Leading Namibian 800 metres athlete Daniel Nghipandulwa has called on the Windhoek City Council to put up sports infrastructure in all informal settlements of the city as a matter of urgency. The 32-year old Daniel Nghipandulwa, who represented Namibia in the African Athletics Championship, the All Africa Games as well the World Athletics Championships in […]

A State funeral will be held for the late Norah Schimming-Chase who died Tuesday morning. The funeral service will be held on Saturday on the family farm De Rust, situated in the Khomas Hochland area. Government will hold a memorial service for the late Schimming-Chase on Friday afternoon as from 14h30. The service will be […]

Four men appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate’s Court on charges of theft. The accused are charged with possession of materials used to commit crimes. The suspects were arrested on Saturday near Wenela Border Post following an attempt to rob a person who had withdrawn money from an ATM.

Some economic analysts have called for more innovative ways to stimulate the economy and improve budgetary provisions to the country’s needs.

Messages of condolence started pouring in following the death of veteran politician and seasoned diplomat Nora Schimming-Chase. She died in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Owners and operators of businesses in the Monte Cristo area say the Windhoek City Police is systemically isolating them from clients after it dumped heaps of sand near their businesses. The group includes long-distance bus operators, bar and restaurant owners. Their businesses are in close proximity to the Monte Cristo Service Station and they said […]

Mines and Energy Minister, Tom Alweendo says no company has been appointed to manage the National Oil Storage Facility at Walvis Bay. Addressing a media briefing in Windhoek on Tuesday, he said Cabinet envisaged having Namcor manage the facility on behalf of the Government when it was being planned. The minister explained that with the […]

Irvine Ndjavera will reportedly be appointed as the NPL Chief Executive Officer, pending the agreement between both parties and Ndjavera’s current employer, the Ministry of Youth, Sport and National Service. The Chairperson of the Namibia Premier League, Patrick Kauta, called a press conference on Tuesday. Kauta announced that the league executive committee had made a […]

President Hage Geingob has described the late Nora Schimming-Chase as a servant leader and a freedom fighter. The President says Schimming-Chase joined the likes of former Deputy-Prime Minister, Libertine Amathila and the late Pututse Appolus in the 60s in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, for Namibia’s freedom. Geingob wished the family strength during this time of […]

Persistent drought in some areas of the Otjozondjupa, Kunene and Erongo Regions is forcing some farmers to consider selling their livestock. Communal farmers at Otjituuo are the hardest hit, as the area has not received sufficient rainfall in the past seven years.