Drug abuse and selling of drugs at some schools in Khorixas is cause for concern. Sixteen cases of dealing in drugs involving the youth have been registered with the local police over the past two months. Stakholders in the education are now demanding for a solution now that learners are preparing for the final examinations.

A 14-year old girl, who earlier this year found out she has cancer says coming to terms with her diagnosis, has helped her regain her positive outlook on life. Despite her weakened condition, Linda Hautupopi remains a beacon of strength and vibrance.

A book titled ‘Administrative Law, Cases and Materials’ was launched in Windhoek. As the justice system often struggles to prepare cases properly and operating under massive stress the book aims to contribute to the development of Namibia’s Juris. Author and Judge of the Namibian High Court, Dr Collins Parker says the book offers a rich […]

A total of 23 artefacts of Namibian origin are expected to return to Namibia from Germany during the course of next year. This is part of an agreement between the Museum Association of Namibia and the Ethnological Museum of Berlin. Earlier this year several Namibian experts and German researchers had been at the Berlin museum […]

The German Historical Museum is in talks with Namibian arts and culture officials about the holding of a second symposium on the return of the Cape Cross column. The column which returned to Namibia in August this year was part of a permanent exhibition the museum hosted since 2005. Before its return, the German museum […]

A group of nine Namibians is on a tour of Germany on invitation by that country’s Federal Government’s Foreign Office. The tour, which started this week, included meetings with officials of the Federal Government Commissioner for Cultural Affairs and the Media, the German Historical Museum in Berlin and officials of the Ethnological Museum on the […]

Government will now save on costs when sending military personnel to other countries for basic training. This was said by President Hage Geingob when he inaugurated the Namibia Command and Staff College of Defence Force at Okahandja. President Geingob says the college is proof that government is committed to the development of world class training […]

President Geingob has proposed that the Namibia Command and Staff College of Defence Force auditorium be named after the famous Augustineum College. Geingob made the proposal after the Namibia Defence Force top brass wanted to honour him by naming the auditorium after him.

Labour experts from the public and private institutions are meeting in the capital to review the National Employment Policy. The policy aims to enhance labour-intensive growth path, the quality of employment and access to jobs for vulnerable groups.

Lack of access to finance, markets and entrepreneurship skills hamper SMEs’ development in Namibia. It is against this background that the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Development, in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), are rolling out EMPRETEC, […]