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The Khorixas Town Council says it will identify plots for farmers on the outskirts of the town. This is to solve the challenges posed by livestock roaming around the north-western town. Town council spokesperson Samson /Ochurub says local authority councillors on Monday discussed the possibility of identifying plots for farmers outside the boundaries of Khorixas. […]

Recipients of the inaugural Youth for Green Hydrogen scholarship have expressed their frustration with delays in accessing their quarterly stipends. The scholarship programme, facilitated by the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (Sasscal), backed by the German and Namibian governments, supports students pursuing careers in the green hydrogen and […]

Katima Mulilo mayor John Ntemwa has brushed off a motion for a vote of no confidence in him by the National Democratic Party (NDP). Ntemwa, who was elected as the town’s new mayor in December, during a press conference yesterday said the motion is “unfounded and procedurally flawed”. This comes after NDP councillor Simasiku Mukendwa […]

President Nangolo Mbumba on Friday conveyed a message of condolences to Kenyan president William Ruto following the deaths of the Kenya Defence Forces head, general Francis Ogolla, and military officials in a helicopter crash. Mbumba said he learned with sadness of the helicopter crash in which Ogolla and nine other military officials died. Mbumba extended […]

Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the party is determined to ensure the country’s natural resources are exploited for the benefit of all Namibians. In a statement released to mark Swapo’s 64th anniversary, Nandi-Ndaitwah paid homage to contemporary revolutionaries, alive and departed, including Sam Nujoma, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Brenden Simbwaye, Tobias Hainyeko, Peter Nanyemba, Getrud Kandanga, […]

The Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has accused several banks and the Payment Association of Namibia (PAN) of working together to set fees for debit and credit card transactions. According to the NaCC, PAN, First National Bank of Namibia and Standard Bank Namibia adopted a payment clearing house card schedule, setting interchange fees since 2014. The […]

Olympic 200m silver medallist Christine Mboma says her enforced hiatus from athletics took a toll on her mental health, but continuing to train stopped her losing hope. The 20-year-old has not raced competitively for 20 months after a change to the rules for athletes classed as having differences in sexual development (DSD). The Namibian has […]

Kenya’s military chief general Francis Omondi Ogolla died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country on Thursday, the president said. Ogolla – Kenya’s highest ranking military officer – was in the helicopter alongside 11 other military personnel. Only two people survived. In a news conference, president William Ruto said it was […]

Namibia Progressive Party co-founder Penda Negonga says he is better qualified to run for president because his opponents lack the required intellectual capacity. Speaking to Desert Radio on Friday, Negonga said Swapo vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani have low intellects. “Nandi-Ndaitwah has a small brain […] it doesn’t matter […]

A Polish man has been arrested and charged with planning to co-operate with Russian intelligence services to aid a possible assassination of Volodymyr Zelensky, authorities said. Polish prosecutors said the man, named as Pawel K, was allegedly tasked with collecting information about an airport in Poland used by Ukraine’s president. The arrest was made on […]