Namibia has risen one position up in the 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum. The country is now ranked 84th, one position up from last year’s report. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia is at number five after Mauritius, South Africa, Rwanda and Botswana, while in overall continental ranking Namibia is ranked sixth, with […]
High schools have reopened this week across Borno region after they have been closed for more than two years.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Mines of Namibia says the use of modern technology can go along in addressing environmental degradation, caused by mining activities. Veston Malango says embracing new technologies helps in the rehabilitation of old mines. He told NBC News that mining companies had abandoned about 240 mines after extracting […]
Access to information is critical for the public to take informed decisions affecting their own development. This was the message from various speakers at the first celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information in Windhoek.
The Day of the Namibian Child gives us another opportunity to re-dedicate ourselves to the cause of children and protect and promote their rights to a wider audience. Namibian children are to be respected, loved and appreciated as they are the future of the Nation.
The Namibia Water Corporation intends to revive its vocational training center in 2017, this time to provide courses for a full qualification. There is currently a shortage of heavy plant operators for construction in Namibia and there are also no service providers in this area.
Gender Equality and Child Welfare Minister Doreen Sioka says African children are still negatively affected by harmful traditional practices. Sioka was giving a ministerial statement on the celebration of the Day of the Namibian Child in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The partially burnt and severed body of a newborn baby was discovered at two separate places in the Okuryangava residential area of Windhoek on Tuesday. An Okuryangava resident discovered the baby’s head along Ongandu Street and alerted the police who found the rest of the body some 500 metres away in a riverbed at the […]
Namibia is expected to receive close to 90-million Euros of the 12-billion Euros pledged to the Global Fund recently. The amount is equivalent to 1-billion-350-million Namibia dollars. Different donor communities pledged the amount during the Global Fund’s Fifth Replenishment Conference held in Montreal, Canada last weekend. The funds will be used to end the AIDS, […]
By Katrina Gowases Namibian Olympic Boxer Matias Hamunyela says he is not ready to turn professional, despite mounting pressure from some promoters. Life has returned to normal for Matias Hamunyela after taking part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he made his international debut last month. Hamunyela won his first bout in […]
