A delay in the approval to effect salary increases for workers of the Outjo Municipality by the Minister of Urban and Rural Development has resulted in them taking to the streets to voice their displeasure. On behalf of the workers, the Namibia Local Authority Workers Union is demanding answers as to why it is taking […]

Namport’s Chief Executive Officer has announced that the businesses operating at the Walvis Bay waterfront will be relocated to another area to better combine maritime activities with recreational and tourism activities. Andrew Kanime said this during the Namibian Ports Authority Port Users Breakfast held at Walvis Bay. Kanime explained that the Walvis Bay Waterfront, which […]

Namports’ Chief Executive Officer says global growth is expected to slow from 6% in 2021 to 3% this year. It is further expected to decline to 2% in 2023. Kanime says, as a result, rising inflation rates pose a serious risk to the company’s future, particularly acute in the US and Europe, where authorities are tightening […]

Policies aimed to improve governance and reduce corruption could be the remedy to prevent the “oil curse” in Namibia. This sentiment was expressed by the Petroleum Commissioner in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Maggy Shino. During her presentation, Shino said the oil industry stands to gain from undertaking a remedial effort that would reduce […]

The Presidency has described as a grave concern, incidences of individuals fraudulently claiming to be President Hage Geingob and contacting SWAPO Party delegates to the 7th Congress and purportedly asking them to vote for certain candidates. In a media statement, the presidency urged those individuals to desist from impersonating the President in order to influence the […]

President Hage Geingob, in his capacity as Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security, says a meeting of the Organ Troika will be convened soon. This follows a courtesy call Dr. Geingob paid to the monarch of Eswatini, King Mswati III, at the Lozitha Palace in Mbabane on Friday. Briefing the media […]

The N|A’ankusê Foundation has expressed its discontent with new regulations at the Ministry of Environment related to the keeping of large carnivores in captivity. Director Dr. Rudie van Vuuren says the foundation has lodged an application with the High Court seeking that the regulations be put on hold for review. Regulations relating to the keeping […]

The Namibia Heart Foundation has raised concern over an unprecedented surge in heart-related ailments, particularly heart attacks and paralysis, amongst both adults and children in Namibia. Chief Executive Officer Gerhard De Koe says heart-related diseases remain among the deadliest in Namibia, often due to unhealthy diets, bad lifestyle habits, and overdue health check-ups. De Koe […]

The first rain of the season, which fell in the Kavango East Region over the past few weeks, has given some subsistence farmers hope to start preparing their crop fields. Some of the farmers have already planted their crops, while others are busy preparing for plowing. Our news team visited some villages in the Rundu […]

Namibia and Finland are carrying out a feasibility study aimed at establishing a center for civil aviation, which will focus on civil aviation-related training and education in Namibia and Africa. Namibia and Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a feasibility study in March 2020 and have now kicked off the project. The study on […]