The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) have seized illicit drugs countrywide with a street value of over N.dollars 300 000 during the month of December last year.In a media statement on Monday, NamPol spokesperson, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi said …

Kharas Governor, Aletha Frederick on Friday handed over a site to Shanxi Construction and Investment Group for the construction of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre (VTC).The construction of the VTC at the southern town was funded through a l…

Cowpea is one of the most cultivated and consumed grain legumes globally, especially in the arid and semi-arid tropics.Since it can grow in harsh environments under dry-land conditions, it is one of the most popular legume grains in Saharan Africa, a p…

Agribank board of directors wants the bank’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Raphael Karuaihe to put special focus on business preservation, growth and financial sustainability to enable the bank to keep delivering on its mandate.Karuaihe who assumed…

In mid-2015 the German Foreign Ministry admitted that the war the country had waged against the local communities of the Ovaherero and Nama (and the Damara and San) between 1904 and 1908 in German South West Africa (now Namibia) was a genocide.Since th…

Space debris is increasingly causing headaches for satellite builders and space companies, according to German space firm OHB.’It’s a problem,’ said chief executive Marco Fuchs from OHB, whose core business comprises low-orbiting and geostationary sate…

The Kunene Regional Council has resolved to pay its employees their salaries for December 2021, following a lengthy heated meeting in Opuwo on Thursday.The meeting, which spanned across five hours in the regional office’s boardroom, comes some 18 days …

The Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation has appointed Kylliki Sihlahla as deputy labour commissioner, effective 01 January 2022.The ministry in a media statement on Wednesday said Sihlahla’s appointment was done in terms of…

Delegates Agree on 2022-2024 Scale of Assessments, Yet Argue Over Financing for Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in SyriaThe Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventy-sixth session on 23 De…

The Directorate of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has partially lifted movement restrictions imposed on cloven-hoofed animals and animal products in Zambezi Region due to foot and mouth disease outbreak.A medi…

Health and Social Services Minister, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has announced that Namibia on Wednesday recorded 1 225 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths bringing the total deaths in the country to 3 597.In the daily update issued Thursday, Shangula said the …

Junior Lightweight boxer Flame ‘Special One’ Nangolo was on Friday crowned national champion after successfully outclassing his opponent Abraham ‘Energy’ Ndaendapo during AC Boxing’s Rising Stars boxing bonanza here.The 19-year-old Nangolo who has a re…

Plastic Packaging (Pty) Ltd of Namibia was named Regional Exporter of the Year at the inaugural Southern Africa Regional Exporters Awards 2021, which took place in East London, South Africa.Technical Systems Pty Ltd from South Africa and Far East Texti…

Six people at Kalkrand in the Hardap Region on Wednesday received income generation activities (IGAs) materials and equipment from the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare.Speaking during the handover at the village, Depu…

Cabinet has endorsed that the horse mackerel Total Allowable Catch (TAC) be set at 330 000 metric tonnes (MT) for the 2022 fishing season.Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Peya Mushelenga giving an update on Tuesday of the recent Ca…