By: Kelvin Chiringa This Wednesday opened with yet another very dark cloud hanging over the Namibian nation, as seven family members got involved in a horrific accident that claimed five of them in the morning hours, after the vehicle they were travelling in burst its rear tyre near Kongola. According to the Zambezi police, the […]

By:  Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the grade 11 cohort of 2022 will only commence with their academic year on 24 January, very late into the month due to the exam leakage and postponement suffered by the ministry. According to Steenkamp, the step was taken to accommodate last year’s grade 11 learners […]

By: Andrew Kathindi Billionaire Harvey Boulter has threatened legal action against a number of local news publications in relation to how he has been covered in the media following his arrest last year, a move which has raised questions of media freedom. Boulter was arrested and charged with murder in relation to a fatal shooting […]

By: Justicia Shipena Education executive director Sanet Steenkamp says the ministry has allocated N$51 million for school stationery, and 81%, equivalent to N$36 million, has already been spent. Steenkamp said the remaining money had been deposited in the school accounts by the regions to buy stationery. This comes as the ministry on Tuesday asked schools […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus Across the Orange River, South African consumers are getting some relief early in the new year with fuel prices set to fall on today- with the retail price of petrol (93) getting a cut by 71 cents a litre, while 95 will decrease by 68c. The wholesale price of diesel (0,05% Sulphur) […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The Omusati regional governor Erginus Endjala has said that the repatriation of hundreds of Angolan nationals who had fled hunger from their country and got harbored by Namibia was a welcome relief. The Angolans have been at Etunda for 11 months and they retraced their footprints back to their Angola with the […]

By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Namibia Institutional Investors Forum will bring together policy makers, asset owners, fund and asset managers, in March 2022 to discuss various asset classes in Namibia. As well as investment policies affecting or impacting investing in Namibia. The Forum announced last week in a statement through Poiyah Media. The announcement comes as […]

  By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus In Africa, each additional year of schooling raises a man’s earnings by 11% and a woman’s earnings by 14%, a study by the World Bank revealed. As a result three World Bank gender experts and economist are now suggesting that as a recovery strategy from Covid-19 for Sub-Saharan Africa is to […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The massive leakage of an exam last year meant for grades 11 and 12 has meant that the ministry has had to cough up roughly N$3 million to put together another round of papers to be written next week Monday. This has been disclosed by the education minister, Anna Nghipondoka, as grade […]

By: Kelvin Chiringa The LPM mayor for the municipality of Keetmanshoop was withdrawn by her principals after she allegedly persisted in cutting water for owing residents instead of targeting big corporates in the area. This has been disclosed by the party’s spokesperson, Eneas Emvula, who said Maree Smit did not hid the party’s instructions and […]