The Ministry of Environment and Tourism will host a consultative workshop at Ongwediva on Thursday to discuss uncoordinated sand mining activities taking place in northern Namibia. A media statement issued Tuesday by the ministry’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Romeo Muyunda said sand mining has become a serious concern for the ministry. “As Namibia seeks to […]

The Namibia National Students Organisation (NANSO) in the //Kharas Region donated 115 copies of ‘The Condensed Wealth of Nations’ to schools on Tuesday. “Nanso not only protects the rights of students, it also strives to meet Government halfway in availing resources such as books to schools,” NANSO Regional Chairperson, Kornelia Hangula said during the handing […]

The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development has announced the Rent Control Board. The appointment came into effect on 12 November and members of the board will serve for the next three years.

Police in the //Karas Region have reiterated their call on residents not to leave their homes unattended when going on holiday. Fifteen cases of housebreaking were reported at Keetmanshoop during October and November this year compared to 35 cases reported during the same period last year.

The Namibia Training Authority’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) Levy is doing exceptionally well, particularly in collecting funds. Another area showing remarkable progress is the VET levy’s ability to pay out the Employer Training Grant. All employees with an annual payroll of N$1 million must pay a levy of 1% of their payroll to the […]

Windhoek-The Minister of Sports, Youth and National Service, Erastus Uutoni, wants tribalism to be rooted out in the field of sport, if the local industry is to unite and flourish. Speaking at RMB Namibia’s joint sponsorship hand-over to the Namibian Cycling Federation and PAY towards the Kids on Bikes programme for next year in Windhoek, […]

The Chief Executive Officer of Mariental Town Council, Paul Nghiwilepo is the latest witness to testify against former Hardap Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa in the ongoing corruption trial. Nghiwilepo says Hanse-Himarwa’s directly ordered them to remove names of people from a mass housing list and replace them with relatives of hers.

President Hage Geingob is expected to meet political leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Windhoek on Wednesday in his capacity as SADC chairperson. The Congolese are going to the polls next month.

Hepatitis E cases have now been recorded in six more regions after the first cases were recorded in Windhoek in October last year. PS in the Ministry of Health Ben Nangombe confirmed this to NBC after Khomas Governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua alluded to the escalating statistics at the launch of the City of Windhoek’s annual public […]

Twenty-seven instructors from Namibian vocational training centres have left for Zimbabwe to further their studies in wood technology and construction engineering – at Mutare Polytechnic.