The Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Emma Kantema, says the ministry aims to ensure that the boy child is not left behind in economic empowerment.
Dr. Kantema was speaking at the launch of the Unmasking Postnatal Depression book over the weekend.
Residents of Kombat will soon start paying for water.
For the past five months, residents were provided water for free by a farmer, Heinz van Biljon, but he can no longer do so, as the water is no longer sufficient for people and his irrigation scheme.
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) has reduced its social outreach projects due to USAID funding cuts implemented by the US government earlier this year.
The Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has engaged Keetmanshoop-based community leaders for input on natural resource beneficiation and how communities can derive benefits.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has stepped in to help resolve the Gciriku traditional leadership succession dispute.
The Gciriku tribe has been without a chief since 2019.
The chieftainship of the tribe is inherited through the maternal line.
In celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Otjiwarongo played host to the week-long second edition of the San Cultural Festival.
The event brought together communities to showcase their customs, art, and way of life.
The One Economy Foundation raised N$3,422,900 at a fundraising dinner celebrating its 10th anniversary, themed "A Decade of Weaving Legacy and Stitching Futures," in Windhoek on Thursday.
One Economy Foundation Head of Operations, Saddam Biwa, announced the total amount raised at the event.
Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, said the absence of a stormwater drainage system is an emergency that poses a danger to Rundu residents.
Sankwasa emphasised that immediate action is needed, as there are only three months left before the rainy season begins.
The residents of Thipanana Village in the Kavango East Region assert that they are not receiving any benefits from the rural electrification project.
The villagers claim that NamPower wrongly diverted the electrification project to another village.
Centenarian and liberation struggle veteran Hulda Isaaks has died at her home in Gibeon in the Hardap Region, aged 107.
The Witbooi clan's traditional leader, Josephat Witbooi, confirmed the death of Hulda Isaaks.
