The old, the disabled and the young, all have to endure long queues to obtain their medicine at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital pharmacy in Oshana region. Some patients wait as long as 10 hours, while some go home without their medicine. The queues spill over into the corridors, with people patiently waiting to be served. […]

A bill to place better control on the Medical Aid Fund has been tabled in the National Assembly. The Medical Aid Fund Amendment Bill was tabled by Finance Deputy Minister Natangwe Ithete. It aims to move the function of policy supervision and oversight of medical aid funds from the Health and Social Services Ministry to […]

United Nations member countries, especially superpowers should stop influencing the decisions of the United Nations Security Council if they are serious about the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. This comment was made by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon at the start of the 71st General Assembly debates in New York on Tuesday.

President Hage Geingob has urged world leaders to move towards inclusive growth that would create jobs for citizens. Addressing the 71st UN General Assembly underway in New York, Dr Geingob said countries should aim to grow the world economy in a sustainable and inclusive manner to effectively tackle poverty.

The Environment and Tourism Ministry has developed a national strategy for wildlife protection, especially rhinos. Namibia is home to the largest population of more than 91% of black rhinos remaining in Africa.

The Ministry of Land Reform has handed over its functions in six regions to regional councils as part of government’s decentralisation policy. In 1997, the Government introduced a decentralisation policy with the aim of taking services closer to the people.

The City of Windhoek and a group of people with disabilities have resolved the request for land for settlement. The group demonstrated at the City of Windhoek head office on Tuesday and vowed to camp in front of the mayor’s office over land allocation.

Only five aqua-culture projects have so far benefited from the Katima Mulilo fish hatchery since its inception two-years ago. The inland Aquaculture Centre Hatchery was established to encourage farmers in the Zambezi region to engage in fish farming for food security and economic self-sustainability. About 90% of the breeding stock was collected from Lake Lyambezi, […]

The 22-year-old Unam student at the Katima Mulilo Campus, who is accused of murder, has been denied bail in that town’s magistrate’s court. Sitwala Sitwala was charged with the murder of 20-year-old Reagan Segwa Siyinda two-months ago at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region. It is alleged that Sitwala stabbed the deceased with a knife […]

Family and friends of a man who was killed by his friend nearly two months ago demonstrated in front of the Katutura Magistrate’s Court to protest against bail being granted to the suspect. During the demonstration outside the courtroom, family and friends of late Vaino Shikage shouted ‘no Vaino no bail’ before the bail hearing […]