Namibia is faced with an unemployment crisis among unskilled locals but this whirlpool has in recent times drawn in graduates.

The police request assistance in identifying the mother of a seven-month-old foetus found in a skip container. The foetus was found in Windhoek’s Okarundu Street in Wanahenda.

President Hage Geingob today declared, “As long as I am President of Namibia the freedom of the press is guaranteed.” UNESCO, in partnership with the Editor’s Forum of Namibia, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and media houses are celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Windhoek. The celebration also saw the launch of the […]

The Electricity Control Board has announced an eight percent bulk tariff increase for the 2017/18 financial year. The Control Board’s Chief Executive Officer, Foibe Namene says the increase will take effect on 1 July. Electricity tariffs will go up from N$1.49 to N$1.61 per kilowatt-hour, for distributors and municipalities buying from NamPower. Namene says the […]

The Usakos Mayor has refuted a charge, that its establishing a ‘Corporate Services, Economic Development and Urban Management’ division, at the Town Council is unlawful. The Usakos Town Council created this new department last year.

The Labour Resource and Research Institute believes government can benefit if the informal economic sector is properly coordinated. LARRI says while the informal economic activities are undertaken mainly for immediate survival, it need not to be restrictive.

A decision that could see the Namibia Petroleum Corporation starts distributing petroleum products has send shock waves among the current operators. While welcoming the move, the Association of Service Station Owners in Namibia- ASSO – fears the competition will not be fair.

Individuals and corporate citizens who wish to celebrate the founding President’s birthday this year, should do so by assisting towards the completion of the school project that Sam Nujoma is constructing at his Etunda farm in the Otjozondjupa Region. Since retirement, the Father of the Namibian Nation has embarked on various national development projects to […]

Life in the city is expensive and boils down to the saying “survival of the fittest”. And City dwellers, especially the poor find it hard to make ends meet or to keep their heads above the water. In this insert we speak to some of those trying hard to make a living.

The Government has started with the construction of the Cassinga and Tchetekela Historical Memorial Shrine, in Cassinga, some 600 kilometres, in Southern Angola. The shrines will be completed before May next year, and will be unveiled during the 40th Anniversary of the Cassinga Massacre.