Internet usage is growing in Namibia with the latest data indicating that there are 800 000 users. However, this digital transformation has mental health risks.
In order to upscale its workers’ skills and make sure that they perform optimally, Namport has trained 32 of its ship to shore crane operators. The five months training comes after Namport opened the new state-of-the-art container terminal.
The habour town of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo have signed an inter-municipal relationship with the local authority at Walvis Bay. A delegation from that country is currently in Namibia, on a mission to strengthening ties, including trade relations between the two harbour cities.
Lack of access to health services is a concern for residents of Singuruve and surrounding villages in the Kavango West Region.
Namibian filmmaker Oshosheni Hivelua has died in Windhoek Central Hospital on Wednesday night after a short illness. She was 36 years old. Hivelua has been in the film industry for over a decade and has written and directed narrative films such as ‘Tjitji the Himba Girl’, ‘100 Bucks’ and ‘Cries at Night’. Her films have […]
Charles Anderson Junior Secondary School in Ongwediva celebrates its 20th anniversary as well as its achievement as one of the top-performing schools in Oshana over the years. Opened in 1999, the school with financial assistance from the Swedish Embassy in Namibia has been growing and now accommodates learners up one to Grade 10. Speaking at […]
Namibian rower Maike Diekmann is currently in Tunisia, preparing for the African Olympic Qualification Regatta, which starts on Thursday. NBC sports desk caught up with Diekmann prior to her departure to North Africa and compiled this report. After she failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016, Maike Diekmann remained focussed on her rowing […]
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) at the request of members of the Political Party Liason Committee held a consultive meeting today to discuss, amongst others, nomination procedures pertaining to the lists of candidates for the National Assembly election.
Namibia’s own barcodes could soon be a reality. The Namibia Trade Forum only needs 50 more signatures from business owners before it applies for the establishment of a barcode centre from the Global Standard One, the standards organisation that manages the assignment of various numbering schemes for global commerce.
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has reiterated that the electronic voting machines will be used in next month’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. ECN Chairperson, Advocate Notemba Tjipweya mantains ECN will solve problems associated with the ballot voting process.
