectares was approved pending finalisation from the Cabinet Committee on Trade and Development.

The main suspect in the double murder of NIMT’s top two officials, Ernst Lichtenstrasser, testified in court that the Erongo Police forced him to confess to the murders. Lichtenstrasser denied any involvement in the crime.

First Lady Monica Geingos says there should be an investigation into why certain ethnic groups make up a higher percentage of the prison population. She shared her observations during the inauguration of the Female Correctional Centre in Windhoek on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare rolled out its Food Bank programme in the Zambezi Region. More than 200 households at Katima Mulilo and 93 at the Bukalo settlement have been identified as beneficiaries.

Pedestrians-related accidents happening on the Trans-Zambezi Highway, particularly in Rundu and surroundings have become a cause for concern. According to the statistics by the Namibia Motor Vehicle Accident Fund 55 pedestrians were killed in the Kavango East Region over the past three years.

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) in the Kavango East Region will observe the Day of the African Child tomorrow. The African Union, the predecessor of the Organisation of African Unity had declared 16 of June, the Day of the African Child to honour the victims of the Soweto Uprising on the same date in […]

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Namibia has kept the Repo Rate unchanged at 6,75%. The Governor of the Central Bank, Ipumbu Shiimi, says the repo rate remained unchanged to continue supporting domestic growth while maintaining the one-on-one link between the Namibian Dollar and the South African Rand. The decision was taken […]