Nearly 210 Cassinga massacre survivors today left for Angola to participate in belated commemorations of Cassinga Day there.

The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), currently meeting at the coast, is an international organisation representing 350 million Africans, who live in 2 000 cities across the continent. Among the issues the meeting will discuss are; UCLG’s involvement in capacity building of member associations and their agenda to improve service. Namibia is among the […]

Namibians are encouraged to embrace blogging to create greater visibility of the country to the outside world. These were the sentiments of Janet Faden, a Nigerian blogger, during a one-day workshop with students as part of of the World Press Freedom Day commemoration.

Some residents living along the Katima-Ngoma road in the Zambezi Region have abandoned their homesteads due to persistent floods. Zambezi Governor, Alufea Sampofu cautioned communities residing in flood-prone areas to continue moving to higher ground while there is time to do so. The Zambezi regional leadership visited the affected areas by helicopter to assess the […]

Windhoek-Preparations for the first-ever National Youth Games, which are scheduled to take place from the 9th to the 12th of May 2018 in Windhoek has been completed and it is all systems go for the kick-off. The National Youth Games will be held under the theme “Creating opportunities for all Namibians” in sports without fear […]

With a natural flair for business and determination to make a success of her life, Lydia Shipateko has shown that graduates can triumph in challenging economic times. Thirty-year-old Namibian entrepreneur, Shipateko, is businesswoman with a heart of steel. She is the sole owner of Otjomuise Accounting and Consulting and Velm Investments. Her companies currently employ […]

The Khomanin Landless Movement has vowed to fight tooth and nail to get their ancestral land back. During the launch of the movement’s constitution in Windhoek, the group says it is also prepared to seek recourse if the government does not listen to their plight. The movement says although the /Khomanin people are the first […]

Wind energy resources around Luderitz have the capacity to serve the entire country’s energy needs. Mines and Energy Minister, Tom Alweendo says that government hopes that in the next five years Namibia can generate 60% of its energy needs from renewable sources.

The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) has called on the Education, Arts and Culture Ministry to repair all discarded furniture dumped on school grounds countrywide.

The National Council has resumed business Monday since recces in December last year. The new Councillor for the Ncamagoro Constituency in the Kavango West Region, Sikondo Johannes Kahonzo was also sworn-in as a member of the National Council by Chief Justice Peter Shivute. Kahonzo replaces Rosa Kavara who died early this year. The house is […]