The Councillor of Ogongo Constituency, Wilhelm Iyambo, has called on residents to catch enough fish during the rainy season so they can sell the surplus to generate income Most parts in northern Namibia received good rains over the past weeks, which flooded houses and schools and forced some people to relocate to higher ground.

About 150 employees of Erongo Marine Enterprise have each received N$39 000 in dividends from the company. The Walvis Bay-based fishing company has paid out more than N$6 million to its employees in dividends so far.

The newly formed Namibian Association of Metal Fabrication (NAMF) advocates for locally manufactured metal products. NAMF, which was officially launched on Wednesday in Windhoek, was established to sensitise users of metal products about local manufacturers of these products and to source them locally.

Marine users and interest groups are in Swakopmund reviewing a Marine Spatial Planning draft (MSP) to facilitate the co-existence of economic activities in the ocean. MSP is a decision-making process that guides where and when human activities occur in the sea. Making sure the right activity takes place in the right area helps the ocean […]

The Keetmanshoop Municipality now has a new state-of-the-art fire station constructed at a cost of N$4 million. Keetmanshoop has recorded 30 fire incidences in 2017.

Two Zambian fishermen were killed by a crash of hippos around 11h00 on Friday on Lake Liambezi, at Muyako, in Katima Rural Constituency. It is reported that four fishermen came from their fishing camps on the lake’s islands to buy supplies. On their return, paddling in two different canoes, they tried to pass through a […]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will convene the double Troika Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Luanda, Angola on 24 April. The Summit will be attended by Heads of State or representatives from, Namibia, South Africa the Kingdom of eSwatini (previously known as Swaziland), Angola, Zambia and Tanzania.

High Court Judge Harald Geier reserved judgement in the matter between the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the weekly Patriot newspaper for 31 May. This emanates from an urgent interdict sought by the state security agency last week to stop the Patriot from publicising allegations of corruption. Director General of the NCIS, Phillemon Malima, […]

The Kavango West Governor, Sirkka Ausiku, described a statement made by the Minister of Environment and Tourism regarding compensation to families of victims of crocodile and hippo attacks, as demeaning and insensitive. Ausiku on Thursday was reacting to a news report quoting Minister Pohamba Shifeta as saying that Government will not pay compensation for people […]

The Uukwangali Traditional Authority has warned people who were allocated land, under its jurisdiction, to develop it or risk losing the land rights. Once allocated development of the land should be within three years. Chief Eugene Siwombe emphasised that undeveloped land deny opportunity to those with the capacity to utilise it productively.