The Information and Communication Rights in Africa conference is currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia. The regional conference seeks to contribute to ongoing efforts towards combating the major challenges affecting digital rights, access to information, freedom of expression, and media in Africa. It will also touch on human rights and the digital transformation of media. The […]

Outgoing representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Namibia, Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses, has emphasised the ongoing need to further strengthen investments in skilled and community health workers.

Residents of the ||Kharas Region have thrown their support behind the motion on the writing-off of water and electricity debts that local authorities owe bulk suppliers, NamWater and NamPower. They shared their sentiments at the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Resources and Community Development public hearing at Keetmanshoop.   Defaulters owe NamWater N$1.7 billion, while […]

Africa Tourism Partners Chief Executive Officer, Kwakye Donkor, says this year’s Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge has registered a low turnout compared to last year. Donkor highlighted this in an interview with nbc News ahead of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge at Swakopmund, where about 38 countries from […]

Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, says persons with disabilities must be strategic when choosing what to study as it will increase job opportunities. Manombe Ncube was speaking at a workshop for organisations of people with disabilities on the Sustainable Development Goals. “Just last week at the Stakeholder Validation Workshop on Disability Data Collection […]

The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Ipumbu Shiimi, has directed public entities not to enter into financial agreements that exempt lenders from the required tendering processes as stated in the Procurement Act. This directive follows a local outcry regarding a road project funded by the German development agency, KfW Development Bank, that excluded local […]

UNICEF’s Manager for Social Policy at the Namibia Country Office, Jecob Nyamadzwao, says cash benefits for disability grants in many countries cannot cover the basic expenses of people with disabilities, let alone extra costs. Nyamadzawo shared these sentiments at a Disability Budget Analysis and Inception meeting in the capital. The government recently increased the disability […]

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources has called on the Ministry of Mines and Energy to decentralise its operations to better serve small-scale miners in rural areas. At a meeting in Swakopmund, the MPs emphasised that small-scale miners bear exorbitant costs to travel to Windhoek for services. Although there are offices of the Mines […]

Members of Parliament and stakeholders have expressed worry over the monitoring of mining activities as Namibia only has three mining inspectors. The Mining Commissioner, Isabella Kandjii-Chirchir, confirmed that the situation is a challenge for the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Among other functions, mining inspectors conduct inspections of mining operations and recommend remedial actions. At […]

Namibia is hosting a high-profile regional workshop on Diaspora Engagement. The workshop aims to recognise the significant contributions of the diaspora to economies and develop a regional framework to facilitate their involvement in national development plans. The workshop, among others, focuses on the impact of remittances on poverty reduction and national development. “The diaspora is […]