The Prime Minister has appointed Dr Audrin Mathe as the Executive Director (ED) of the Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service. Mathe is appointed for a fixed contract of five years, effective from 1 November 2020. Gladice Pickering is appointed as the Executive Director of the Ministry of Justice for a fixed contract of five years, effective from 1 January 2021. Dr Mathe holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric Studies. In 2013, he was named chief executive officer of the New Era Publication Corporation. In 2011, he was appointed Chief News and Programming Officer at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). Pickering is an admitted legal practitioner who has served as Deputy Executive Director in the ministry since November 2016, including being the deputy chief of the legal services at the ministry.