The community of Okahungu Village in the Otjinene Constituency received seeds of maize and cowpeas through the office of the Omaheke Regional Governor. Governor Pijoo Nganate called on the community to work hard to become self-sustainable, saying the seeds would help unlock food security at the household level. Speaking at Okahungu, Regional Governor Pijoo Nganate […]

More investment from the private sector is needed to change the negative behavior of road users and achieve zero road accidents. This is the view of Jones Lutombi, Manager for Accident and Injury Prevention at the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund. The Navachab Gold Mine, in collaboration with the MVA Fund, launched a road safety […]

Judge Shafimana Ueitele has ordered the Namibian Government to release four Angolan children who have been in state custody for more than four years. In 2018, the state opened a case against businessman Simon Andjamba on charges of human trafficking. It was alleged that the businessman trafficked the four children from Angola. The four children […]

International tourist arrivals at Sossusvlei have increased in 2022 compared to the past two years. The COVID-19 pandemic wrecked the sector, and there will be no tourist arrivals in 2020. Sossusvlei in southern Namibia is internationally famous for having spectacular landscapes. Tourists flock here to see and climb some of the tallest sand dunes in […]

The Roads Authority (RA) will undertake a feasibility study on the condition of the Okahandja-Otjiwarongo road. According to Sydney Boois, who is the Transportation Executive at the RA, the study is to determine the technical, economic, environmental, and social viability of the B1 road’s preservation. Otjozondjupa was identified as one of the regions with the […]

Vendors at the Swakopmund Nedbank Food Festival have commended the organizers for empowering them. Most of the vendors were negatively affected by the lockdown regulations of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years. The Nedbank Food Festival in Swakopmund attracted hundreds of visitors over the past three days. This is the fourth year the […]

The Outjo Municipality says it continues to be challenged in terms of water provision in the town due to low water pressure. Mayor Johannes Bapello delivered his 2022 mayor’s report at Outjo. Bapello reports that the water level has been declining due to poor rainfall, and as such, the council has embarked on drilling new […]

Cabinet has approved the deployment of 5G technology in Namibia. 5G wireless technology is meant to deliver higher multi-data speeds, more reliability, and massive network capacity. This was just one of the many decisions taken at the 22nd Cabinet meeting this month. Cabinet supported the appropriation of the required budget for the implementation of the […]

Namibian Police Chief, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, is in Kavango East Region addressing crime in the country through engagements with the public and business fraternity. The Inspector General is on the ground to ensure effective policing by NamPol is enhanced. He stated that the most common criminal activities in Kavango East Region are street robberies, […]

At Rundu, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism is raising awareness about littering. Romeo Muyunda, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Ministries, says the Ministry is concerned that the country is becoming dirtier, which prompted the clean-up campaign. “The concern really is basically the fact that the country’s environment is […]