The official opposition, PDM has called for the immediate cancellation of the N$650 million tender awarded to a certain company for the procurement of condoms and other clinical supplies. Addressing the media, the party’s leader McHenry Venaani also urged the government to relook at the country’s health and education systems. The recent decision by the Central […]

Members of the Kasaona Football Academy are back at training and ready to rock the MTC Hopsal league in all the age groups in 2023.

Adam Global Healthcare says it will follow through on commitments to assist Namibia’s health sector, including awarding of scholarships. A team of medical doctors in various disciplines paid a courtesy call on President Hage Geingob at the State House. The medical and road safety professionals under the Adam Global Healthcare Network are on a fact-finding […]

Public Policy Analyst, Dr. Marius Kudumo is of the view that certain actions by the police constitute police brutality. Dr. Kudumo was particularly referring to police actions during demonstrations. Kudumo’s comments come in the wake of the arrest of two police officers for the alleged murder of a 31-year-old Keetmanshoop resident, who died after an […]

Meanwhile, the Police Officers implicated in the death of Elleste Plaatjies were remanded in police custody following their brief court appearance in the Keetmanshoop magistrate’s Court.  The officers, attached to the Police Special Reserve Force, Bernard Mulisa and Wilbard Neshuku aged thirty-one and twenty-five years old respectively, were charged with murder and assault with the […]

Residents of Keetmanshoop joined by NEFF activist Michael Amushelelo marched to the Magistrates’ Court to demand justice for 31-year-old Elleste Plaatjies, who was allegedly killed by police officers. The protestors handed a petition over to the Magistrate’s Control Prosecutor, Lewis Chigunwe opposing the granting of bail to two police officers arrested in connection with Plaatjies’ […]

Some residents of Kongola Village in the Zambezi Region were left homeless after rain, accompanied by strong winds destroyed their homesteads. The villagers are now concerned that the situation might worsen as the rainy season is still far from over. The strong winds have blown off the roofs of many houses in the area. One […]

The government has spent over N$ 7 billion in funding students’ tuition at public and private institutions of higher learning in the past 5 years. In a media statement, the Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi says eligible and qualifying students whose parents’ combined income is below N$ 500 000 per […]

There is an urgent need to mobilize resources for the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology, NIMT, to accommodate more students. This was the observation by a delegation which comprised the Mayor of Swakopmund Dina Namubes, Councillor Blasius Goraseb and  Constituency Councillor Louisa Kativa that visited the two NIMT campuses at Arandis. According to Goraseb, […]

The University of Namibia (UNAM) management has dismissed a report in a local newspaper, which states that some of its programmes have failed the accreditation process. The Pro Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor Frednard Gideon says UNAM had put out 83 programmes for accreditation to the National Council of Higher Education. He explains that […]