The price of petrol and diesel is expected to increase by 50 cents per litre as of this month.

The new price adjustments to fuel in the country will come into effect as of Wednesday, the 5th of March.

San people living in Chetto in the Kongola Constituency of the Zambezi Region joined the rest of the country to say goodbye to the Founding President, who was buried in Windhoek on Saturday.

Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has thanked Namibians for the manner in which they conducted themselves during the mourning period of the late Founding President, Sam Nujoma.

Namibia celebrated its independence in 1990, for which its people waited for decades following a protracted war against the colonial South African occupation.

The nbc's former Head of News and Current Affairs, Claudie Ikela, says Namibia should take the momentum from Founding President Sam Nujoma's ideologies and reach for greater heights as a nation. 

Ikela was privileged to interact with the late Nujoma on numerous occasions during her career. 

"Some of us look great because we are standing on the shoulders of giants". 

These were the words of nbc Director General Stanley Similo during an interview focused on the broadcaster's extensive coverage of the Founding President's final farewell.

After three weeks of mourning, which included regional memorials with the remains of Dr. Sam Nujoma, Namibians, joined by international dignitaries including Heads of State, laid the Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation, Dr. Sam Nujoma, to rest at the Heroes' Acre.

Community members living in and around the town of Nkurenkuru, in the Kavango West Region, met at the Nkurenkuru Expo Hall to watch the live screening of the Founding President's funeral. 

The screening was organised by MICT, Kavango West. 

The solemn procession carrying the remains of Namibia's Founding President passed through historically significant areas, including the Old Location, where the struggle for liberation began.

A new partnership is set to give mineworkers a stake in a developing company.

Namitvest Investment Holdings and Swakop Uranium have signed an agreement that will allow mineworkers to invest in JTT Public Holdings Company, giving them a direct share in its future success.