By: Annakleta Haikera The Kavango West and East Chief Forester, Jonas Mwiikinghi, revealed to The Villager on Wednesday that between April and December 2025, authorities confiscated about 3,230 illegally harvested timber planks in the two Kavango regions. Mwiikinghi added that during the same period, 11 suspects were found guilty and fined. He also […]
By: Annakleta Haikera and Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Sand and gravel gravel miners in Kavango East are said to be mining with no regard for the environment, leading to the uprooting of trees, and disturbance of river biodiversity. This is according to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism following various mining site visits. […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Namibia has informed the world of its intentions to pursue nuclear energy as part of its energy mix strategy. This was announced by Kaire M. Mbuende, the director-general of the National Planning Commission (NPC) of Namibia, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, vowing […]
By: Dwight Links The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report of 2026 outlines a myriad of imminent risks that can unravel what the world has achieved in the last 50 years since World War 2, all within the next two-year period. Geo-economic confrontation ranks as the number one immediate threat the world can expect […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the financial year (FY) started in April 2024 and ended March 2025, the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) approved N$912.7 million in funding across priority sectors, an increase compared to the previous year’s approval of N$906.1 million. This was distributed through 128 loans approved during the 2024/25 FY, compared […]
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Prior to the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco last weekend, the president of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, gave the world some insight into his plans to commercialise football on the African continent during the tournament’s closing media briefing. Motsepe revealed that when […]
By: Annakleta Haikera The illegal fencing of communal land in the Kavango West Region continues unabated, with authorities warning that the number of confirmed cases are expected to go above 60 as investigations remain ongoing. According to the Kavango West Communal Land Board (KWCLB), more than 21,534.91 hectares of communal land have already […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Of the five regional power pools that have been established across the continent, the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) stands out as the most advanced and successful. However, the SAPP’s continued success and growth in electricity trade is limited by congested transmission lines within the SADC region, according to the State of […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For November 2025, Namibia’s hides and skins have been exported to 5 countries, diversifying from the usual primary market, South Africa, according to the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia updates. These products were exported to various nations within Southern Africa and continents such as Europe and Asia. […]
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The assets of non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) are trickling above half a trillion, reaching N$528.2 billion as of the end of the third quarter of 2025 (30 September 2025), NAMFISA revealed. These NBFIs include insurance, medical aid funds, retirement funds, friendly societies, the capital market, and microlending. Most of these […]