Keetmanshoop Municipality has warned residents against indiscriminately dumping waste in open spaces next to skip containers instead of inside them.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Indileni Daniel, has urged the public to refrain from littering and to take shared responsibility for keeping Namibia clean during the festive season and beyond.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) extended gratitude to all stakeholders for their participation in the environmental awareness campaign and for making it a success.

The nationwide Festive Season Environmental Awareness Campaign has now reached Swakopmund.

Officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism and the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia engaged motorists and residents on responsible waste disposal practices.

The Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) has approved 26 institutional grants worth more than N$3,7 million, benefiting individuals across various priority sectors.

Of the approved grants, 8 are youth-led projects and 11 are female-led.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has launched an investigation into the alleged dumping of dead seals in the desert near Henties Bay.

Videos circulating on social media show what appear to be dead seals dumped in an undesignated area.  

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has issued an urgent appeal for global climate action, exposing the harsh realities confronting Namibia and calling on the world to move beyond diplomacy toward concrete results. 

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has pointed out the failure to keep global warming below the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. 

The Municipality of Swakopmund hosted the CircuWasteVETAfrica Stakeholders' Workshop, a platform uniting local and international partners to promote sustainable waste management and circular economy practices. 

Vessels caught fishing illegally in Namibian waters could soon face fines of up to N$10 million.

That's according to Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi, who said Cabinet has approved changes to strengthen the country's outdated fishing laws.