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Founding president Sam Nujoma’s sister Frieda Daniel has died aged 91, family spokesperson Justina Shingenge confirmed. Daniel, who was the second oldest sibling in her family, after former president Nujoma (95), died this week. Shingenge said Daniel grew up taking care of her younger siblings and doing normal daily chores like a typical girl child […]

The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia (NamBTS) hosted the Windhoek Recognition Awards ceremony on Thursday. The awards commemorated the contributions of blood donors, volunteers and stakeholders for the 20th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day. NamBTS regional director Christa Gouws said the ceremony’s primary aim was to acknowledge and honour the selfless acts of those […]

The State of Qatar handed over drought relief donations to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) at Hosea Kutako International Airport on Friday. The donation worth N$1,3 billion comes as a state of emergency due to the drought has been declared by president Nangolo Mbumba. Cabinet secretary George Simataa thanked the State of Qatar […]

Russian owned company Headsprings Investments, a subsidiary of Uranium One, has called on the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform to include In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining experts at a consultation meeting on uranium mining in the Stampriet Artesian Basin. The meeting is scheduled for next week at Mariental. The company made this call on […]

Nampower, through its foundation, has invested over N$1,2 million in improving the learning environment for pupils in the Omaheke region. According to a recent statement issued by the company, the funds were used to renovate facilities and provide new equipment at Motsomi Primary School and C Heuva Secondary School. Motsomi Primary School, which has 392 […]

Multichoice is facing a financial crisis, with the company’s financial results showing growing debt. According to the group’s 2023 financial results, its liabilities increased while assets decreased. This puts the company in a position of insolvency, meaning it would not be able to cover all its debts even if the company sold everything it owns. […]

The Social Security Commission (SSC) handed over a block of two classrooms and one storeroom to Omalago Primary School in the Tsandi constituency of the Omusati region on Thursday. The construction of the fully furnished block cost N$988 425 and will accommodate 90 pupils. The school, situated about 20 kilometres south-east of Tsandi, has 324 […]

Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi and former party colleague Henny Seibeb have won a High Court case about disciplinary steps taken against them after president Hage Geingob’s state of the nation address in April 2021. In a judgement delivered in the Windhoek High Court on Friday, decisions of the National Assembly’s rules committee and […]

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) received a transparency award at the Annual Central Banking Awards in London on Thursday. According to a statement issued by BoN, the award is a result of the bank’s efforts in its monetary policy communications and transparency in the execution of its price stability mandate. “The Bank of Namibia’s application […]

The Namibian Police submitted a case file on the car accident involving inspector general Joseph Shikongo to the prosecutor general’s office 10 days ago. This was confirmed by Asser Xaregeb, the chief legal clerk at the Office of the Prosecutor General (PG) at the Oshakati High Court, on Thursday. Xaregeb said the police submitted the […]