Digital television is a new way of broadcasting television. Although digital terrestrial television changes the way pictures are sent to your TV, it won’t change the way you watch television. Since the beginning of television, we’ve been watching what is known as ‘analogue television’: TV signals are broadcast using radio waves, which are picked up […]
BACKGROUND The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) established the National Digitalization Forum under the auspices of the Namibia Communication Commission (NCC) with the main purpose of national coordination of the migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting activities in line with the Roadmap for Digital Broadcasting in SADC. The process of migration from […]
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs): 1 WHY DOES ONE NEED TO PAY A TELEVISION LICENCE FEE? 1.1 Legal Obligation The payment of television licence fees is a statutory (legal) obligation in terms of an Act of Parliament, namely the Namibian Broadcasting Act No. 9 of 1991, as amended that governs the NBC’s activities. The current fee […]
President Hage Geingob has challenged the banking sector to take its role in the development of the country to go beyond the usual commercial banking functions. Dr Geingob was meeting representatives of the banking institutions at State House.
Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Jerry Ekandjo has been relieved of his duties on Thursday, just like Home Affairs Minister, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana. In an almost identical letter to that of Iivula-Ithana, dated 1 February 2018, President Hage Geingob states, “by virtue of the powers vested in me by Article 32(6) of the […]
Thirteen human anthrax cases were recorded at Sesfontein in the Kunene Region after 35 residents consumed the meat of livestock which died of unknown disease. No deaths have been reported and the disease has since been contained says Health and Social Services Permanent Secretary, Ben Nangombe. In a joint statement signed by both the Ministry […]
A woman who was reported missing eight days ago at Outjo in the Kunene region, was found dead in a riverbed outside the Etoshapoort township. Kleintjie Goeieman was identified by her relatives, based on the clothes she was wearing at the time she went missing. Nampa reports that the 46-year-old Goeieman had gone to attend […]
NBC Director-General Stanley Similo has been elected to the Board of the Public Media Alliance, PMA. The PMA is the largest association of public service broadcasters globally. The seven-member board includes leaders of broadcasting organizations from countries and territories, as diverse as Tonga in the Pacific Ocean and the Strait of Gibraltar separating the North […]
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni commended food producers in the ||Kharas Region for making food security a key priority by not only providing for the local markets but also exporting Namibian products to the international market. Uutoni made the remarks at Keetmanshoop, during the commemoration of Africa Day on Decentralization and […]
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