Namibia today joins the international community in marking World Space Week under the theme “Rocket Revolution”, highlighting the growing role of space science and technology in addressing global challenges and advancing human development.
Housebreaking and theft cases have dominated the weekend crime report, with incidents recorded in Windhoek, Mariental, Rundu, and Ndama.
Police also reported cases of rape, murder, armed robbery, and serious road accidents.
For years, making a simple phone call in Ombombo village in the Kunene Region was a daily struggle, with the search for a signal or a walk to higher ground at times proving fruitless.
But that reality has now changed, following the upgrading of the network tower.
The Namibia Gospel Music Awards have returned for their third edition, bringing together gospel artists and music lovers for an evening of praise, worship and celebration.
Lack of sufficient public toilets in Windhoek's informal settlements continues to persist.
This has resulted in some residents allegedly privatising toilets as most of them are out of order and not repaired for years.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called for greater investment in arts, culture and heritage sectors as they have greater contribution to employment, entrepreneurship, tourism and overall development.
Witbooi made the remarks at the second Hardap Regional Arts and Culture Festival at Mariental.
Gaob Carel Afrikaner has been installed as the new leader of the Orlam Afrikaner Traditional Authority.
His coronation took place at the Okahandja Memorial Gravesite.
The Rundu Trade Fair Gala dinner held over the weekend has raised more than N$1 million, the highest amount ever pledged to date.
Speaking on behalf of the head of state, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, asked the attendees to pledge that exact amount.
Liberation struggle hero and SWAPO stalwart Tobias Hainyeko is being remembered today at Ohaihana Village in the Ohangwena Region, 59 years after his death in 1967.
The Rakel Iindongo-Kakwambi Foundation has donated school supplies, toiletries and sanitary pads worth N$40,000 to Ondukuta Combined School in the Omusati Region.
The donation includes a laptop with a printer, printing papers and school uniforms for boys and girls.
