Research carried out by the Benguela Current Commission must be demand driven and owned by the its member states. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau, made these remarks during the sixth Ministerial Conference of the Benguela Current Commission (BCC) in Windhoek.
A two-day Agricultural Conference, looking into issues facing cooperatives and farmers’ associations, was held at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region. The gathering aims to motivate the cooperatives and associations to take up opportunities and address the bottlenecks preventing them from realising their full potential.
The introduction of smart cities in the Namibian context will not only reduce crime, but has the potential to improve service delivery. This is according to the president of the Namibian Association of Local Authority Officials (NALAO), Walde Ndevashiya.
Residents of Etomba and Omundaungilo in the Ohangwena Region will no longer be subjected to bumpy and slippery gravel roads with the completion of the 67,9 kilometre District Road-3624 from Etomba to Omundaungilo.
The Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMAs), on Friday announced a 12 month ban on musician Blossom, real name Ruusa Munalye, for utterances made on social media. The ban is effective immediately. She caused a stir on social media his week for having made statements that may be viewed as tribal. The ban prohibits Blossom from […]
About 40% of the world’s oceans are heavily affected by human activities which includes among others ocean pollution and over-fishing. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Kiki Gbeho revealed this during the sixth Ministerial Conference of the Benguela Current Convention (BCC) in Windhoek.
British Members of Parliament have commended Namibia for taking a bold approach towards women empowerment. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, United Kingdom branch, paid a courtesy call on President Geingob on Friday.
The elevators at the Keetmanshoop State Hospital have been out of order since last week and nurses and hospital staff have to climb the stairs to attend to patients and to distribute meals.
The Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union, (MANWU), has condemned the recent death of a worker at the Neckertal Dam construction site. The deceased was employed by Henimma Investments, which is subcontracted by Italian company Salini Impregilo, to work at the site.
A documentary film, produced during the annual Damara Traditional and Cultural Festival in Namibia last year (2016) has made it to the top 10 list of Arts and Humanities Research Councils, UK Film Awards. The United Kingdom-based research group has selected the 45-minute documentary called the ‘Damara King Festival’ out of 150 submitted films. The […]
