The recently appointed vice-president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union working group on Syria, Margaret Mensah-Williams says resolving the situation in Syria is not going to be easy.
The NBC takes note of reports by the Khomasdal Neighbourhood Watch, of persons posing as television license inspectors, and going from door to door asking Windhoek residents to see their TV sets.
The Road Fund Administration, which collects funds from the country’s Road User Charging System, reached a symbolic milestone when it collected over N$2,2 billion during the 2016/17 financial year. This was tabled on Wednesday during the fund’s annual stakeholder consultation for their 2018 to 2023 business plan.
Attracting business investment to the tiny settlement of Ariamsvlei in the //Karas Region is hampered by a clause in the local authority’s act prohibiting the sale of erven for private ownership.
The One Economy Foundation has initiated a year long campaign to seek at least 100 000 pledges in the form of signatures against violence. President Hage Geingob was one of the first to sign the pledge, which is the brainchild of his wife, First Lady Monica Geingos, in Windhoek on Tuesday.
Public health experts say resistance to antibiotics has become a threat to global public health. Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. From being miracle life-savers, antibiotics are becoming ineffective or resistant to infectious diseases. New technologies need to be developed, but the frequent improper use of antibiotics […]
A child-minder who stands accused of abusing a minor left in her care, at Outjo in the Kunene Region, has been released on bail. In her third appearance before Outjo Magistrate Gabriela Perestrelo, 38-year-old Nicolene Hoeses was granted bail of N$5 000. Hoeses has been in custody since her arrest in September 2017. Initially in […]
The United Nations requested the African Union and SADC to take the lead in the run-up to elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Special representative of the UN Secretary-General to DRC, Maman Sambo Sidikou briefed President Hage Geingob as the Deputy Chair of SADC on the latest developments.
The Namibian government is concerned that the unfolding situation in Zimbabwe is creating uncertainty in the region. The developments, Namibia says, are not conducive for peace, stability or the consolidation of democracy in Zimbabwe. Speaking to NBC News at Keetmanshoop, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah urged all parties concerned to adhere […]
A report says Angola’s new leader has removed the daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos as chair of the state-owned oil company. The Portuguese news agency Lusa is reporting that recently elected President Joao Lourenco on Wednesday removed Isabel dos Santos as chair of the board of directors of Sonangol. Isabel dos Santos […]
