Late Namibian actor Nǃxau ǂToma, who starred in the 1980 movie, ‘The God’s Must Be Crazy’ and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo was honoured with a Lifetime Achivement Award, at the fifth Namibian Film and Theatre Awards, held at the National Theatre of Namibia on Saturday. Handing over the prestigious […]

Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Geofrey Onyeama arrived in Namibia on a two day official visit. Onyeama was received by the Executive Director of the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Selma Ashipala-Musavi at the Hosea Kutako International Airport. Onyeama is expected to meet his counterpart Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday to discuss bilateral regional and multilateral […]

SWAPO Party’s Secretary-General Sophia Shaningwa says the party will continue creating an enabling environment and empowering Namibians to improve their living standards. Shaningwa was speaking at the launch of the party’s election manifesto at Outapi.

SWAPO supporters from all 14 regions converged at Outapi for the launch of the party’s 2019 election manifesto. The manifesto outlines what the party will do once re-elected into power.

An award winning freelance journalist says distinctive journalism is about pushing the boundaries, giving voice to citizens and departing from the traditional top-down or one-to-many schemes. World-renowned journalist and two time Emmy winner Safa al Ahmad attended the Editors Forum of Namibia’s awards ceremony. She also paid a visit to NBC and shared her experiences […]

The Namibian newspaper’s Nomhle Kangootuui is 2019’s Journalist of the Year. Kangootui received this honour at the maiden Editors’ Forum of Namibia journalism awards. Catherine Sasman of the Namibian Sun scooped the Agriculture and Environment Journalist of the Year for her story on the illegal harvesting of timber in the Kavango Regions.

The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) is meeting in Windhoek for the first-ever. The inaugural assembly is aimed at preparing the party for the upcoming elections towards the end of November. LPM has outlined some of its key priority areas which it aims to focus once elected in power on 27 November.

A Senior Lecturer at the Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) says the church has not lost its relevance in fighting social ills. Lukas Katenda emphasises that there is a link between income inequality, poverty and social ills such as gender-based violence.

Martti Ahtisaari Primary School is among the few schools in the country that offers Information Communication and Technology as a subject from pre-primary level to Grade 7. The school has been teaching the subject for the past four years, and teachers are satisfied with the results.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) inaugurated the first Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) electric car project in Windhoek. The VGI pilot project not only aims to introduce electric vehicles in Namibia but to create flexibility, economic advantages, and opportunities to optimise renewable energy use. Nissan South Africa donated two vehicles installed with VGI at a cost […]