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.
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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A second person involved in a head-on collision between two minibusses on the Hosea Kutako Airport road has died in the Katutura Hospital. Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL) Spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi says 54-year-old Charlotte Winkler, an employee of the Ministry of Finance is the second victim to succumb to injuries sustained in that accident. […]
SWAPO won the Katima Mulilo urban constituency by-election that were conducted 25 August, retaining its seat left by John Mukaya who passed away in June 2021 in a car accident. SWAPO’s candidate Kennedy Simasiku received half of the votes gaining 1,557 out 3002 total votes cast. Simasiku was followed by Independent Candidate (IC) Gibson Nkando […]
The Namibia Rugby Union’s council voted to play some form of Rugby this year still, this decision was made during the NRU’s AGM which was held in Windhoek recently. NRU president Corrie Mensah however expressed his concern on the matter. In an NBC exclusive interview Mensah expressed his concern surrounding the return of Rugby in […]
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