Keetmanshoop residents are up in arms over sewage water that has been flowing into the streets to cause an unbearable stench. For the past two weeks, most residential areas at Keetmanshoop experienced sewer water overflows or burst water pipes.

Family planning is not only a matter of human rights but also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. This was said by UNFPA Representative to Namibia during the commemoration of World Population Day held at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region.

Windhoek-Sports Minister Erastus Uutoni launched the 2018 Namibia Annual Sport Awards at the Namibia Sports Commission in Windhoek on Tuesday. The fifteenth edition of the Namibia Annual Sport Awards carries the theme “ALL-STAR NIGHT DRIVEN BY THE PASSION TO WIN”. Seventeen categories are included in this year’s awards, with sponsors reportedly having pledged N$2,5 million […]

The cities of Windhoek and Gaborone have renewed an agreement to share knowledge and experience for the mutual benefit of both cities. The initial cooperation agreement was signed in 2003.

We move to Zimbabwe where the police have arrested former finance minister and opposition politician, Tendai Biti. Biti was arrested as he tried to cross the border and seek asylum in neighboring Zambia today, his lawyer said in a statement issued to the media. According to CGTN, the lawyer Nqobizitha Mlilo, Biti was held after […]

Women in northern Namibia are unhappy that in this day and age they are still excluded from land rights. They say for married women, land is registered in their husbands’ names, and when they divorce or their husbands die, they are left homeless as they are often evicted from the land.

The hearing of an urgent application, in which NUDO Secretary-General Meundjuu Jahanika is challenging the legitimacy of Esther Muinjangue and her faction, as leaders of the party, has been delayed for a second time.

Approximately 200 students from various tertiary institutions refused to hand over their grievances in the form of a petition to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Alfred Van Kent. They demand to see the Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Itah Kandjii-Murangi. The students earlier this week called for […]

Members of the National Council marked the 25th anniversary of the house’s existence on Tuesday. The house was established in 1993 as part of the bicameral parliament and it mostly reviews laws passed by the National Assembly. At the event, National Council Chairperson Megarth Mensah-Williams noted that from a humble beginning, the house of review […]

SADC, as a regional body, comprising of 16 member states, has a governance structure to effectively intervene in regional disputes. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation Selma Ashipala-Musavyi explains how these structures operate.