Government offices, ministries and agencies are showing little compliance to the Environmental Management Act. This was revealed by the Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Engel !Nawatiseb, during a a weekly media briefing.

Municipalities have been urged to develop strategies that incorporate climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. The call was made by various speakers at the first ever networking meeting of the African and Latin American Municipalities on municipal climate partnerships underway in the capital.

The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, in collaboration with World Food Programme, have launched a new digital system to register food bank beneficiaries. The ministry says the system named SCOPE will improve verification and management of its resources.

Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo says incidences of bank’s failure to guarantee depositors of their safety have necessitated the need for a regulatory body. Alweendo debated on the Namibia Deposit Guarantee Authority Bill in the National Assembly. The Bill provides for the establishment of a ‘deposit guarantee scheme’ to pay depositors in a quick […]

The National Assembly has passed the Appropriation Amendment Bill of N$1,8 million. The Bill re-allocates funds to address priority areas, mainly in the social sectors so that the provision of services are not interrupted.

Oshakati-Ousted NFA President Frans Mbidi says the NFA Secretariat has been captured and is thus compromising the organisation’s operations. The flames refuse to die down at the Soccer House in Windhoek, with neither the Secretary General nor the President willing to end the ongoing power struggles for the benefit of the sport. With only a […]

Some musicians in collaboration with the Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of Music (NASCAM) and the Namibian Police embarked on an exercise to bring to book shebeen owners involved in music piracy. The teams visited two shebeens in Katutura, where almost every compact disc (CD) in jukeboxes were pirated copies.

Ongwediva Rural Development Centre under the Agriculture, Water and Forestry Ministry donated 120 broilers to a rural poultry project in the Oshana Region. Ongwediva Rural Development is a multi-purpose centre aimed at improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people in rural communities.

The Namibia University of Science and Technology’s (NUST) institutional research week is currently under way. The three-day event sees the university showcase its research-based achievements, and promote the institution’s research work.

The belief in the superiority of one race over others, which often results in discrimination and prejudice, is what racism is all about. This form of discrimination is still very much alive at the workplace, and the Employment Equity Commission deals with these complaints on a regular basis.