The Namibia Tourism Expo for 2023 was launched in Windhoek today (Friday). The Tourism Expo aims to showcase the country’s diverse tourism activities, and it will be held on April 26–28, at the Windhoek Country Club. At the event, Environment, Forestry, and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta called for stakeholder participation to ensure the successful holding of […]
The governments of Namibia and Botswana say the objective of the Memorandum of Agreement is to establish a legal framework within which the two countries shall conduct their relationship and set out the modalities of cooperation in relation to the facilitation of cross-border travel using National Identity Cards between them. The MoU was signed today […]
Two men and a woman were denied bail on Monday after they were found in possession of a suspected stolen ox. The suspects, who appeared in the Rundu Magistrates Court on Wednesday, are charged with the possession of suspected stolen stock, the importation of animals into Namibia without a permit, forgery, and uttering. The two […]
It’s relish galore at Amarika and neighboring villages in the Omusati Region, as residents are currently harvesting the popular worms called Okatalashe, which live on thorn trees. Some harvesters from faraway villages come to camp in various areas after traveling long distances daily in search of the worms, which are found on little thorn trees […]
Candidates who participated in the Namibia Correctional Service’s recruitment fitness training in the Kavango East Region are crying foul, saying the results were tampered with. Candidates argue that they were not offered fair treatment by officials. The candidates claim that despite passing all the required tests, their names did not appear on the list of […]
The National Horticulture Support Project and the Poultry Value Chain Development Scheme, which provide subsidized services to horticulture farmers, are geared towards job creation and increasing the household income of beneficiaries. The Chief Agriculture Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform in the Hardap Region, Johanna Amakali, says that the project, which […]
The Namibia Grape Company at Aussenkehr in the ||Kharas Region has exported more than 2 million boxes of grapes to the European market over the last season. The company’s MD, Gideon Nuunyango, revealed this during the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources oversight visit to the project. According to Nuunyango, the company packed 2,2 million […]
Namibia’s government says the country remains a safe and stable place to live, adding that those seeking asylum in foreign jurisdictions do so out of personal choice. Reports have, however, surfaced that a significant number of Namibians left the country seeking refuge in the United Kingdom. This week, news reports circulated that over a thousand […]
The U.S. First Lady, Jill Biden, says she chose Namibia as the first destination on her Africa tour because of its vibrant democracy. President Hage Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos hosted a luncheon for Dr. Biden at the State House in her honor. Members of the legislative branch, as well as various political and […]
The government has allocated an amount of N$10 million in the 2023/2024 budget for the development of the Neckartal Dam Irrigation Project. The project will run on two farms of a combined size of 11 000 hectares, acquired by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform. Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi in his budget speech […]
