The National Road Safety Council held a memorial service for people who perished in two different car accidents on the third of this month. The accidents, in which nine occupants burnt beyond recognition, occurred between Kalkrand and Rehoboth in Hardap region and between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja in Otjozondjupa region. The memorial service took place between […]
The National Assembly has adopted a motion on the Ratification of the Paris Agreement. Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta said Namibia handed in three projects for the funding from the United Nations Green Energy Fund. The projects include the construction of a desalination plant at a cost of 12-billion dollars, rural electrification of 200-million […]
Namibian sprinter Ananias Shikongo and his guide Even Tjiviju won the first gold medal for Namibia at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They won the medal in the men’s T11, 200 metre (m) after beating defending champion Felipe Gomes from Brazil and his guide Jonas de Lima Silva with […]
While Namibia’s football future looks stagnant some of the players affiliated to the Namibian Football Players Union are appealing to the corporate world to help them keep their jobs by sponsoring the league. Around 10 football players gathered at the Namibian Football Players Union (NAFPU) offices to plead to the Corporate World and the Government […]
Namibia’s small but open economy has been a drawcard for foreign investors and is now looking to expand economic partnership with the United States businesses. During a round-table discussion focusing on investment climate in Namibia, President Hage Geingob pointed out that Namibia was open to free trade, which was further affirmed by the continental free […]
Hundreds of local and international exhibitors began to showcase their aviation, space travel and defense products at the Africa Aerospace and Defense Show held in Pretoria, capital of South Africa. The five-day show, which opened on Wednesday at Waterkloof Air Force Base, displayed all types of technology, from personal protective equipment to large-scale defense solutions. […]
Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta tabled a motion to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change in the National Assembly. Namibia signed the agreement during the Paris Climate Change conference held in December 2015.
Large tracts of vegetation in the Okongo Community Forest and Conservancy in the Ohangwena Region was destroyed by fire. The Okongo Community Forest and Conservancy is situated about 70-kilometres east of Okongo village.
Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi has highlighted the importance of engaging the youth in matters of national development, saying young Namibians should be part of the team building the Namibian House. Professor Katjavivi made the remarks when he addressed the youth parliament in Windhoek during the commemoration of the International Day of […]
Works and Transport Minister Alpheus !Naruseb says although Namibia inherited the existing road infrastructure at independence, the roads were concentrated in the central and coastal parts of Namibia. !Naruseb made the remark while inaugurating the 48-kilometre Oshigambo-Eenhana main road near Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region on Wednesday. He pointed out that the northern, eastern and […]
