A 31-year-old police officer allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend in Walvis Bay on Thursday. The Namibian Police Force’s Crime Investigations Coordinator for Erongo, Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu in a crime report issued on Friday said the officer, who was on duty, allegedly shot the 22-year-old woman in the chest and twice in the arms with a […]

The High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy (HLPNE) is working on a report on unemployment it will hand over to President Hage Geingob. HLPNE has found institutional disconnect, lack of incentives for local companies and skills mismatch as catalysts for a 34% national unemployment rate and more than 40% youth unemployment rate. The panel held […]

Fourth-year diesel mechanic students at the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology Southern Campus have expressed dissatisfaction over the alleged sub-standard training they are receiving. The students in a petition said that their final year trade test training was compromised by the principal when he allegedly assigned an unqualified instructor to train them.

The trial of six people accused of assaulting former Governor of Omusati late Nangolo Mukwiilongo, who later succumbed to his injuries, started in the Oshakati High Court. It is alleged that the robbers attacked Mukwiilongo who was 92 years old then at his home village Elim in April 2017. The robbers assaulted Mukwiilongo by hitting […]

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has authorised timber that was already harvested before the July moratorium on timber cutting in the Kavango East and West and Zambezi regions to be transported to wood factories within Namibia.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration says it is close to addressing the lack of green passports. The green travel booklet ran out in May 2019 and the ministry is hoping to normalise the situation by the end of September.

Political parties have been urged to refrain from engaging in negative campaigns that involve the dissemination of fake news in the upcoming elections. This is one of the recommendations contained in the new ‘Fake News and Namibia Elections’ report, launched in Windhoek.

Namibia’s economy remains quiet in the second quarter of 2019 after recording a 2,6% decline. This is contained in the second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Advisory Council held a consultative meeting with Namibian journalist ahead of November polls in the capital. Media practitioners were offered an opportunity to share information with the council, on the challenges they often encounter during election campaigning and voting.

Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says Namibia needs to develop a comparative advantage for its industries, and optimize access to markets and move from the upper-middle-income economy to an advanced economy. Comparative advantage refers to an economy’s ability to produce goods and services at a lower opportunity cost than that of trade partners. Prime Minister Saara […]