Stringent visa requirements for foreign visitors and tour operators, could be abolished by next year. The Tourism Competitiveness Advisory Council and Inter Ministerial Committee, are expected to come up with proposals in this that regard by the end of this year.

Olthaver and List Group handed over two containers to the Monte Christo Primary Project School to be used as a classroom and a kitchen.

UNAM is searching for a suitable candidate to replace chancellor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, whose term comes to an end. The outgoing Chancellor informed President Hage Geingob that the he would be stepping down in November this year.

The NBC’s Director General Stanley Similo, accompanied by the broadcaster’s chairman Sven Thieme, briefed employees about the financial status of the institution.

Economic Advisor in the Office of the Presidency, Dr John Steytler says budget cuts helped the country’s economy from worsening. Dr Steytler made the remarks at the ‘Beyond the Current Economic Storm’ dialogue organised by the Nedbank Group to engage the business community on the way forward in the battle to get Namibia out the […]

International Relations Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah tabled the Draft Foreign Policy in the National Assembly. This replaces the Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Management document adopted by Parliament in 2004.

The Road Fund Administration handed over three housing units to five of its employees at the Ngoma border post, in the Zambezi Region, on Wednesday. This means that workers who used to commute from Katima Mulilo on a daily basis for about 60 kilometres would now be settled.

A recent decision by South Africa’s Constitutional Court to lift an eight-year ban on domestic trading of rhino horns can have positive spin-offs for Namibia as well. Namibia Chamber of Environment (NCE) supports the lifting of the ban that can lead to regulated international trade.

The retrial of seven men facing charges of high treason for their failed attempt to secede the Caprivi (now Zambezi) Region from the rest of Namibia, will finally begin in the High Court in two weeks.

Namibia’s real Gross Domestic Product growth is projected to improve from 0,2% to 2,1% in 2017. GDP growth is further expected to grow by 3,8% in 2018.