A research conducted in Windhoek involving more than 800 women has shown that 13% of these women were colonised by the deadly infection, called Group B streptococcus. The bacteria is said to be responsible for neonatal deaths and disabilities among children.

The Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises has called on local authorities across Namibia to promote tourist attractions in their localities. Engel Nawatiseb notes that this is because the tourism sector is increasingly becoming important and continues to impact on the development of the domestic economy. Nawatiseb made the remark when the Luderitz Waterfront launched four […]

Seafood lovers have been assured that it is now safe to consume oysters from the Walvis Bay and Swakopmund areas. This follows a warning from the Fisheries and Marine Resource Ministry last week for people NOT to harvest or consume oysters from the two coastal areas. Permanent Secretary Moses Maurihungirire said the oysters had tested […]

About 400 participants are competing in a cultural event at Chinchimani in the Zambezi Region. The competition is also aimed at promoting and preserving the region’s cultural diversity.

The office of the Auditor General has hailed the Swakopmund Municipality as the only local authority in Namibia with good financial reports. The coastal town has for the past 16 years received the Auditor General’s Office’s clean audit.

The old and the young, as well as people with disabilities, all have to endure long queues to obtain their medicine at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital pharmacy. Some patients wait as long as 10 hours, while others end up going home without their medicine.

Scientists have been urged to come up with a solution to food security as climate change poses a serious threat to food production. Climate change is heating the world and it is predicted that in the next 35 years, temperatures will continue to rise at two degrees Celsius annually.

Some youth at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region say alcohol and drug abuse is the main contributing factor to the increasing domestic violence. During a march against women abuse, organized by the White Ribbon Campaign at the town, the youth were called upon to unite in the fight against the increasing gender based violence […]

Namibia hopes to tap into US expertise in the agriculture sector, particularly food production. President Hage Geingob met US Secretary of Agriculture, Douglas Fisher, in New York who he informed that Namibia intended to accelerate food production especially through green schemes. Due to the current drought, a lot of people are facing food insecurity and […]

First Lady Monica Geingos has identified several underlying factors as challenges in securing funds for reproductive health programmes. She says under funding of such programmes and closing the gender-inequality gap, remain major stumbling blocks in the removal of social barriers. Geingos shared these views during a panel discussion on sexual and reproductive health on the […]