President Hage Geingob was inaugurated for his second five-year term as Namibia’s President at State House. The event coincided with Namibia’s 30th Independence anniversary. Chief Justice Peter Shivute officiated the swearing-in ceremony. Geingob thanked visiting leaders for their bravery, risking their lives to embrace his inauguration, despite the outbreak of COVID-19. Presidents Joao Lourenço of […]
A commercial plane from Amsterdam, Netherlands, carrying 35 Namibians, has just landed at the Hosea Kutako International Aiport. The Health Ministry says the group will be quarantined for 14 days before they are allowed to go home. Screening is done on board, the ones who show symptoms will go to the quarentine facility in ambulances […]
Due to the State of Emergency declared by the President and in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Peya Mushelenga issued a directive that residents with arrears and suspended water services must be reconnected with immediate effect. Provision for residents with no access to water supply must […]
Professor Peter Katjavivi was re-elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly. However, opposition parties caught many by surprise when they for the first time also nominated Dudu Murorua for the position as Speaker.
Chief Justice Peter Shivute swore in new members of the Seventh National Assembly. The MP’s are from eleven political parties who will serve for the next five years.
The Erongo Region will set up two isolation wards at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund hospitals. Each ward will accommodate 25 people, in case of a Coronavirus outbreak.
As Namibian marks 30 years of independence on Saturday, our NBC News team takes a look at some of the notable achievements made in the Otjozondjupa Region over the years.
Congolese music star Aurlus Mabele died yesterday in a hospital in Paris, France, aged 67. His fans called him king of Soukous, which is high-tempo Congolese dance music, popular across Africa. Mabele, whose real name is Aurelien Miatsonama, was from Congo-Brazzaville and moved to France in the 1980s. He became famous across East Africa in […]
A Romanian representative in Namibia, Ovidiu Pater, is dismayed with the Embassy of Spain, for not coming out clear about the residential status of the Romanian couple who tested positive for coronavirus. Pater says although the two are Romanian nationals, they were permanent residents of Spain at the time.
Many of us agree that education is important in helping us to shape our future and also complements one’s knowledge and wisdom. Elen Kamutuezu, a Windhoek resident and a historian, has proven against all odds that the less educated also possess valuable knowledge, which they acquire through their day-to-day experiences.
