The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is satisfied with the turnout of eligible voters in the Kavango East Region for the just-ended supplementary registration of voters. ECN regional coordinator Patrick Haingura says the Rundu Urban and Mukwe Constituencies recorded the highest number of registered voters.

Suspended Agricultural Business Development (AGRIBUSDEV) chief executive officer Petrus Linekela Uugwanga allegedly committed suicide in Otjomuise today. He was 47 years old. He reportedly shot himself in the chest at about 14h22 in his car. Police say there was no suicide note. A pump-action shotgun was found a few metres from the body. The body […]

Self-taught gymnast Stephanie Katusuva began her sports-related journey at her new school, Windhoek Gymnasium on Monday. The 12-year-old previously received a sponsorship from Olympic Solidarity through the Namibia National Olympic Committee. Katusuva, who hails from Oshiteyi village in the Omusati region, got a warm welcome from both the principal of Windhoek Gymnasium’s senior primary school […]

Football player Ananias Gebhardt recently said he was sure that his South African club Baroka FC would survive the relegation battle to stay in the top league of that country. After initially playing for Namibian side Black Africa, Ananias Gebhardt signed with South African PSL club Baroka FC in 2018. Considering that his club recently […]

The Governor of the Oshana Region is calling on contractors who have been awarded tenders to deliver quality work to avoid wasting Government resources. Elia Irimari made the remarks when he recently inspected ongoing renovations and building of school infrastructure that benefited from the N$64 million COVID-19 development budget.

The Hangana Seafood Fishing Company has signed a recognition agreement with the Namibian Fishing Industries and the Fisherman Workers’ Union at Walvis Bay.

The Namibian Police in the Oshana Region have warned the public to be vigilant of suspicious movements and people at automatic teller machines (ATM). The warning follows the arrest of three men at Endola in Oshana after they robbed two women of N$2 000.

Introduction of the basic income grant that was piloted in Otjivero, Omitara in the Omaheke Region gave people hope and should be brought back and introduced to all regions. These were the sentiments shared during a zoom meeting as part of celebrating the International Basic Income Grant Week.

President Hage Geingob upon the recommendation of the National Honours Advisory Committee has conferred an official funeral on the late Silvanus Vatuva, who passed away at the beginning of this month, aged 87.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services confirmed that the parcels prepared by relatives and friends of Namibian students currently studying in Cuba will leave from Namibia to Havana, through Johannesburg on 18 September. This follows a failed first attempt to deliver the parcels at the beginning of August. The purchase order to the cargo […]