Namibia’s development partners should play their proper roles in helping the country implement her development plans and programmes. Speaking at a Development Partners Forum in Windhoek, Economic Planning Minister Tom Alweendo said only then, can Namibia attain its intended development levels.

Community members in the Kavango East Region are calling for the implementation of legal measures to ensure recipients of communal land respect the customs of the original inhabitants as well as traditional authorities in these areas. They alleged that after resettlement, some recipients disrespect the norms and customs practiced of the people of the area.

The Namibia Retail Traders Association has raised objections to the Liquor Amendment bill recently passed in the National Assembly. Chairperson of the association, Andreas Nuule was speaking during an interview with NBC News in Windhoek on Wednesday.

Setting up dumping sites without the approval of the Minister of Environment and Tourism is becoming a growing concern in Namibia. In this regard, the Ministry held a consultative workshop, to discuss the Draft National Solid Waste Management Strategy.

Reading has the potential to expose children to a whole new world, experiences, and take them to places they have never been to or never will be. It is therefore important that a culture of reading is promoted among school-going children, hence the reason behind the United States’ YALI programme.

Three people sustained serious injuries after a minibus carrying 15 passengers and a Volkswagen Passat collided on the western bypass this morning.

The drive to introduce information and media literacy programmes in Namibian schools is gaining momentum, and has now been extended to the north central regions.

Namibia’s higher education institutions are encouraged to create inclusive environments to accommodate persons with disabilities. The call was made by the Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube at the Stakeholder Engagement Workshop on a proposed UNAM Centre for Disability Services (UCDS), in Windhoek on Tuesday.

The community of Otjozondjupa Region wants government to expropriate farms owned by absentee landlords.

The case in which the Ovaherero and Nama communities are suing the German government for colonial atrocities – will be heard on 13 October, in the United States Federal Court, in New York. The Ombara-Otjitambi of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Vekuii Rukoro, made the announcement at a media briefing in Windhoek Monday.