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One of the youngest teachers from Ekulo Senior Secondary School, Ndinelago Kalikoka Emosho (27), has launched a project called EduPower Namibia that aims to ensure that every Namibian child, especially those in remote or disadvantaged communities, has access to quality education. Emosho says the purpose of starting the project is to ensure that every child […]
The #BeFree Youth Campus will soon be building a community campus at Kilimanjaro informal settlement to serve the Tobias Hainyeko constituency. This was announced by One Economy Foundation project manager Saddam Biwa on Saturday. He was speaking at the #BeFree Building Communities outreach event at Okuryangava extension 6, at Kilimanjaro in Windhoek. “This is not […]
Getting a tertiary qualification and still being unemployed is devastating. Unemployed Windhoek graduate Selma Haiduwa (27) knows this very well. “I can recall the sleepless nights, completing school assignments, online tests, and studying hard for the exams during the Covid-19 pandemic. The journey wasn’t easy,” she says. “I didn’t expect to be unemployed for this […]
The Namibian tourism industry anticipates a drastic decrease in tourist arrivals following a decision by the Cabinet to impose a visa regime on certain countries. These countries include those not reciprocating Namibia’s visa-on-arrival policy. The decision was made last week and is set to affect jobs in the tourism industry, stakeholders say. The Ministry of […]
A group of unemployed young people have written to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) last week to raise concern over the way the commission handled the recruitment of temporary employees. They accuse the commission of corruption in the recruitment process of polling officials for the General Registration of Voters (GRV) and November 2024 elections. […]
Namibia has sent two observation missions for the South African and Madagascan elections, which are all set to kick off on Wednesday. South Africa will conduct national and provincial elections while Madagascar is holding legislative elections alone, with presidential polls having taken place last year on 16 November. Namibia’s observation team to Madagascar is led […]
President Nangolo Mbumba has declared a state of emergency regarding the current drought, effective 22 May. This declaration is detailed in a government gazette signed by Mbumba. “I declare that, with effect from 22 May 2024, a State of Emergency exists in Namibia on account of the persisting national disaster of drought that exists in […]
A judge of the Windhoek High Court has ordered social activist Michael Amushelelo to pay the legal costs of the food-producing company Namib Mills in a case about threats by Amushelelo to shut down the company. In a judgement delivered on Monday, judge Hannelie Prinsloo said Amushelelo made inflammatory statements against Namib Mills on social […]
Police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi says they have recorded three apparent cases of suicide at Otavi, Eenhana and Okahao on Friday. This is according to the weekend crime report. Van Petrus (28) died due a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Otavi. Valde Haikali’s (77) body was found at Eenhana. His next of kin have been informed, and […]
A 13-year-old female was allegedly raped by her counsin at Okahwakakahungu village, says police spokesperson Kauna Shikwambi in the weekend crime report. The minor and the victim both live in the same house. The post Minor raped over the weekend appeared first on The Namibian.