Earning too low an income can present a variety of problems for families, with access to health care being the most complex and prevalent. 38-year-old Olga Ngola worked as a domestic worker until an interstitial lung disease robbed her family of an income and subjected her to an oxygen machine. Ngola was diagnosed with interstitial […]

Four men accused in the stabbing and killing of 22-year-old Peter Bocky Amwaalwa made their first appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court. Amwaalwa was found dead in a pool of blood by members of the police on patrol in Mondesa more than a week ago. Suspects Ellen Goa-Eiseb (17), Linden Duwe (27), Sidney Jooste (24), […]

The high influx of people in the coastal towns of Swakopmund and Walvis Bay has put pressure on schools there despite the construction of additional classrooms and projects. In his State of the Region Address, the Governor of the Erongo Region, Neville Andre, said during the period under review, the Directorate of Education, Art, and […]

Some young men from Rundu had the opportunity to talk about issues surrounding healthy masculinity. According to Care Unit, a private social worker’s office in Rundu, there is an increase in harmful behaviour amongst local men, such as risky sexual behaviour, suicide, low productivity in school and workplaces, and risky driving practises. Experts say there […]

Kalahari Constituency Councillor, Ignatius Kariseb has called on the crop farming communities to come up with sustainable agricultural methods in order to unlock the full potential of the sector. Kariseb made this remark during the 7th Omaheke Crop Farmers Day held at Blouberg Settlement in the Kalahari Constituency. Kariseb emphasised that food security in the […]

Young people will once again be presented with an opportunity to explore the latest information and communication technology trends and present their latest innovations and inventions within the ICT space at this year’s 7th National ICT Summit. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is thus calling on stakeholders to take part in the […]

It is evident that the government’s social programmes are making an impact in the lives of many Namibians, of whom some could have otherwise been worse off without them. In the Erongo Region, a total of 28,739 people receive government social grants monthly, and it is this number that the governor commended the government for […]

The National Training Authority (NTA) will host the 3rd National Skills Competition in September. NTA entered into an exciting Service Level Agreement with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (nbc). The agreement will see full coverage of the skills competition across all of nbc’s platforms. The event is in preparation for the Global WorldSkills competition, which is […]

The annual US-Africa Business Summit hopes to put a spotlight on value addition to Africa’s natural resources. The summit is expected to start on Tuesday in Botswana for four days under the theme ‘Enhancing Africa’s Value in Global Value Chains’. More than a thousand U.S. and African private sector executives, international investors, senior government officials, […]

Namibia is said to be behind in terms of medical research, with most of the studies done outside the country. This came out during a health seminar and annual general meeting for the Namibia Medical Society (NMC) held at Ongwediva. The seminar covered different health-related topics, including pharmaceutical procurement, endoscopic procedures that identify the presence […]