The Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme (NGH2P) has announced the allocation of N$25 million to fund scholarships for students from the ||Kharas and Hardap regions. While this investment is a landmark boost for Namibia’s green energy ambitions and has further secured the country a top global ranking in climate investment competitiveness.
In a historic and emotionally charged moment, Namibia officially observed its first Genocide Remembrance Day, honoring the lives of more than 100,000 Ovaherero and Nama people who were systematically exterminated by the German colonial regime between 1904 and 1908.
According to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in official address at the commemoration, the declaration of this national holiday marks a turning point in Namibia’s journey toward healing, historical reckoning, and justice.
Regional councilors in Oshikoto, Ohangwena and Omusati regions have expressed concern over the exploitation and abused of members of the San community who reside in their constituencies.
The councilors further claim the San people are often used to do various jobs without remuneration and at times are paid alcohol or food. Protasius Neshuku, the regional councilor of Eengodi constituency in Oshikoto region indicated that some members of the San community are cattle herders or domestic servants.
A group of close to 10 young Namibians is adamant they will continue camping outside the Osona military base facility, with the hope that the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) might reconsider its decision to not absorb them for training as recruits.
The Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is still nursing deep political wounds after it was deregistered by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), a move the party says left lasting damage ahead of the 2024 national elections.
Although the ECN has since reinstated NEFF and government compensatws them, the party’s deputy leader and member of parliament, Kalimbo Iipumbu on Monday said the damage to their political trust and momentum cannot be undone.
The national coordinator of the Namibian Schools Sport Union (NSSU), Roger Kambatuku, has come under fire from peers in the sector, for allegedly receiving two salaries from the government. This, is it claimed, is being carried out in absence of the required approval from the prime minister on recommendation of the public service commission.
A Windhoek father stand accused of duping his biological daughter into debt, after he conspired with an employee of the First National Bank (FNB) of Namibia to open a business account for the girl, after which he withdrew an overdraft amounting to N$10,000.
What started as a childhood hobby using scissors and glass bottles, has turned into a thriving business for one of Windhoek’s most talented barbers. His story is of resilience, hard work, and raw, self-taught talent, which began in the face of hardship. Coming from a humble background, Alfeus Haita Hausiku, originally from Mupini Village in the Kavango West Region, recalls growing up in a family where hard work was the only option.
By Staff Reporter
The Swakopmund municipality and the electricity distributor, Erongo RED have agreed to co-fund residential development project at the coastal town’s Extension 32, Kramersdorf area, The municipality’s spokesperson Linda Mupupa indicated that this agreement marks a major milestone in the provision of much-needed serviced land for housing. She reaffirmed the council’s commitment to urban expansion and sustainable development.
WHEN you talk of women football now, there is always one name one cannot leave out and that is the name Nancy Lebang of V -Power Angels Ladies in the FNB Women Super League (WSL). She was crowned the top scorer of the 2025 Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup Girls Championship that was held in Windhoek, recently.
Aged 15, Lebang made history for Namibia by becoming the first player to score seven goals in one match, when she scored them against Comoros in that championship.