Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Namibia. As a result, the Ministry of Health and Social Services wants to come up with a national prevention and treatment strategic plan on suicide.

A youth empowerment programme, I Choose, was launched in Windhoek as part of the Global Youth Initiative of the John Maxwell Team. With young people representating 70% of the population, programmes such as I Choose are important as they will enable them to participate in economic, social and political development.

The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has launched a new corporate leniency programme that allows businesses involved in cartel conduct to report themselves to it. The CLP programme, offers such companies an opportunity to hand over evidence of cartel conduct, in return for leniency during prosecution.

Windhoek-International Boxing Organization World Champion Paulus Ambunda, who is also a former WBO World Bantamweight Champion, has penned down an agreement with Ringstar Management. Ringstar Boxing has increased in popularity throughout Asia, with shows broadcast worldwide via international broadcast partners. With this new agreement, Ambunda will now join other world-class boxers managed and promoted by […]

Windhoek-The first-ever GS Academy Seminar in Africa – organized by CAF in partnership with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) – got underway in Windhoek on Monday. Twelve African Football Association Secretary Generals are attending the six-day training, to gain essential knowledge, tools and networks needed to successfully and strategically manage football federations. Several […]

A Windhoek resident accused of killing two women and burning their bodies at a dumpsite in the capital in January 2016, on Monday denied committing the brutal offences. At the start of his double murder trial on Monday, the 48-year-old Lukas Nicodemus told presiding High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg he was not responsible for the […]

A 60-year-old man died after he was allegedly stabbed with a kitchen knife on the left side of his chest by his girlfriend at a farm near Rehoboth on Saturday. The Namibian Police Force’s Crime Investigations Coordinator for the Hardap Region, Deputy Commissioner Eric Clay, told Nampa on Sunday that the incident happened at farm […]

President Hage Geingob and his delegation arrived in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment Forum, scheduled to start on Monday. Geingob travelled to Geneva, after concluding a three-day state visit to Kenya which was preceded by the inaugural meeting of the Joint-Cooperation Commission between the two countries. […]

President Hage Geingob has commended President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for maintaining unity in Kenya. Geingob, who was a guest speaker at the Heroes Day commemoration in that country, says the move by Kenyatta and Odinga to make peace is an example of good leadership on the continent.

The City of Windhoek celebrated its 50th anniversary of Direct Reuse in Namibia under the theme ‘Direct Potable Reclamation With A Clean Bill’. For the past 50 years Windhoek is regarded as one of the world leaders’ in Direct Potable Reclamation and remains one of the only places in the world where this is practiced […]