The sale of low-cost houses, completed under the mass housing project is moving at a snail’s pace at the town of Opuwo. The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa revealed this at the handover ceremony of 29 houses.

Communities have been warned not to use conservancies as a tool to divide them but rather focus towards driving rural economic growth and poverty eradication. Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism, Tommy Nambahu said this at the opening of the Annual Central Conservancy Regional Chairperson Forum at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region.

Small and medium enterprises in the //Karas Region are calling on organisers to bring more events to the region, to boost business and create temporary jobs for unemployed youth. The call came at the recently concluded week long Works and Transport annual ministerial championship games, at Keetmanshoop.

Namibia has a lot to learn from Rwanda on keeping the country clean. On the sidelines of the World Tourism conference which ended in Kigali last week, Deputy Minister Tommy Nambahu paid a courtesy call on that country’s Minister of Environment to discuss possible cooperation in the area of waste management.

Namibia will have its own Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organism-GMO testing laboratory early next year.

Journalists play a critical role of informing the public to understand the importance of conserving the environment. The was said by the Project Co-ordinator of Hanns Seidel Foundation, Lesley-Anne van Wyk.

The Minister of Economic Planning Tom Alweendo says the economic slowdown must not hamper innovation among Namibians.

We generally think of grief as a reaction to the death of a loved one. But there is another grief that comes from a loss while someone is still alive. People are afraid to talk about death but Rolf Hansen pushes boundaries in preparing families and an ailing person for death.

The community of Otjivero-Omitara settlement, situated some 30 kilometres north of Gobabis, is facing grazing crisis. This follows after an employee of Namwater reportedly set a piece of land the community uses for grazing on fire.

A lack of parental involvement and guidance is one of the contributing factors to the high teenage pregnancy rate in the country. First Lady Monica Geingos raised the concern during the Be Free campaign at Karasburg in the //Karas Region.