The National Council Parliamentary Standing Committees say their reports, which came from public hearings countrywide, have contributed immensely towards change in government policies. Chairpersons of Standing Parliamentary Standing Committees are in Swakopmund to evaluate progress made during the current financial year.

President Hage Geingob says government will soon submit project proposals to friendly countries for assistance in eliminating informal settlements.

Keetmanshoop residents have given //Karas Governor Lucia Basson until next week Monday to ensure that Children of the Liberation Struggle employed at the town vacate their posts. The group complained about special treatment given to the Children of the Liberation Struggle at the expense of others.

A Nairobi-based company Direct Pay Online Group has been issued with a licence by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) to provide payment solutions to local businesses including small and medium enterprises. The introduction of Direct Pay Online (DPO) will assist Namibian businesses to benefit from growing e-commerce trends and facilitate easy payments.

Windhoek-June Wilhemina Shimuashili is young, eager and diligent. She completed the International Olympic Committee’s Young Reporters Programme in South America last month and is now ready to take on the male-dominated industry of Sports Journalism in Namibia. Twenty-four-year-old June Wilhemina Shimuashili recently returned from the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The young journalism […]

Tunacor Fishing Company has renamed its Motor Fishing Vessel or MFV-KATUKA, to MFV-Tatekulu Andimba Toivo ya Toivo. Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba commended the company for its decision to rename the vessel to the Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner.

The Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation has launched the Namibia Productivity Awareness Campaign Week. The awareness week is marked under the theme ‘Productivity is Everybody’s Business, Targeting the Youth and Public Servants’.

Swapo secretary general (SG) Sophia Shaningwa on Tuesday announced that the party will hold its extraordinary congress, as decided at last year’s congress, from 30 November to 1 December. Shaningwa also ordered that the slate names Team Harambee and Team Swapo be done away with with immediate effect. She called for unity within the party. […]

A 22-year-old man accused of murder, kidnapping and theft at Otjimbingwe appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s Court today. Instead of appearing on the murder and kidnapping charges the police wanted to question him on, the suspect took the stand for a different case; dagga possession. This case was postponed to next month. Meanwhile, on the […]

UNAM and trade unions NAPWU and NANTU agreed to a once-off cash payment equivalent to 5% of seven months’ basic salary payable to all staff members within the bargaining unit on 14 December and those who are still in the employment of Unam at the time of signing of the agreement. To end the strike […]