UNESCO will launch a Safer Campuses campaign aimed at creating awareness about gender-based violence (GBV) at universities. The campaign will use various elements and channels to encourage students to break the silence and take action against GBV. This will be done through pledges, activations, dialogues, debates, and the sharing of survivor stories. Various activities will […]
Clients of the First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) who receive cross-border electronic fund transfer (EFT) payments within the Common Monetary Area (CMA) will no longer be permitted to use domestic payment methods and channels. These cross-border payment changes take effect next month. This means all cross-border payments to an individual or a business in […]
The government has allocated N$8 million to revive the Kalimbeza National Rice Project and has also approved that a sugar plantation be established on part of Kalimbeza, as well as a sugar processing plant in Katima Mulilo. President Nangolo Mbumba revealed this during his address at the national independence celebration at Katima Mulilo. The two […]
The Chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, Marlene Mbakera, has called for the construction of a referral hospital in Otjiwarongo. Mbakera was speaking during the National Planning Commission’s visit to the Otjozondjupa Region. Mbakera says Otjiwarongo has never been without good plans, but rather, its challenge lies in the execution of such plans. She […]
Namibia’s Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Mission to the European Union will hold a memorial service for the late President Dr. Hage Geingob in the Netherlands. The belated memorial service for Dr. Geingob will broadcast live this evening from half past eight. Due to […]
Communities in the Otjozondupa Region cited unemployment, a lack of infrastructure, and bulk services as areas that need urgent attention. The inhabitants revealed this to the officials of the National Planning Commission (NPC) during their visit to the region. To finalise the 6th National Development Plan, the NPC is conducting consultations in the region for […]
The Director of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum mobilised residents and visitors from all over the world to volunteer in a campaign to restore unmarked graves of the genocide victims. Laidlaw Peringanda says thousands of Ovaherero, Nama, and San people were killed by German soldiers, while others perished in concentration camps between 1904 and 1908 at […]
The leader of the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters’ (NEEF), Kalimbo Iipumbu, who is also the headman of Epyenene village, urged those in positions of power to use them for the prosperity of the country and its people. Iipumbu made these remarks during the country’s 34th Independence anniversary celebration at Epyenene village. Celebrating Independence Day at […]
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Loide Kasingo, is heading a delegation to the Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament at the parliament’s headquarters in Midrand, South Africa. The session is scheduled to run from March 20th to March 27th, 2024. The purpose of the Extraordinary Session is to conduct […]
A local company, South Haven Commodities, has stepped up to rehabilitate the borehole of Dr. Fischer Primary School in the Aminuis Constituency which has been dysfunctional since last year. The company’s director, Tjakazenga Kamuhanga, says education is one of the sectors that requires collective action from all stakeholders. Education Inspector Ismael Kazondanga said the rehabilitation […]
