The nation is implored to assure children are kept away from violent environments, and help them speak out, as silencing them may eventually lead them to become violent citizens.
Twenty individuals, mostly aspiring business people in Walvis Bay have received a financial boost from businessman Knowledge Katti’s foundation. Katti grew up in Kuisebmond, an impoverished township in Walvis Bay.
The European Union has given Namibia N$294 million, as a grant to help transform the agriculture sector within the Northern Communal Areas (NCA). The grant was announced at a two day congress of the Namibia National Farmer’s Union (NNFU) which started at Opuwo, in the Kunene Region, on Friday.
War veteran and the eldest sister of the late Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi, has died. Alwina Petersen, died at the age of 89 on Wednesday at the Katutura Hospital in Windhoek. Petersen and the late Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi are both grandchildren of the noted revolutionary hero Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi – the man featured prominently on Namibia’s […]
Information and Communication Technology Minister Tjekero Tweya calls on all stakeholders to engage in the upcoming ICT summit scheduled for October this year. Tweya made the remarks at the 4th National ICT summit stakeholders meeting in Windhoek Friday.
A local economist has recommended Government introduce recession resistant policies, to protect and prevent Namibia from falling into recession. This comes after South Africa, Namibia’s main trading partner, was announced to have fallen into recession, this week.
President Hage Geingob today signed into law the long-awaited Public-Private Partnership Act. The law aims to increase private sector involvement in the provision of public services, on government terms.
Namibian liberation struggle icon, Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo has died in Windhoek today. He was 92. Toivo, as he was affectionately known, was an anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner. He was one of the co-founders of SWAPO in 1960. He served 16 years in the Robben Island prison. His death was confirmed by […]
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (nbc) wishes to express its concern about the quality of journalism portrayed in the newspaper article headlined NBC boss snubs Geingob events in the latest edition of the Namibian weekly The Villager, dated 9 June 2017. The article in question is laced with speculation false allegations and non-factual reporting which is […]
Investigations into the recent killing of six lions in the ‘northern communal areas’ close to the Etosha National Park, is still under way. Minster of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says investigations to date found that some of the farmers responsible for killing the lions, failed to present evidence of the livestock they claimed were […]
