Subsistence farmers in northern Namibia are capitalizing on the subsidies provided by the government for plowing and the purchase of seeds for their crop fields. A government tractor charges N$250 for one vector of land, while privately owned tractors are charged per hour, costs that are not affordable to many in remote rural areas. Okatana […]

Blouwes Traditional Authority Councillor Annamarie Swartbooi told nbc News at Itsawisis that despite the numerous challenges that residents of the tiny settlement faced in 2022, she is optimistic that the year 2023 will bring prosperity. Even more exciting, he says, are the good rains expected in the first weeks of next month. Itsawisis is situated […]

A 25-year-old man was today denied bail in the Katima Mulilo Magistrates Court on a murder charge after he attacked his biological father. It is alleged that Munembo Sibonena hit his father with a pounding stick at the back of his head on Tuesday at Wabona village in the Sibbinda area, accusing his father of […]

Miss Namibia Cassia Sharpley left last week to represent Namibia at Miss Universe in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation’s Chairperson, Lazarus Jacobs, urged the public to vote for Sharpley to be among the semi-finalists of the Miss Universe pageant. Sharpley was selected to represent Namibia at the 71st Miss […]

The Namibian Correctional Facility is cautioning the public not to make any monetary payment to any person claiming to assist in securing employment in the National Correctional Service. In a media statement, Commissioner General Raphael Hamunyela says they have been receiving numerous complaints from job seekers who fell victim to paying money to strangers offering […]

Student activists in the ||Kharas Region fear that ordinary skills might have to be imported in the future as student admissions to tertiary institutions in the country decrease each year. Out of the 738 candidates that registered for the 2022 Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) level in the ||Kharas Region, only 208 qualified for […]

Self-challenge is a source that can push one to do better, and when you put it to the test, seemingly impossible things become possible. Max Feilmeier from Delta Secondary School in the Khomas Region took first place in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary Level Examinations, and he says for him, it was all […]

The Director of Corporate Engagement and International Relations at UNAM, Dr. Marius Kudumo, says Namibian academics are excelling internationally despite the opinions of naysayers. Dr. Kudumo says what the education sector needs to thrive is support from stakeholders. “There are professors in France who are alumni of UNAM; in the UK, there are people at […]

The Namibia Agricultural Union has described the year 2022 as having been a good one in terms of both livestock and crop production. It says these good results give hope to farmers in the commercial sector to even do better next year. As the year 2022 wound up, farmers were starting to count their earnings […]

The construction of a N$59 million maternity ward at Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital is nearing completion. The Onandjokwe maternity ward will be the largest ward among all public health facilities, with a bed capacity of 120. Currently, the ward has a bed capacity of 70. It will have its own two theatres, a high-care unit for […]