Finance Minister, Iipumbu Shiimi and Ambassador Herbert Beck of the Federal Republic of Germany on Friday signed a financial cooperation agreement on interest-reduced loans between the two countries. According to a joint media statement here, the total amount of the agreement is N.dollars 2.7 billion dollars and comprises three major areas of the German- Namibia…
The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Port of Antwerp Bruges (POABI) and Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre (APEC), collectively referred to as POABI/APEC. The MoU aims to accord the parties the opportunity to explore the potential for a broad scope of collaboration and to further discover and discuss the…
Commander of the Namibian Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Teofilus Shaende has committed to intensified training of the Air Force to enable it to support the government in operations such as anti-poaching. Shaende was speaking at the celebration of the 19th anniversary of the Namibian Air Force at Karibib on Thursday, saying the Air Force needs…
Residents of the Otjozondjupa Region on Friday expressed satisfaction with the State of the Region Address (SORA) which was delivered by Governor James Uerikua at a special council meeting of the Otjozondjupa Regional Council at Otjiwarongo. The residents told Nampa in an interview that the SORA highlighted largely the development activities in the region, state…
The Khomas and Zambezi regions on Thursday successfully defended their floating trophies at the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture sports games which ended here on Thursday. The annual education sports games are held for non-teaching staff members of the ministry’s 14 regional education directorates including the head office in Windhoek and NIED in Okahandja.…
More than 300 civil servants from various Offices/Ministries and Agencies (O/M/As) on Thursday gathered at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region to celebrate the 2022 Africa Public Service Day. The day was organised by the Office of the Prime Minister in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) and attended by government employees from across the country,…
Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shalumbi, said no representative of the Namibian government has signed or ratified any ‘pandemic treaty’ as it does not exist yet. Shangula made the statement in the National Assembly on Tuesday, following a petition submitted to the ministry on 01 June 2022 by a group that calls…
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) company PowerCom has committed to building telecommunications infrastructure to the tune of N.dollars 21.5 million over the next few years. PowerCom Board Chairperson, Eldorette Harmse, revealed this in Okahandja on Wednesday during the launch of a newly built tower in the Veddersdal residential area, where she added that the current…
Namibia’s T11 sprinters Ananias Shikongo and Chris Kinda said they are excited to represent the country at the upcoming Commonwealth Games but the competition will be tough. The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 08 August 2022 with over 5 000 athletes expected to participate in this international…
Namibia and South Africa will next week host the third session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) to review cooperation in a wide range of areas. These will include diplomatic, legal, economic, social, and defence and security issues, Executive Director in the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Ambassador Penda Naanda, said in a media statement…