Defence Minister Penda Ya Ndakolo says there is a need to educate members of the Namibian Defence Force in different fields. The Minister was commissioning more than 80 NDF cadet officers on completion of the fifth Quartermaster course near Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region.

Lack of reliable communication infrastructure in rural areas is hampering information and communication technology (ICT) service delivery in some parts of Namibia. Omundaungilo constituency in the Ohangwena region is one of the areas faced with serious reception challenges for radio, television and mobile communication. Although there is a network tower in the area, it only […]

The Meatco mobile abattoir truck has arrived at Rundu in the Kavango East region. The slaughter unit will be moved to the Angelina Matumbo Rebebe Quarantine camp, before starting operations. Livestock farmers in the region are excited, saying they could not market their animals for the past three years. Meatco’s Livestock Procurement Officer for the […]

The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Swakopmund Branch needs 2,4 million dollars to host its fourth annual International Trade Expo, SWAITEX, at the town this year. The event is scheduled to take place from the 13th to the 15th of October at the Dome, previously known as the Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre. About 330 […]

By Katrina Gowases The chef de Mission of team Namibia at the Rio Olympics, Jesse Schikerling, has called on Namibians who wish to assist the NNOC financially towards Junius Jonas’ case to contact its offices in Windhoek. Junius Jonas was arrested last Sunday for alleged attempt of sexual assault of an Olympic village housekeeper. There […]

Namibia’s last boxer at the 2016 Rio Olympics Jonas Junias Jonas said his performance during his fight was to all those who believed in him and his innocence and thanked all for their support. Jonas lost his first Olympic fight in the 64kg category against Hassan Amzile by a close margin 28-29, 28-29, 28-29 ,after […]

By Breschneff T Katjaimo Namibian Cyclist Dan Craven has completed the Individual Time Trial at the Rio Olympics, despite not being prepared for it. Craven was in Rio to compete in the road race event, which took place on Saturday. That race was supposed to be the end of the Olympics for the bearded Namibian. […]

Talks of repatriating 940 Namibians from the Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana are underway at Katima Mulilo in the Zambezi region. Officials from the Namibian and Botswana governments, and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, are gathered at the town this week, for the 18th Tripartite Commission on the voluntary repatriation. […]

Namibia needs to introduce a law compelling parliamentarians and other senior government office-bearers to declare their assets. That was revealed by a study conduct by the Institute for Public Policy Research – IPPR – on the declaration of assets by top government officials. Releasing the findings in Windhoek on Thursday, IPPR’s Research Associate Max Weylandt […]

Zambia’s electoral body and the International Observers have expressed satisfaction with a peaceful voting process amid high voter turnout. The Electoral Commission of Zambia says reports received from various parts of the country indicate that there was a good voter turnout. Early this week, the ECZ had expressed concern that the violence that had characterized […]