Olukonda born, Rauha Alumbungu, from the Katutura Old Age home, celebrated her 104th birthday in the capital on Wednesday.
President Hage Geingob has added his voice to the thousands who have paid tribute to the late ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. President Geingob, in a statement issued, said Madikizela-Mandela was a “courageous revolutionary and a colossus in the fight for freedom in South Africa, and the struggle for a better life, for the majority.” Geingob […]
The Facebook account of the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Alpheus !Naruseb has reportedly been hacked. Permanent Secretary in that ministry, Percy Misika says the minister’s account has been hacked by an unscrupulous person claiming to be Alpheus !Naruseb. The hacker is believed responsible for information circulated on the minister’s Facebook account, offering loans […]
Ohangwena regional basketball coach Ester Nakathingo said, interest in the sport code is still in its infancy stages and that more should be done to market basketball and make it a preferred sport code. Coach Ester Nakathingo said, in recent years, Basketball has been practiced in less than ten schools in the region – a […]
The Swapo Party has appointed Austin Samupwa as Permanent Secretary in the office of the Secretary-General and Tangeni Haindongo as the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General. The new appointments were revealed by the Sophia Shaningwa during her first staff address since the sixth Swapo Party Elective Congress, in November last year.
The Ministry of Finance, Calle Schlettwein says no new loan agreements were entered between Namibia and China during President Hage Geingob’s just concluded State visit to that Asian country. In a statement issued by his office, Schlettwein says envisaged financial cooperation between the two nations would include grants and concessional loans, private and public investments […]
Namibia and Angola have signed a memorandum of understanding on legal and immigration matters. The agreement will further be extended to the Ministry of safety and security to facilitate the transfer of Sentenced Offenders Deprived of Liberty and the issuance of Identity documents to Angolan nationals residing in Namibia, and vice versa.
President Hage Geingob on Wednesday appointed ambassador Martin Andjaba as Minister of Presidential Affairs. A media statement issued by Press Secretary in the Presidency, Alfredo Hengari, on Wednesday confirmed the appointment. In February, President Geingob appointed Andjaba as a member of the National Assembly. The veteran diplomat was until his appointment to Parliament Namibia’s Ambassador […]
The National Democratic Party (NDP) wants all foreign missions and international organisations based in Namibia to explain their roles in the country. At a meeting that was held at the Kwena village, in the Katima Rural Constituency recently, its leader, Martin Lukato who still refers to that region as Caprivi, launched his party’s activities for […]
Namibia can expect a positive crop harvest as most crop producing regions have received normal to above-normal rainfall. A senior agro-business analyst, Matheus Ndjodhi says, despite poor rainfall the country is expecting an overall 12% above average production this year.
