Politicians have blamed egos and selfishness for the Windhoek Municipal Council’s failure to elect a leadership body. In 2023, urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni was on the verge of dissolving the council after its failure to elect a…

Some opposition members of parliament (MPs) say they will reject the 1904 to 1908 genocide reparations joint declaration. Parliament in 2021 rejected the government’s first attempt to push through the deal. The Namibian Sun yesterday reported that Cabinet allegedly directed…

Appeals judge Hosea Angula has advised the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) to decide whether it wants to be an applicant or a respondent in the Independent Patriots for Change’s court challenge of last year’s presidential election. Angula said this on…

Telecom Namibia (TN) is pursuing several leads following a cyberattack at the end of last year. TN chief executive Stanley Shanapinda yesterday said the company is still investigating the root cause of the cyberattack and employees who were on leave…

Economist Salomo Hei yesterday said China’s influence in Africa is one-sided. He was responding to a visit to Namibia by China’s foreign affairs minister Wang Yi. Wang met with vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday morning at the old State House…

President Nangolo will attend the inauguration of Ghana’s president-elect, John Mahama, this week. Mahama, who won the elections in December and defeated president Nana Akufo-Addo, led Ghana from 2012 to 2017. Mbumba’s office in a press statement issued on Monday…

China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, says his country remains Africa’s most trustworthy ally despite changing international relations. Wang met with vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday morning at the old State House in Windhoek. “China and Africa have always…

Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani on Sunday called on the Office of the Prime Minister to evacuate flood victims from damaged homes in Windhoek. This follows on flash floods in that left several people in the city’s informal settlements…

Namibian farmers have incurred financial loses of up to N$315 million in the last year due to drought. Agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein says the losses have been caused by drought induced crop failure for mahangu and…

Presidential spokesperson Alfredo Hengari has described the official registration of a Namibian media union as a step in the right direction in the development of a professional press corps reporting on the basis of ethics and a code of conduct.…

Four years after its launch, the Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) has officially been registered as a trade union. Nampu received its certificate of recognition as a trade union from the Office of the Labour Commissioner on Monday morning. “This…

The Namibia Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union (Naretu) has congratulated the media union on its registration. The Office of the Labour Commissioner recognised the Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) as a trade union on Monday morning, four years after Nampu’s…