While the southern African region remains peaceful and stable, there are still security challenges in some parts of the SADC that require an effective response. Promoting peace and security within the SADC region topped the agenda at the Extra Ordinary Troika Summit in Lusaka, Zambia. Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was among the attendees. The Troika […]
Omaruru was the first town in Namibia to receive full municipal status in 1909, with the first municipal office building erected in 1926. The council moved to the present building in the 1980s, which was the first government school and hostel, opened in 1912. The town mayor, Vincent Kahua, shared the town’s journey of economic […]
Plans are underway to convert the Omaruru single quarters into an open market. Omaruru Mayor Vincent Kahua says the development will reduce the 70% unemployment rate among the youth in the town. The Omaruru Municipality relocated over 30 households last year from the dilapidated single quarters to Extensions 5 and 6 on the municipality’s Kapekaha […]
UNESCO will launch a Safer Campuses campaign aimed at creating awareness about gender-based violence (GBV) at universities. The campaign will use various elements and channels to encourage students to break the silence and take action against GBV. This will be done through pledges, activations, dialogues, debates, and the sharing of survivor stories. Various activities will […]
Clients of the First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) who receive cross-border electronic fund transfer (EFT) payments within the Common Monetary Area (CMA) will no longer be permitted to use domestic payment methods and channels. These cross-border payment changes take effect next month. This means all cross-border payments to an individual or a business in […]
The government has allocated N$8 million to revive the Kalimbeza National Rice Project and has also approved that a sugar plantation be established on part of Kalimbeza, as well as a sugar processing plant in Katima Mulilo. President Nangolo Mbumba revealed this during his address at the national independence celebration at Katima Mulilo. The two […]
The Chairperson of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council, Marlene Mbakera, has called for the construction of a referral hospital in Otjiwarongo. Mbakera was speaking during the National Planning Commission’s visit to the Otjozondjupa Region. Mbakera says Otjiwarongo has never been without good plans, but rather, its challenge lies in the execution of such plans. She […]
Namibia’s Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium and the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the Mission to the European Union will hold a memorial service for the late President Dr. Hage Geingob in the Netherlands. The belated memorial service for Dr. Geingob will broadcast live this evening from half past eight. Due to […]
Communities in the Otjozondupa Region cited unemployment, a lack of infrastructure, and bulk services as areas that need urgent attention. The inhabitants revealed this to the officials of the National Planning Commission (NPC) during their visit to the region. To finalise the 6th National Development Plan, the NPC is conducting consultations in the region for […]
The Director of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum mobilised residents and visitors from all over the world to volunteer in a campaign to restore unmarked graves of the genocide victims. Laidlaw Peringanda says thousands of Ovaherero, Nama, and San people were killed by German soldiers, while others perished in concentration camps between 1904 and 1908 at […]
