Independent presidential candidate Dr Panduleni Itula, and others, are demanding the withdrawal of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the upcoming National Assembly and Presidential Elections. Itula is joined by the Workers’ Revolutionary Party (WRP) and the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) in the application. According to the applicants, the election administration body, the Electoral […]

Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Executive Director Dr Moses Maurihungirire says that an investment of nearly N$160 million made on a new wet fish trawler by Lalandi Holdings is not money wasted saying that the vessel is fit to operate in the lucrative Namibian hake industry. The state of the art fishing vessel is […]

Various infrastructure worth N$80 million for the Tsau //Khaeb National Park in Lüderitz was inaugurated. This infrastructure will enable the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to efficiently manage the park and its supporting zones.

Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa says she did not approve any application for the court to freeze the accounts of the two ministers implicated in the fishing quotas scandal. Imalwa says she has not yet received any docket from the Anti Corruption Commission regarding this matter.

Following the online publication of the ‘Fishrot Files’, the Mauritian Ministry of Financial Services and Good Governance has decided to shed light on the matter. The article reports alleged cases of corruption in two African countries, where the Mauritian jurisdiction and societies of Global Business were mentioned. According to the minister of Financial Services, Mauritius […]

UNESCO’s General Conference adopted a resolution on the proclamation of a World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development. The resolution was introduced by ambassador Albertus Aochamub, Namibia’s permanent delegate to UNESCO at its 206th session of the UNESCO executive board meeting. Ambassador Aochamub pointed out that engineering is an enabler for the exploration of new frontiers […]

UNESCO’s Communication and Information Commission has unanimously adopted a resolution on the proclamation of a global media and information literacy week. The proposal to proclaim 24 to 31 October as Global Media and Information Literacy Week was presented by Ghana, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The objective of the global week is to […]

More than 400 Namibians are expected to be employed when the second phase of the road construction between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Aiport starts. This was revealed by the Minister of Works and Transport John Mutorwa.

The implementation of a sustainable blue economy policy to ensure Namibia benefits from its marine activities are at its final stages. This was revealed at the conference on the Policy Dialogue on Blue Economy and Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development, underway in Windhoek.

The Landless People’s Movement (LPM) is the latest political party to have taken issue with the alleged offshore fishing bribery scandal, focusing on a prominent lawyer, Sisa Namandje. The party’s deputy leader, Henny Seibeb says LPM will submit a formal complaint to the Law Society of Namibia to investigate him.