Staff writer The Central Bank’s Senior Information Officer Frans Amakali has participated in the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon, the 89km Comrades Marathon, for the second time. Frans outperformed himself in the second installment, finishing in 08 hours 49 minutes. Frans and 37 other Namibian runners finished the grueling race in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with […]

World Summit In Manchester A group of five Namibians was chosen as delegates to represent Namibia at the One Young World Summit taking place in Manchester next week, between 5 – 8 September 2022. The five delegates were selected as they were recognised as young Namibians who have shown leadership in social, technological, cultural, or […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) newly appointed paramount chief, professor Mutjinde Katjiua says that the traditional authority will continue to reject the deal that Germany and the Namibian government struck last year. His comments come as, in what has been a blow for descendants of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama genocide, who were […]

By: Justicia Shipena Swapo party secretary-general (SG) Sophia Shanigwa says she is not refusing the SG chair. She said this at the Swapo party youth league (SPYL) central committee meeting in the capital upon delivering her keynote address. At this meeting, SPYL elected members of the national executive committee and 15 delegates that will carry […]

By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus On average, a complete house in Namibia is around N$1,2 million, a price range which is beyond many, if not all salaried people. As a result, people take out mortgage loans to buy homes. In his opinion piece last week, the Bankers Association of Namibia, Chief Executive Officer Brian Katjaerua emphasised the […]

Staff Writer The regional phase of the Bank of Namibia’s (BoN) bi-annual High school officially commenced on 30 August 2022. The competition is the bank’s flagship project targeted at educating and improving high school learners’ knowledge of the central bank and its role in the economy. The competition aims to create a better understanding of […]

By: Annakleta Haikera The education ministry’s executive director, Sanet Steenkamp, has said that Sitenda Junior Primary school is a rural uneconomical school, as it enrols less than 100 learners, making it an unsustainable school. Sitenda Junior is a government school situated in the Ncamagoro circuit of the Kavango West region. Last month, the school’s principal, […]

…newly launched online system to charge extra N$100 for delivery Staff Writer Roads Authority’s manager of corporate communications Hileni Fillemon says the newly launched online system to renew vehicle licences will see motorists receiving their disks via Nampost delivery. This comes as the authority, this week, launched the online Namibia Traffic Information System (NaTIS) system […]

Staff Writer The Namibian presidency says journalists have replaced news for citizens with rumours. It said this in a think-piece press statement that the office of the presidency issued through its press secretary Alfredo Hengari on Friday. According to the office of President Hage Geingob, certain newspapers feel no obligation to the truth, stating that […]