Namibia has achieved success in enhancing the education sector at all levels, but there is still room for improvement. Higher Education Minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi made the remark at a meeting with //Karas regional and local authority Councillors and the Education Directorate representatives at Keetmanshoop on Monday. Dr Kandjii-Murangi said the country needs to focus on […]

The Republic of Congo marked its 56th independence anniversary on Sunday. The main activities took place at Madingou town, 300 kilometres outside Brazzaville in a bid to boost the economy of the town by luring potential investors there. President Hage Geingob attended the celebration to further strengthen the relations between the two countries that date […]

Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Namas from Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, gathered near Okakarara at the weekend for the 112th commemoration of the Battle of Ohamakari. The Leader of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Advocate Vekuii Rukoro said at the occasion that, the affected communities were entitled to restorative justice by Germany in the form of reparations. […]

2016’s Heroes day will be commemorated at the town of Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region next week Friday. Every year since Independence in 1990, Namibia celebrates Heroes’ Day on 26 August to commemorate the start of the armed struggle, which was launched at Omugulugwombashe in the Omusati region in 1966, when SWAPO guerrillas fired […]

The Sesfontein settlement has been without a mortuary for the past seven years. The old mortuary was demolished with plans to build a new one but this was never completed.

Inclusive planning is essential to achieve the objectives of the National Development Plans in Namibia. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Economic Planning, Lucia Iipumbu at a consultative meeting of NDP5 at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region.

A new Somalian policy in tandem with an ongoing amnesty program is meant to get al-Shabaab militants to abandon the group. Former fighters are being rehabilitated in a special centre.

The African Union’s Agenda 2063 requires African countries to be among the best performers in measures on global quality of life. That was said by the Gender Equality and Research Director, Victor Shipoh, at the Africa Day of Decentralisation held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. Shipoh said the Namibian government was committed to gender […]

The Ministry of Land Reform wants to consolidate the Land and Tenure Policies to be responsive to Namibia’s needs in terms of land administration. The Ministry of Land Reform held a one day consultative meeting to review the two policies.

Farmers in the Okakarara Constituency of the Otjozondjupa region have lost more than 200 livestock due to a poisonous plant. The loss mainly occurred in the Outemba village after the animals fed on the plant, known as poison leaf. Councillor Vetaruhe Kandorozu told Nampa that the deadly plant claimed an estimated 200 cattle annually in […]