Founding President Sam Nujoma on Wednesday launched an area crusade to mobilise the residents and businesses of Terrace Bay towards a common goal of cleaning up the town and its surroundings. “I find this cleaning campaign to fit well with the ongoing national and international efforts to manage the environmental sustainability and the efforts of the current generation and for

The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is alive and kicking and here to stay, its leader Mike Kavekotora says. His sentiments come at the back of reduced popularity among voters during successive polls since its formation in 2007 by then political iconoclasts who had ditched the ruling Swapo Party. In 2009, RDP was seen by political pundits, political actors

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, received the credentials of six new accredited Ambassadors to Lebanon. Ambassadors are: Malaysian Ambassador, AZRI MAT YACOB, Swiss Ambassador, Dr. MARION WICHELT KRUPSKI, Iraqi Ambassador, Haidar Shaya Gobeshi Dilimi Al-Barrak, Dominican Republic Ambassador, ELVIS ANTONIO ALAM LORA, Iceland’s Ambassador, UNNUR ORRADOTTIR RAMETTE, and Rwandan Ambassador, MIRONKO NTAMPAKA FIDELIS. The ceremony was attended by

The Basic Income Grant Coalition has rejected consultancy proposals for the evaluation of the Ministry of Poverty Eradication’s policy framework ‘Blueprint on wealth distribution and poverty eradication’, stating that it raises questions as there are currently no substantive initiatives worth evaluating. “While we appreciate that external evaluations of government policies can be helpful to identify successes and shortcomings in their

The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare on Monday handed over its government functions of social welfare to the country’s 14 regional councils.   Deputy Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Bernadette Jagger represented her ministry when she signed off the functions to the chairpersons of each regional council.   The Minister of Urban

The political leadership of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) are gathered at Otjiwarongo to undergo training in quality and effective service delivery to the nation.   Party secretary-general, Manuel Ngaringombe in his remarks at the event said the training is specifically aimed to capacitate the 30 participants comprising regional and local authority councillors to deliver quality, timely and effective service

The United States of America’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Friday paid a courtesy call on President Hage Geingob to discuss issues surrounding sovereign equality and climate change.   A statement issued by the presidency on Sunday said Thomas-Greenfield and Geingob met alongside the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.   Geingob

The coach of Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma, Henk Botha, says all he wants for Saturday’s 200 metre 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships final in Nairobi is for them to win gold and silver medals. Speaking to Nampa via WhatsApp hours after Mboma and Masilingi had interchanged the world junior record during the semi-finals, Botha said he does not care

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema’s landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election gives many Zambians reason to look into the future with optimism. Zambian nationals speaking to Nampa said the outcome of the just-concluded elections is a new dawn for hope for a country in dire financial circumstances. Last year, Zambia became Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign default after

President Hage Geingob on Tuesday congratulated Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema on his victory in the general elections held in Zambia on 12 August 2021. “On behalf of the people of Namibia, I wish to extend to you, the government and the people of Zambia, fraternal and warm congratulations on your historic election as president of Zambia,” said Geingob. Geingob said

Namibia has solicited support from Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for its candidate contending for the position of president of the Pan-African University, to be held during the 39th African Union executive council meeting in October 2021. A media statement availed by the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation on Tuesday said Namibia made this request during the

Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) Public Relations and Communication Manager, Lina Ndengu said everything is in place and ready for the upcoming by-election for Katima Mulilo Urban. Ndengu said this in an interview with Nampa on Monday while providing an update on the election which is set to take place on 25 August 2021. The election was prompted by the

The Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Inspector-General, Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga on Wednesday held a discussion with the police reservists of the Otjozondjupa Region at Otjiwarongo on their policing activities. Ndeitunga was accompanied by NamPol’s Deputy Inspector-General of Operations, Major-General Joseph Shikongo. During their question and answer session, Ndeitunga encouraged reservists to do more in their policing duties as it helps to

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi has said the performances of Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi at the Olympic Games are a reminder that there is talent in Namibia that has to be developed. Swartbooi said this on Wednesday during a media conference while reacting to Mboma’s victory at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan where she won

National Democratic Party (NDP) leader Martin Lukato on Wednesday introduced Simasiku Christopher as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Katima Mulilo urban constituency by-election. He at the same event in Katima Mulilo launched the party’s election manifesto. The election, scheduled to take place on 25 August 2021, were necessitated by the death of former Katima Mulilo urban constituency councillor John