The Swakopmund Circuit introduced a central registration venue for pre-primary and Grade 1 school placement for 2024 at the Mondesa Multi-Purpose Centre, which started operating on Monday. The new process of having one central registration venue came about through a meeting by the Swakopmund Circuit with school principals in an effort to streamline the process.…
Vice President Nangolo Mbumba has demanded that all artefacts of historical and cultural significance to Namibians be returned to their rightful owners. Mbumba made the demand at the commemoration of the 127th anniversary of the battle of Otjiunda and the subsequent execution of the late Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva at Okahandja on Sunday. Chief Kahimemua was…
The Capricorn Foundation has announced the successful conclusion of entries for phase two of its Food Waste Challenge (FWC). In line with its vision to be Connectors of Positive Change, the foundation previously called for innovative solutions that can create or expand self-sufficient social enterprises (businesses) to address the issue of food waste in Namibia…
Namibian lawyer Marén de Klerk, who is implicated in the Fishrot scandal, will appear in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court in South Africa on Friday for an extradition inquiry. He was arrested on Thursday by South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) and the South African Police Services (SAPS). On Thursday, Namibian Police Force…
The price of 50 ppm diesel will decrease by 80 cents per litre while 10 ppm will reduce with 60 cents per litre, effective 07 June 2023, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced. In a statement issued Tuesday, the ministry said petrol prices at Walvis Bay will remain N.dollars 19.78 per litre while…
Outgoing World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to Namibia, Charles Sagoe-Moses has said there is a need for Namibia to continue strengthening its health personnel capacity to ensure universal health coverage and primary health care. Speaking to the media during a courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob at State House on Tuesday, Sagoe-Moses said Namibia should…
A delegation of 13 media professionals from Namibia, which travelled to China for a study tour on 21 May, has described the trip as a success. The media professionals were from various organisations, including The Namibian Newspaper, New Era Newspaper, the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), the Namibia Daily Newspaper, Namibia Today, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)…
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Tjekero Tweya has accused Government of deliberately excluding Namibians from participating in mining with the current application fees to acquire a mining license. Tweya expressed this position in Swakopmund on Tuesday during the oversight Workshop on Maximising the Potentials of the Mining and Energy Sectors in…
Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) on Monday said it will continue collecting customers’ biometric data as part of its ‘Verifi’ procedure as an enhanced security measure against cyber theft. This despite a directive issued Friday by the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) that the gathering of biometric data for the purpose of SIM card registration…
Mines and Energy Minister Tom Alweendo has emphasised the need for politicians to mitigate corruption in the management of natural resources in order to ensure that in-country value creation reaches ordinary citizens. Alweendo at the opening of the oversight workshop on maximising the potential of the mining and energy sectors in Namibia in Swakopmund on…