The Public Service Commission is perceived by some as a body reluctant to solve cases tasked to it. Addressing staff, the Chairperson of the Public Service Commission Salmaan Jacobs, urged them to perform their duties with a sense of accountability, transparency and freedom from corruption to change the negative perception. Jacobs says that, as a regulatory […]

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) has officially launched its political calendar year for 2023. This is in preparation for the 2024 elections.  Party members converged at the party’s Head office for various activities.  The party’s Secretary General Joseph Kauandenge addressed the media on pertinent issues of national concern. Kauandenge, expressed concern about the state […]

The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has called on stakeholders in the industry to be content with the disruptions brought by geo-political tension in the supply of basic foodstuffs. Carl Schlettwein was speaking at the Inter-sectoral coordination and technical exchange workshop on food security and agronomic support. “Our country has enormous potential, not […]

Education stakeholders in the Okakarara Constituency want 2023 to be a year to address indiscipline and promote community involvement in the education of children. They expressed these sentiments at a motivational night after schools in the area recorded less than 40 learners pass rate last year. Okakarara Primary School’s Head of Department Samo Mbapaha stressed […]

Parents of grade one-pupils at Okeendapa Combined School in Omusati’s Otamanzi constituency are calling on the Minister of Education Arts and Culture to create a grade-one teaching post. There are about 61 grade one pupils at the school this year with seven more on the waiting list . The number is higher than the teacherlearner […]

Political parties from Eswatini and Civil Society Organisations from some SADC countries have called on the regional body to facilitate dialogue between role players in Africa’s last absolute monarch. The call was made at a media conference, which was held on the sidelines of the just-ended SADC Troika Summit in Windhoek. The Kingdom of Eswatini […]

The Kingdom of Eswatini is urged to convene an urgent national dialogue. The two-day Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika wants talks to be held in a calm and peaceful environment. The call by the Organ Troika comes amid rising acts of sporadic violence in Eswatini, with all sides blaming one another. In recent […]

Resettled farmers on Westfalen farm in Mariental Rural Constituency are struggling to produce enough maize for the past five years due to broken equipment and other challenges. The government’s resettlement program, not only aims at redressing the colonial injustices of land distribution, but also to improve the lives of displaced or dispossessed previously disadvantaged Namibians. […]

Pictured in the first frame: (from left) Windhoek City Police Traffic Department Assistant Sergeant, Esther Kangueehi; President of the Namibia Cycling Federation, Axel Theissen; Nedbank Namibia Chief Financial Officer, JG van Graan; Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Hon. Agnes Tjongarero; NHP Marketing and Communication Manager, Kwedhi Amagulu; Windhoek Pedal Power Cycling Club representative, […]

There is a high demand for serviced plots countrywide and the government is hard at work to deliver on its promise of providing housing. Residents of Klein Aub settlement in Rehoboth Rural Constituency received plots of land to build their houses through the Hardap Regional Council. After finishing the servicing of demarcated land the Klein […]