The mother of the two young siblings who died in a fire recently in Swakopmund’s DRC informal settlement has denied allegations that she was absent from home at the time of the tragic incident. This is in response to media reports that Zelda ?Goses was not at the fire scene and only arrived after the […]
A group of concerned residents of Tses Village have petitioned ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze over the local council’s poor service delivery and maladministration. In a petition they handed over to Gertze, the group charged that the council imposes municipal charges without prior consultations with residents. They further raised concerns over alleged embezzlement of council funds, […]
Health and Social Services Minister Dr. Esperance Luvindao confirmed a second case of Mpox at Swakopmund. Luvindao said that the first was on 18 October 2025; the second was officially confirmed today. The patients are receiving a complement of treatments at the Swakopmund District Hospital and are in isolation. She said, “I wish to highlight […]
Pharmacists are not celebrated as much as other healthcare professionals due to misconceptions that they are simply salespeople rather than healthcare providers. However, the Ministry of Health and Social Services Acting Deputy Executive Director, Johannes Gaeseb, emphasised the vital role they play in the healthcare system chain. Gaeseb said at the launch of the Pharmacy […]
Mental health experts have raised an alarm over the growing number of professionals taking their own lives, saying decent and meaningful employment remains crucial to individual well-being and national productivity. Speaking at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Psychosocial Wellbeing, industrial psychologist and keynote speaker Dr. Sebastian Rothmann, director of the Optentia Research Unit […]
The Body of Christ Party (BCP) has agreed with the urgent need to pass the Land Bill as a first step toward addressing landlessness in Namibia. BCP President Festus Thomas shared the party’s position on this and several other matters following a consultative meeting with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and senior leadership at State House. He […]
Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah is expected to present the Mid-term Budget Review to Parliament this afternoon. The review will assess the country’s economic performance so far and propose amendments to the Appropriation Act 2025 to increase or decrease specific allocations in the schedule to meet the state’s financial requirements for the remainder of the 2025/26 […]
Namibia’s judiciary has partnered with the United States Pepperdine University to train judges, lawyers, and mediators on strengthening capacity for the implementation of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system and to expand knowledge and skills in commercial mediation for civil matters. A team from Pepperdine University in California is in Namibia this week for […]
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has called on traditional authorities to stop infighting that is creating disunity, which goes against what traditional authorities stand for. “When you are busy fighting for chieftainship, which is squabbles, it’s the community and the land that suffer. Such squabbles make land grabbing unabated. Traditionally and […]
The Republican Party (RP) says it is not opposed to the government or the Swapo Party. Its leader, Henk Mudge, told President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah at State House that the RP’s focus remains on practical, fact-based politics rather than emotional debates. Mudge said the country faces serious challenges but added that blaming others will not solve […]
