The Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development has commended the Tsandi Village Council for empowering vendors and SME traders.

GIZ, along with the Probats II-Competency-Based Economies and Namibia Investment and Finance Agriculture Financial Sector Programme Design Lab, organised a two-day meeting with various groups to promote financial innovation that is inclusive and sustainable.

Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare is calling on government and industry to unite in purpose and partnership through skills development.

He was speaking at the Toyota Training Centre Inauguration in Windhoek.

A three-year-old girl, Monica Klaaste, drowned in a water-filled trench at the Keetmanshoop |Gereres informal settlement.

According to the police, Monica was playing when she fell into the wastewater-filled trench located near the residential area.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund, Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, has called for immediate action to stop the bloodshed on the country's roads.

She revealed that this year, Namibia's road deaths have increased by 12%, a trend which she described as worrying.

Namibia has recorded a sharp increase in road-related deaths and crashes this year, according to the latest year-to-date crash statistics released today.

The figures were released today by NamPol's Head of Traffic Law Enforcement, Commissioner Petrus Swartz.

The Namibian Police Force recorded close to 5,000 gender-based violence (GBV) cases countrywide in 2024.

Erongo Regional Commander Commissioner Nikolaus Kupembona revealed the statistics at Walvis Bay, where a workshop for male police officers is underway.

Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has said regional development initiatives must take centre stage in the development of the economy.

He said this in a speech read on his behalf by his Special Advisor Asser Ntinda at the Khorixas Mayoral Gala Dinner on Friday.

Landless residents of Otavi's Kap En Bou are unhappy about the temporary suspension of the plot allocation waiting list, saying some of them have been waiting for the past nine years. 

In a move to improve the welfare of educators, the Ohangwena Regional Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa, handed over the construction site for a new teacher's accommodation facility at Helao Nafidi Combined School in the Okongo Constituency.

The project is estimated to cost N$1.4 million.