Last year various countries, including Nigeria, placed a ban on the production and import of medication containing codeine, specifically cough syrup. Namibia was not left behind as the drug is now tightly controlled.

Parents who failed to register their children at primary schools in Walvis Bay last year, are now putting pressure on the education directorate to accommodate them. The directorate’s office in Walvis Bay saw parents demanding for their children to be placed.

The Namibian Police today attempted to impound livestock and remove kraals belonging to farmers in the vicinity of Mix informal settlement, near Brakwater. Their attempt was cut short by City of Windhoek officials who requested for more time to allow them to look into alternative solutions to address the matter. The issue started last week […]

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat congratulated the people of the DRC, political actors, civil society and the relevant national institutions of the vast central African nation for conducting elections under conditions deemed satisfactory by the African Union Election Observation Mission.

School principals in the //Karas Region gathered in Keetmanshoop to look at new strategies on how to improve poor performance of some schools in the region.

Nkurenkuru’s Chief Executive Officer Petrus Sindimba warned that all those who the council allocated land yet remain undeveloped, risk losing such plots if they fail to develop them by March this year. Nkurenkuru is a fast-growing town which was proclaimed as the Kavango West regional capital in 2016. It was declared a town in 2013 […]

The City of Windhoek says it will not connect members of the Saamstaan Cooperative to individual prepaid water meters unless the residents pay an outstanding amount of about N$200 999. The members are residing on a communal plot at Goreangab and has been connected to a communal water meter for the past 21 years.

Chaos erupted at the Katutura East Constituency Offices Wednesday as some beneficiaries of government social grants could not get their money. Machines belonging to Epupa Investment, which distributes social grants, kept on breaking down.

Bank of Namibia’s Governor said Namibia will remain with the currency pegging agreement with the South African Rand until such a time an alternative is found. Iipumbu Shiimi said doing so abruptly might be catastrophic for the country.

The performance of the domestic economy remained unresponsive in 2018’s third quarter, recording a contraction of 0,8%. That represents the tenth consecutive quarter since 2016’s second quarter, that Namibia’s economy has recorded a contraction.