Namibia

SEVERAL local and foreign pension funds, and investment institutions will meet at Swakopmund on 10 and 11 March to discuss Namibia's economic growth through alternative investments. This was said in a statement issued last week by Poiyah Media on behalf of the organiser, MN Capital Group. MN Capital is an…

Rundu — The Kapinga Kamwalye Conservancy in the Mashare constituency of Kavango East is facing a crisis of illegal tree harvesting. At one crime scene, about 86 logs of illegally harvested Kiaat timber, scientifically known as Pterocarpus Angolensis, were found and 10 at another by conservancy members who were patrolling…

The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) will not take place in August this year as earlier communicated, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) announced Tuesday. The agency for the first time was supposed to conduct a spatially-enabled and digital census enumeration, in August this year after the 2021 census had…

Residents in the north of Namibia will have limited water supply for the next two weeks, and have been urged to use water sparingly. NamWater said in a statement that water supply will be interrupted daily for the next two weeks from 22h00 to 05h00, and from 11h00 to 15h00.…

Miguel Berchelt and Jeremiah Nakathila square off at Resorts World Events Center located at Resorts World Las Vegas on Saturday, March 26. The contest features former junior lightweight champion and the fighting pride of Cancun, Mexico up against the Namibian contender in the ten-round main event. The date when the…

A gay couple scored a partial victory in Namibia’s Supreme Court on Monday after it ruled the government had discriminated against them when it rejected the residency application of one of the two who is Mexican-born. The court ordered that the home affairs ministry reconsider the application of Guillermo Delgado…

On 2 March 2022 Namibians applauded their  government for declaring an end to the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) outbreak.  The 4-year long outbreak affected 13 of the 14 political regions mainly in informal settlements and areas with poor hygiene and sanitation.    A cumulative total  of 8 092 Hepatitis E…

The State has maintained the High Court misdirected itself when it ordered that one of the Fishrot accused, Ricardo Gustavo, be released on bail last year. The prosecution, led by deputy prosecutor general Ed Marondedze, last Friday asked the High Court's leave to approach the Supreme Court to appeal the…

A fragment of a destroyed Russian tank is seen on the roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images The liberation movements of Angola, South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique regard Russia as the inheritor and…

THREE security guards from Namibia Protection Services' employment contracts were not renewed this month after they refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. One of the former guards, Haingura Manfred (31), last week said he was shocked after being told to return his uniform and to stay at home for refusing…