The Ministry of Health and Social Services says it will debar contractors who fail to deliver projects and will implement penalties for late delivery. Its Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, said this when he presented a report on the ministry’s activities at health facilities in Windhoek. “Contractors who fail us in the implementation of the projects […]
The Republican Party (RP) has vowed to fight tooth and nail against any attempt to legalise abortion in Namibia. The Party’s president, Henk Mudge, speaking at a media briefing, said they will only support abortion when the mother’s life is in imminent danger. Therefore, he justified the claim that abortion under any other circumstances is […]
The Meat Corporation of Namibia (MeatCo) has spent N$1.1 million on setting up livestock auction pens at Eiseb 10 Growth Point in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Omaheke Region. Usually, farmers would make use of the Gobabis auction pens, which are 350 kilometres away. Speaking at the official handover of the auction pens at Eiseb […]
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) concluded its consultative engagements on the Data Protection Bill in all fourteen regions. The bill, whose consultations ended at Gobabis, aims to protect the right to privacy with respect to the processing of personal data and govern the processing of personal information by private and public bodies. […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has received only three bids for the sale of 40 crocodiles. The Ministry’s Spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, confirmed that the three bids are currently being evaluated and that the process is expected to end next week. He explained that once the evaluation is complete, the 40 crocodiles will be […]
Youth in the Kavango East Region joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Youth Day at Rundu. The event was organized by the Youth Ambassador of the region to foster discussions on green skills and sustainability. The Youth Ambassador role was established in 2020 during the outbreak of COVID-19 and emerged as a […]
Namibia’s conservation expert, Dr. Philip Stander, says research is crucial to the conservation of endangered desert lions. Dr. Stander has therefore called on youth to take up nature conservation studies to find solutions to human-wildlife conflict. Born and bred in Namibia, Dr. Stander has been living in the desert for more than 25 years. When […]
A Windhoek resident and mother of a six-year-old child is expected to appear in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court tomorrow on a charge of assault. In a video that went viral on social media, a mother from Windhoek’s Lucia Street in the Greenwell Matongo residential area is seen mercilessly beating and choking her biological child as […]
NamWater has removed a wall that was built by individuals at Omuthitugwaamalwa Village to divert or privatise water. The wall interrupted water flow from Olushandja Dam’s south wall outlet into the Etaka-Uuvudhiya canal for some 130 kilometres. The drought had left livestock without water in the Oshana and Omusati regions following poor rainfall. Namwater then […]
Travellers using the Ngoma Border Post were delayed Sunday morning due to a lack of manpower. The Ngoma Border Post opens at six o’clock every day, but this morning it opened 30 minutes late because there was no immigration officer. When the nbc News team arrived at the border, there was only one immigration officer […]
