Environmental organisations believe climate change is one of the main contributing factors towards human-wildlife conflict in rural communities. These sentiments were shared by delegates from the Namibian Association of Community Based Natural Resource Management during a meeting with the secretariat of the Green Climate Fund in Windhoek.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Anna Nghipondoka has urged all stakeholders in the education sector to work as a team in addressing all challenges facing the sector. Nghipondoka made the call when she addressed education officials, principals and school boards in the Zambezi Region at Katima Mulilo.
SWAPO, the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) and an independent candidate have registered with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to contest the upcoming by-election in the Otjiwarongo Constituency on 9 March. SWAPO is fielding Marlayn Sharley Mbakera as its candidate, LPM’s candidate is Sebeteus Guiteb while Erastus Mbumba will run as an independent candidate. This […]
Addressing stakeholders at Rundu, Deputy Education Minister Anna Nghipondoka reiterated her call on Namibians to embrace the revised education curriculum, which she says is aimed at bringing the country’s education system on par with other countries. She dismissed claims that the curriculum was hastily implemented without proper consultations, explaining that the process started six years […]
US ambassador to Namibia Lisa Johnson says her office is prepared to work with the Government to respond to the Coronavirus outbreak. This is in the wake of Kenya and Ethiopia confirming cases of the virus detected, prompting other African countries, including Namibia, to increase surveillance.
The US Embassy in Namibia plans to expand its drought assistance to six more regions. The country’s ambassador Lisa Johnson announced this during a courtesy call on President Hage Geingob at State House.
A subsistence farmer from Epingiro-One in the Kavango West Region has lost eleven cattle, after they were struck by lightning. The farmer, Mutundu Kanganga says the disaster is a great loss to the family as it largely depends on livestock.
The Outgoing Executive Director of the Namibian National Farmers Union (NNFU) has described his 10-year tenure at the helm of the union as having been a success. In an interview with NBC News Mwilima Mushokobanji says a lot has been achieved in the transformation of the agriculture sector. Mushojobanji noted under his leadership, the NNFU […]
Windhoek Magistrate Celma Amadhila has postponed, to 17 April, the case in which Carolina Nkata and Rachael Kureva stand accused of beating to death and burning the body of a nine-year-old girl in Windhoek. They were remanded in custody, while the third accused is yet to be added to the charge sheet as he is […]
The Namibia Motor Sport Federation, in conjunction with the Windhoek Motor Club, recognised top performers for their hard work throughout the 2019 season at a combined awards ceremony held in Windhoek on Saturday. Coastal drivers and their navigators, as well as bike riders, emerged as some of the big winners. It was an action-packed year […]
