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Coastal communities have the right to support or question any development that affects their environment. This was said by the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) during a discussion on community rights amid mining developments at Swakopmund on Tuesday. The coastal community’s track record in stopping or stalling major developments, such as the Gecko Industrial Project and […]
In Africa, about a fifth of children under the age of 17 have experienced unsolicited requests to talk about sex online. This was revealed by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and Child Fund in a report titled ‘Shocking Rise Across Africa in Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse’ earlier this week. The forum’s executive […]
…after paying N$400 000 per month for 11 years After 11 years and five months, the Ohangwena education directorate has finally managed to move to its newly built offices at Eenhana, putting an end to a monthly rental fee of N$400 000. For the past decade, the education directorate has been forking out N$400 000 […]
Despite last week’s groundbreaking ceremony for a 500-bed Windhoek district hospital slated for completion in four years, the health ministry has confirmed no bids for construction have been advertised. The ministry’s executive director Ben Nangombe maintained that the project has a clear plan and will be completed by 2027. “We have a clear plan. The […]
…As Namibia faces worst drought in 100 years About 331 000 households have been registered countrywide to receive drought-relief food aid. The executive director in the Office of the Prime Minister, I-Ben Nashandi, says vulnerability assessments and analyses which were conducted in 2023 estimated that 172 200 households would require assistance due to food insecurity. He […]
…says some new street names too long A Namibian lawyer of German descent, Andreas Vaatz, has criticised the City of Windhoek for “attempting to erase German history” by renaming colonial-era street names. The city launched the naming and renaming process of 17 streets in Windhoek on Thursday last week. Vaatz says the process is “unnecessary”. […]
‘I didn’t send anyone to spread hate speech’ – Shaningwa Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) secretary general, Manuel Ngaringombe says they plan to approach the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) over remarks made by deputy minister of works and transport, Veikko Nekundi calling on his party supporters to bury opposition leaders McHenry Venaani and Panduleni Itula […]
The Swapo party has called for the removal of Cuba from the United States of America’s list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism. This comes after media reports in the US this month stated that its state secretary submitted a list of four countries to the US Congress that allegedly “do not fully cooperate with the […]
As fighting and suffering continues in Gaza, and violence grows in the West Bank, prospects of the Palestinian people gaining their own state might seem further away than ever. The decision by several European countries to formally recognise the existence of a Palestinian state will not overcome the reality that such ambition still faces huge […]
In a solemn tribute to the late Tomas Koneka Iindji, I recall the profound words spoken by Mike Mansfield in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol on 24 November 1963, as he honoured president John F. Kennedy: “there was a wit in a man, neither young nor old, but a wit brimming with the […]