The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr. Peya Mushelenga, says mobile technology network towers along the Okavango River serve Angola more than Namibia. Dr. Mushelenga visited Kavango East’s Ndiyona Constituency to assess the network coverage in the area. The Minister visited Likurukadi and surrounding villages, where residents complained of poor or lacklustre network coverage. […]

The Mayor of Luderitz, Benjamin Mckay, has hailed the just-ended annual Crayfish Festival at the southern harbour town as a success. Mckay says this year’s festival, which was held under the theme ‘Our Ocean, Our Legacy’, was bigger and better in every aspect compared to last year.  “This year’s festival was actually a huge success; […]

The Namibian government is preparing for the repatriation of a group of Batswana of Namibian descent. The group will be received at Gam. The returnees are those whose forefathers fled to Botswana during the German era. The government, through the National Youth Service (NYS), has been hard at work preparing a 21-hectare piece of land […]

Namibia has reclaimed the number one position on the Press Freedom Index as the country with the freest press in Africa, from second position the previous year. The country is also ranked 22 out of 180 countries in the world. In a media statement, the Presidency expressed delight, saying, “As the Fourth Estate, President Geingob […]

Police in the Oshikoto Region have detained over 30 Angolan nationals and issued several traffic fines since the launch of Operation Genesis. The operation aims to clamp down on crime and road accidents in the region and has intensified the maintenance of law and order both in urban and rural areas. The Head of Operation […]

The SADC Secretariat has distanced itself from media reports that SADC election observers will visit the Kingdom of Eswatini on the 14th of this month.  The reports were made through the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries, a non-governmental organisation that supports the electoral monitoring process. However, it is not a structure of SADC and […]

ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency Councillor Suzan Ndjaleka says her office has embarked on an initiative to regularise undocumented long-term residents of Luderitz. Ndjaleka has identified five stateless residents in Luderitz who were born in South Africa and have been living in the southern coastal town for over forty years. Because of this, undocumented people, mostly the elderly, […]

Trainees from the marginalised communities sponsored by Palms for Life at the Tukurenu Community Skills Development Centre at Rundu are not happy with the treatment they receive from the sponsors. The trainees, the majority of them from the Khwe community residing in the Bwabwata National Park, received training on vocational skills at various levels. Palms […]

The drive for the police recruitment process closed today. Applicants had mixed emotions as they all hoped to secure a uniform. There are 750 vacancies up for grabs. Requirements are that one should be in possession of an authentic Grade 12 or Grade 11 certificate with 25 points or higher from six subjects, including English […]

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism will be hosting a three-day national conference on human-wildlife conflict management.  The event will strategize on how to curb human-wildlife conflict, which has become a more frequent occurrence in Namibia in recent years. “Human-wildlife conflict in general refers to the unpleasant interaction between human beings as well as […]