Attempts to control what women and girls say, think and wear as well as to deny women access to sexual and reproductive rights are on the rise, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today, as it commenced its debate on the advancement of women. In opening remarks, Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and

Developing countries are caught in a difficult situation as they must grapple with multidimensional crises including COVID-19 pandemic recovery, financing gaps, poverty and climate change, speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it opened the general debate of its seventy-seventh session. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said that Committee outcomes and decisions must address

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) on Tuesday cautioned members of the public to be aware of counterfeit banknotes which might be in circulation. In a joint media statement issued with the Namibian Police Force (NamPol), BoN advised the public to verify banknotes in their possession. This can be done by amongst others carefully checking the colour, see-through features, watermarks, multi-coloured

Some lottery industry players are not happy about the recently gazetted Lotteries Act, saying the law does not sufficiently address promotional competition in the country. The Lotteries Amendment Act of 2017 came into force on 01 December 2021, aimed at regulating the industry effectively and ensuring that the sector is kept crime-free, while revenue to the state is being generated

The Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) has announced that a partial system outage occurred on Wednesday at 13h40, affecting the central, coastal, and northern regions. NamPower was responding to the outcry by Namibians in response to the outage on various social media platforms. The company indicated that the partial system outage was caused by a trip on the 400 kV Kokerboom-Auas

In order for the agricultural sector to deliver on a package of objectives including water generation and land reform and resettlement, a set of policy and institutional reforms have become necessary. Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, said this during the 2022 Agricultural Outlook Conference held in Windhoek on Wednesday. The conference, a first of its kind,