German govt demands answers and considers terminating funding Namibia’s Dâures Green Hydrogen project is asking the German government for more funds after spending N$232 million to set up the country’s green hydrogen village project. The German government is now allegedly…

The broke Namibia Football Association (NFA) has agreed to pay its former secretary general Franco Cosmos N$4.7 million. This includes a once-off N$456 000 and monthly salary of N$70 000. The NFA has been in financial struggles for several years, a…

Rights activist Cidia Chissungo has spent the last few days poring over images she never thought she’d see in Mozambique. There are pictures of young men with bloodied bodies pockmarked with bullet wounds, and teenagers with eyes swollen shut from…

The man credited with transforming Singapore from a slum city state into one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Lee Kuan Yew, once said the reason why African countries such as Nigeria and Congo remain poor despite their abundance…

The South African outfit that printed Namibia’s elections ballot papers say transport deputy minister Veikko Nekundi was rude and showed “aggressive behaviour” during the visit to a warehouse in South Africa. The Namibian obtained footage which shows Swapo observer Nekundi…

Deputy minister of works and transport Veikko Nekundi was allegedly caught on video pushing and shoving an Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) commissioner during an observation trip in South Africa. The incident, according to the video obtained by The Namibian,…

The entity awarded a controversial tender to produce Namibia’s ballot papers says despite a power outage during the printing process, all ballots remained secure.A power outage reportedly occurred when Namibian political party representatives were overseeing the design, production, and delivery…

Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s chief executive, Marco Raffinetti, says any hint of corruption in the country’s emerging green hydrogen sector could destroy projects. Raffinetti says Hyphen’s concession agreement with the government includes explicit anti-corruption measures. “We have zero tolerance written into…

The government is in the process of setting up a national situation room for multi-hazard early warnings. This was announced by deputy prime minister and minister of works and transport John Mutorwa at yesterday’s ‘Early Warning For All Multi-Stakeholder Forum’…

… Swapo tells poverty-stricken Tobias Hainyeko residents the party has done a lot to help Just be thankful for Swapo’s efforts in supporting your constituency. This is what Andreas Mwashekele, a member of Swapo’s Tobias Hainyeko constituency executive, has to…

Katima Mulilo chief executive Raphael Liswaniso says minister of urban and rural development Erastus Uutoni’s delays in project approvals are hampering the development of the town. Liswaniso shared these sentiments with a parliamentary standing committee on public accounts and economy…

Roads Authority (RA) chief executive Conrad Lutombi says the company takes pride in being one of the leading organisations in the development of local contractors, despite favouritism claims. Lutombi was responding to two articles published in The Namibian detailing complaints…