The Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy, Modestus Amutse, said it is not within his mandate to extend or terminate contracts of CEOs within mining companies.

The Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy has reaffirmed to the National Assembly that decisions related to upstream petroleum activities remain firmly within the Ministry.

The Namibian government officially submitted a nomination dossier to UNESCO for the Dâures/Brandberg National Monument Area to be inscribed on the World Heritage List.

Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare said his office and that of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, under the direction of the President, have begun preliminary assessments of the ownership of government data and digital infrastructure.

The 7th National Council today concluded its two-day special session to appoint the Rules, Order and Business Committee.

During the National Council's last special session on the election of committee members, Swapo's Erickson Ndawanifa was elected as the first Vice-Chairperson of the entire council.

The 7th National Council conducted a special session and orientation seminar for the newly elected members of the 7th National Council following the  Regional Councils and local authorities elections of last year.

The induction programme commenced today and will run until Friday.

The secretaries to the National Assembly and National Council have expressed readiness for the official opening of parliament tomorrow.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will officially open both houses of legislation.

Members of Parliament attended the sixteenth session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, under the theme "Powering Humanity: Renewable Energy for Shared Prosperity".

Namibia is represented by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Phillipus Katamelo.

Renowned Pan-Africanist Patrick Lumumba says the United States' foreign policy is increasingly displaying contradictions that reflect a power struggling to define its role in a changing global order. 

The Executive Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Gladice Pickering, has said that while the drought relief programme may have come to an end, food security remains a major concern for the current administration.