The third leg of the 2024 4X4 Vasbyt action took place over the weekend just outside the port city of Walvis Bay. Despite the challenging weather conditions, the action remained of high standard. Known for its stunning desert landscapes and rugged terrain, Walvis Bay provides the perfect backdrop for this thrilling competition. The 4 x4 […]

The Office of the Secretary to the Cabinet says that serious public service delivery challenges at institutions of higher education require collective solutions from all Namibians. In a statement, the office states that these challenges should not be seen as unique to those institutions alone and that all stakeholders should address them. The official statement […]

The recent preliminary result from the National Statistics Agency (NSA) reveals that the Swakopmund constituency population stands at close to 76,000, making it the largest constituency in Namibia, nearly three times its size since its inception in 1992. With the population increase and expansion, the town’s leadership strongly proposes that the constituency be split into […]

Swapo Party Politburo member Verna Sinimbo has urged eligible voters to register for the upcoming national and presidential elections.  She made the call while addressing Swapo party members at Rosh Pinah in the ||Kharas Region.  Sinimbo stressed the need for the party’s supporters to unite in support of the party’s presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, and the party’s […]

The Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emma Theofelus, has announced significant progress in the registration of SIM cards. The initiative, which began in 2021, is being done in compliance with the Communications Act. The minister revealed that the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) temporarily suspended 567,298 SIM cards by the deadline of […]

Namibia and Botswana today launched a joint civil-military cooperation plan aimed at sensitising communities living along the common border about the importance of peaceful coexistence and good neighbourliness. The launch took place in Kasane, Botswana. The first four-day sensitization campaign will take place in July and will focus on illegal border crossings, illegal fishing, poaching, […]

The Minister of Justice, Yvonne Dausab, has presented a bill in the National Assembly aimed at modernising divorce legislation for civil marriages. The bill seeks to remove antiquated grounds for divorce, establish guidelines for child custody and support, manage financial implications post-divorce or annulment, and ensure procedural privacy. Dausab has called for amendments to court […]

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera says that the arrangements for the funeral of Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others will be announced in due course. The military aircraft carrying Dr. Chilima and others, including former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri, crashed in the Chikangawa Forest Reserve in the northern region of the country on Monday. Following […]

President Nangolo Mbumba says the loss resulting from the death of Malawi’s Vice President, Dr. Saulos Chilima, will not only be felt by the people of Malawi but by the entire African continent. Dr. Mbumba reacted to the tragic deaths of Chilima and nine other Malawi nationals in a military aircraft crash on Monday. In […]

The Namibia Volleyball Federation is hosting a Level II Instructors course at the DTS hall in Windhoek, with over 30 coaches from various African countries in attendance. Funded by Olympic Solidarity, the course started yesterday and will run until June 14th. Coaches from Angola, Botswana, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and other nations are participating. The […]