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Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the party will use social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Twitter (X) and YouTube, as part of its campaign to reach voters and move with the times. The party will also use its website, radio programmes on Radio Energy and Namibia Today. Nandi-Ndaitwah said this when she launched […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has called on Namibians to participate in the oil and gas sector through capacity building. He said this while visiting the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Windhoek yesterday. Mbumba said the extraction of mineral resources requires skills, and Namibians should gain those skills. “To get minerals from the ground is not […]
Namibia’s national debt has gone up by more than half in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) in the last seven years. Minister of finance and public enterprises Iipumbu Shiimi recently told Namibia Media Holdings’ ‘Evening Review’ show that public debt used to be around 20% of GDP, but has ballooned to 70%. He said […]
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture will unveil a bronze statue of legendary Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Windhoek on Wednesday. The event at Chairman Mao Zedong High School at Otjomuise will be officiated by deputy prime minister John Mutorwa, who will be joined by Namibia’s ambassador to China Elia Kaiyamo. The statue aims […]
AquaNam’s second cohort has graduated under the project’s agribusiness training programme. The ceremony on Tuesday saw 20 graduates complete training in aquaponics. According to AquaNam project manager Elena Teixeira, aquaponics is a food production system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics. “In this system, nutrient-rich water from aquaculture is fed to hydroponically grown plants. The result […]
Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Utaara Mootu has placed an urgent call to address the need for transparent accountability of the government’s commitments in financially supporting youth entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystems. Mootu said this on Wednesday while tabling a motion that demands immediate action to rectify the shortcomings and proposed dynamic solutions for fostering a […]
… state loses N$120m in stolen water pumps, solar panels The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform through NamWater launched a N$250-million water supply project at Eenhana in the Ohangwena region on Saturday. The Ohangwena II Well Field Water Supply Schemes project will see the development of the Ohangwena Aquifer, making it the second […]
A woman (43) appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after allegedly luring a minor into the toilet to perform a sexual act. Petronella Swartz appeared before magistrate Surita Savage on charges of rape and contravening the Combating of Immoral Practices Act 21 of 1980. Swartz is accused of luring a boy (6) into […]
Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, to disperse anti-government protests. In the city centre many businesses have remained closed. Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Mombasa and Kisumu. Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani has condemned a woman’s alleged sexual exploitation of a boy (6). This after a woman (44) was arrested in Otjomuise in Windhoek on Monday for allegedly leading a boy into a toilet with the promise of N$5 to perform sexual acts. In a media statement on Monday, Venaani […]