By: Hertha Ekandjo Deputy minister of agriculture, water and land reform Anna Shiweda says shared water can boost confidence and trust among nations and communities. Shiweda said this on Tuesday during a National Workshop on Namibia’s accession process to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes in Windhoek. According […]

By: Justicia Shipena Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director-general Paulus Noa says the 73 dropped cases by the ACC will not reduce the public’s confidence in the entity. This comes as the anti-graft agency dropped 73 out of 120 corruption cases reported between March 2020 and March 2021 because of unfounded claims. According to Noa, reporting to […]

By: Annakleta Haikera Faustinus Dike Hausiku, a 64-year-old resident of Tumweneni, an informal settlement of nearly 5000 residents in Rundu, says he almost died of dehydration after going three days without a drop of water. He has accused the town council of failing to bring services closer to the people as residents go without water […]

By: Josef Kefas Sheehama A prolonged period of civil tensions would likely negatively affect economic growth, indirectly affecting government finance and investors’ confidence. The S&P upgraded South Africa’s sovereign outlook to positive on 21 May 2022, reports News24. What’s good for South Africa is good for Namibia. The Namibian economy is closely linked to South […]

By: Justicia Shipena Swapo’s Windhoek Rural District coordinator John Elago claims that environment and tourism minister and Swapo member Pohamba Shifeta has a love triangle that is causing havoc to the activities in his area. Elago said this in a letter addressed to the party’s secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa on 24 May 2022, requesting Shifeta to […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The Roads Contractor Company’s ((RCC) employees have criticized the company’s board of directors and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as a pack of arrogant bureaucrats that are busy making decisions without consulting workers and their union. The workers demonstrated their anger outside the RCC office in Klein Windhoek Tuesday afternoon where they called […]

  By: Justicia Shipena Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa says that she has no evidence to revoke the bail of Johan Meyer, who is accused of running over and killing 9-year-old Hendrina Amupolo on a farm in Mariental earlier this month. According to her, she cannot bring an application without any evidence to justify why she […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo President Hage Geingob says that culture should never divide us but should instead unite us. He said by celebrating our respective cultural festivals together, we will develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the verbal and non-verbal norms of other cultures, thus bringing us closer together. Geingob made these remarks during the […]

  By: Justicia Shipena The South African rand’s weakness and the lockdown in China pose threats to further fuel hikes beyond June in Namibia, a Simonis Storms report on fuel price announcement for June reveals. According to the report, oil prices moderated slightly between April and May, and the rand’s weakness drove under-recoveries higher. “Rand […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo President Hage Geingob says that the local banking sector has been an integral stakeholder in Namibia’s economic development journey and that the country’s banking sector is expected to play a critical role in propelling Namibia towards sustainable economic development and shared prosperity. The head of state said this during the inauguration of […]