Otjiwarongo Secondary School was recently awarded the best-performing government school in the Otjozondjupa Region for the year 2022. The overall best-performing school award went to Educate Academy, a private school in Otjiwarongo. The best-performing learners both for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level and the Advanced Subsidiary received a trophy, a certificate, and N$420. […]
Police in the Kavango East Region visited numerous schools in the region as part of Operation Genesis. During their visit, the police educated the learners on crime prevention and the importance of self-discipline. Kavango East Acting Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner Eino Nambahu, says the school visiting programme is part of the police’s responsibility. The Acting […]
The police in the Kavango West Region say that despite a few cases of criminal activity, the region is doing well in terms of curbing crime. They say no serious crimes have been reported in the region of late. Nampol’s Head of Operations in Kavango West, Johannes Muronga, indicated during Operation Genesis at Nkurenkuru that […]
Saturday night was one to remember as the Miss Namibia Organisation put on a glamorous show in the capital, Windhoek. Not only that but there was diversity in both beauty pageant contestants and those on the carpet. It was all fun and glamour under the blue lights. During the preliminary round, 30 beauty pageant contestants […]
The Association of the Diplomatic Spouses in Namibia, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund, hosted its annual international food and craft bazaar in the capital. The charity bazaar was meant to raise funds for combating gender-based violence. This year, Lifeline/Childline is the targeted organisation to benefit from the event proceeds. More than 22 […]
Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has launched a school garden programme at Oshekasheka Combined School in the Oshana Region. NWR has committed to setting up gardens at schools across the country to supplement the government’s school feeding programme with vegetables and fruits. An amount of N$500,000 has been set aside for this course at selected schools, […]
Clotilde Monkam, a Cameroonian citizen and businesswoman, has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Namibia to Douala in the Littoral Region. The proposal of Monkam as Honorary Consul of Namibia to Douala was made in August last year, and the official handover took place last week. The Consulate of Namibia is expected to strengthen […]
Political parties contesting the upcoming Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency by-election have expressed dissatisfaction after the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) issued a media statement announcing the issuance of duplicate voter cards for residents on the eve of the elections. In a media statement, ECN announced that the issuance of duplicate voter cards to registered voters is […]
The Namibia Investment Promotion and Facilitation Bill, if unchanged, will see the introduction of compliance officers to ensure that businesses operate within the confines of the laws. Speaking at the stakeholders’ engagement at Keetmanshoop, the Minister of Trade and Industrialization, Lucia Iipumbu, explained the benefits that come with the bill once it becomes law, as […]
Lead iOS Developer at Green Enterprise Solutions, Audrey Chanakira, says data has become a critical raw material for producing digital products and services. She says Namibia is at a disadvantage because the country does not have its own local systems to protect its data. “Right now, as it stands, when it comes to data, what […]
