A body of a woman was found on Friday under a bridge in Windhoek’s Khomasdal area. The unidentified body was lying on a blanket and it is suspected that the deceased might have died throughout the night. There were no external injuries on the body, and no foul play is suspected at this stage.

About 100 young Namibians who were part of Mandela Washington Fellowship are in Windhoek to attend a conference hosted by the US embassy. The two-day conference aims to develop a road-map for future Namibian leaders’ activities to positively impact their communities.

Early childhood development programmes have been important in helping to avoid learning problems and bringing lasting benefits to individuals and society as a whole. The Deputy Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Lucia Witbooi, emphasised this at the opening of the Ariamsvlei Early Childhood Development Centre. The Centre was constructed through a joint venture […]

Euphoric crowds have gathered in Zimbabwe’s capital to demand the departure of President Robert Mugabe after nearly four decades in power. In a colorful gathering that even days ago would have drawn an immediate police crackdown, Zimbabweans giddy with joy raced through intersections, raising their arms in triumph. Young men shouted, laughed and embraced. Some […]

Eight of the 10 regional branches of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party called for him to resign on Friday, state TV reported. “The province resolved unanimously to recall the president… from being the president of the party and the government,” said Cornelius Mupereri, a spokesman for the party’s Midlands region. He was one […]

Team Harambee took its campaign to the Oshana Region for a meeting with 264 delegates to the Swapo congress, on Thursday. As the congress fever sets in, so are the campaign strategies beefing up.

Tensions remain high in Zimbabwe. Some political analysts say there’s little appetite among African Union (AU) member states to help Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. At the same time, the AU has expressed concern about the army’s actions, and insists that it would never accept a military coup. It has called on Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party to […]

The City of Windhoek’s top officials were grilled by the Parliamentary watchdog on public accounts over their 2014/15 financial audit. According to the Auditor-General’s report, the City’s management failed to provide supporting documents for the year ended 30 June 2015, leading to the adverse audit opinion. The audit report in question indicates that the City, […]

The Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare wants to see women included in decision-making positions, at all levels. Doreen Sioka said this at the opening of a two-day conference on women in politics, at Swakopmund. Namibia ranks third on the African Gender Equality Index. The index which covered 52 of the 54 African countries […]

Namibia and the Russian Federation have signed a cooperation agreement on security. The agreement was signed at the seventh session of the inter-governmental committee on trade and economic cooperation, between Namibia and Russia, which was concluded in Windhoek this week. The summit was called to strengthen trade relations between the two countries in identified areas […]