It is evident that the government's social programmes are making an impact in the lives of many Namibians, of whom some could have otherwise been worse off without them.

The National Training Authority (NTA) will host the 3rd National Skills Competition in September.

NTA entered into an exciting Service Level Agreement with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (nbc).

The agreement will see full coverage of the skills competition across all of nbc's platforms.

The annual US-Africa Business Summit hopes to put a spotlight on value addition to Africa's natural resources.

The summit is expected to start on Tuesday in Botswana for four days under the theme 'Enhancing Africa's Value in Global Value Chains'.

Namibia is said to be behind in terms of medical research, with most of the studies done outside the country.

This came out during a health seminar and annual general meeting for the Namibia Medical Society (NMC) held at Ongwediva.

The Councillor for the Okakarara Constituency, Ramana Mutjavikua, says there has been notable development in the constituency in the areas of housing, health, education, and youth programmes.