The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has established a research desk to review the effectiveness of youth empowerment policies. SPYL’s Secretary for Information and Mobilization, Moses Shikerete, made the announcement at Rundu. Shikerere says the SPYL is concerned with the slow implementation of programs and policies aimed at youth empowerment. However, the issue remains the […]
The Director of Education for the Kavango East Region, Fanuel Kapapero, has retired. Kapapero has been in the education sector for more than 20 years and rose through the ranks, first as a teacher, then as Head of Division, and was later promoted to Regional Director of Education in the Kavango East Region in 2017. […]
Namibia has launched the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Project in collaboration with the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium. The project aims at promoting health and early detection as well as identifying factors that contribute to breast and prostate cancer. The project will be carried out by different countries in the private and public sectors to […]
The Presidency has dismissed an advertisement purporting that President Hage Geingob and his Zambian counterpart, Hakainde Hichilema, are giving out grants of $3,000. The advert in question made the rounds on social media, stating that: HAGE 3000 DOLLARS CASH GRANT IS NOW OPEN AND IS ONGOING. It further purports that the alleged cash grant is […]
CENORED has appointed its Network Executive, Gabriel Awaseb, as the acting Chief Executive Officer. His appointment in an acting capacity follows the resignation of Robert Kahimise, now the new CEO of the Electricity Control Board. Board Chairperson Moses Matyayi says Awaseb will act for three months while a new CEO is being recruited. “I am […]
The Namibian government is committed to widening access to institutions of higher learning in the country. This was said by Vice President Nangolo Mbumba when he inaugurated the University of Namibia’s (UNAM) Southern Campus lecture hall complex at Keetmanshoop in the ||Kharas Region. The government invested N$93 million for the first phase of the construction […]
Almost four years after releasing an explosive documentary titled ‘Anatomy of a Bribe’, in which it exposed large-scale looting of Namibia’s fishing resources by senior government officials, among others, Al Jazeera’s focus has now shifted to Zimbabwe. The Qatari-owned news channel recently dropped a bombshell with the first episode of the docu-series, entitled ‘The Gold […]
The visitors from the Southern Cape SWD Eagles, scored 4 consecutive tries in the first half through scrumhalf Sachin Toring, and a chip and chase from flyhalf Adriaan van der Berg while left winger Mpho Ntsane and fullback Darryl Fortuin also touchdown for the visitors. The Welwitschias however could only manage one try from lock […]
A Legal Aid senior lawyer has come under fire after she tweeted tribal slurs in which she was attributing violence to the Damara people. Lawyer Eva Maria Nangolo on Sunday posted a tweet to her over 1,600 followers, saying that the ‘Horokhoes’ festival hosted by the Damara women over the weekend overshadowed the violence of […]
Namibia has 2,100 US$-millionaires, and its millionaire population is expected to grow by 60% or more over the next decade, up to 2032. Rwanda, Zambia, Seychelles, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Morocco are also expected to grow at the same rate as Namibia. This is according to the just-published Africa Wealth Report 2023, which […]
