By: Pandeni Lenga The National Assembly descended into unprecedented scenes yesterday afternoon as Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila lost control of the House, prompting a handover to Deputy Speaker Phillipus Katamelo. The Scene What began as a routine parliamentary sitting quickly unravelled when tensions boiled over. SWAPO chief whip Hamunyera Hambyuka erupted in the chamber, […]
By: Annakleta Haikera The Rundu Town Council has launched its wholly council-owned commercial subsidiary, Rundu Town Council Commercial Services (RTCCS), as the town grapples with rapid population growth, rising demand for basic services and limited municipal revenue in the Kavango East Region. The newly launched company is expected to unlock commercial opportunities, attract investment […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The government of Namibia, through the Minister of Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, has an understanding that it cannot command geology to become commercial or ask capital to ignore economics. Amutse expressed this at the Occasion of the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) Programme that was held in Norway. This comes at […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The National Council Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Housing has declared the country’s road accidents a national public-health, socioeconomic, and development crisis. The Committee has also attributed driver behaviour as the main cause of accidents. From 2024 to mid-2026, the country has recorded 3,020 crashes that caused 2,330 serious injuries. The […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Assessment done on the streams of the Zambezi rivers has revealed the depletion of Zambezi bream and other fish species in the region’s river systems. It has resulted in a call to restock fingerlings for the bream and tilapia species. This was revealed in the Zambezi Regional Council Annual Report, which […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Ministry of Works and Transport has revealed that it will construct more than 40 KM of railway line every year for the next 5 years. This will translate into a new 250 KM railway line across the country. The Works and Transport Ministry Executive Director, Jonas Sheelongo, presented […]
By: Staff Reporter According to analysis by urban development specialist Francisco Neshila on Swakopmund’s Property Market, Swakopmund recorded 8,209 property transactions over the last decade with a cumulative transaction value of N$8.93 billion. The market currently reflects a median residential property price of approximately N$650,000, while serviced land averages are at N$1,040 per square […]
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Speaking on Eagle FM’s land and property development programme, Ulwazi, former President of the Namibia Institute of Town & Regional Planning, Fransisco Neshila, provided some insight into the land and property development environment of Ondangwa. Ondangwa has totalled 1,993 land & property transactions since 2016 worth a total market value of […]
By: David Shoombe The 9th Summit of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State has agreed to establish a Regional Innovative Funding Mechanism with an initial capitalisation of N$5 billion spread over the 2027/28 and 2028/29 Financial Years. The Heads of SACU States, including Namibia’s president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, met in Cape […]
By: Peneyambeko Jonas The opening of the Rössing Foundation Multipurpose Digital Hub in Ondangwa has provided a reminder that Namibia’s future prosperity may depend as much on what happens inside classrooms, laboratories, and technology centres as it does on what is extracted from mines. Built through a N$37.18 million investment by Rössing Uranium […]