Namibia joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Music Day on Saturday, and music lovers had their dancing shoes on in Kalkfeld. 

Music lovers from across the Otjozondjupa Region met in Kalkfeld to celebrate World Music Day. 

About 200 workers of the Merlus Fishing Group of Companies allege an unfair salary gap between the company's original workforce and employees recently brought on under the government's Redress Programme to deal with past retrenchments and industrial disruptions.

Calls for the government to lift the moratorium on pilchards are getting louder, following reports of illegal pilchard fishing near Walvis Bay.

The calls are also based on surveys indicating that the pilchards' biomass has increased, showing signs of recovery over the past four years.

The 17th U.S.–Africa Business Summit emphasised the importance of strengthening the private sector, growing regional economies, and leveraging technology to advance infrastructure development.

Angola's President João Lourenço officially opened the three-day event in Luanda.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for trust in business negotiations between the USA and the African continent from the outset.

She emphasised that prolonged negotiation periods and a lack of tangible benefits for identified communities lead to distrust.