By: Valeria Handobe In an effort to combat plastic pollution and environmental degradation, the Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta inaugurated the country’s first Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Flake Plant at Okahandja on Thursday. The recycling plant transforms discarded beverage bottles made from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) material into PET flakes with an international […]
By: Ellen Shihepo A farmer from the Omaheke region, Francois Van Schalkwyk, said exploration activities of Uranium One which is close to his farm have not caused hazards for him. Van Schalkwyk,who is involved in crop and animal farming among others, stated that whether farmers are against or for Uranium One’s exploration activities and mining […]
By: Ketemba Tjipepa In a celebration of determination and resilience, the Women at Work Training Centre in Windhoek witnessed a milestone as seven students, including three inmates on parole from the Windhoek Correctional Facility, graduated from their three-month dress-making and pattern-designing course today. The graduation ceremony, themed “New Beginnings,” marked a significant step forward for […]
By: Valeria Handobe The South African High Commission in Namibia, together with the Namibian public and private sectors, as well as various local organisations, celebrate its 30th anniversary of freedom and democracy this week, commemorating the 1994 democratic breakthrough, when South Africa experienced universal voting rights for the first time. Typically observed on the 27th […]
By: Josia Shigwedha The Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) in Windhoek this week celebrated the inaugural graduation of its Diamantaire Enterprise Development programme (EDP). The pioneering initiative is designed to increase Namibian participation and ownership within Namibia’s diamond sector.
By: Ketemba Tjipepa Times are tough, but some men and women are trying their best to make ends meet. At Windhoek’s One Nation garbage site, over 70 individuals, most of them women, spend their days waiting for garbage trucks to dispose of waste, considering it their workplace despite the hazardous conditions. They use what they find […]
By: Terence Mukasa Chinese boxer, Wang Dekang, who is set to fight for the vacant WBO International Super Bantamweight title against local boxer, Fillipus “Energy” Nghitumbwa, says he is in good shape and is ready to continue his unbeaten run against Nghitumbwa.
By: Junior Mutaleni & Ketemba Tjipepa The coastal town of Lüderitz has installed a new tourism attraction that takes the form of a metal frame that indicates the latitude and longitude of its location at Aeroplane Beach. Tourists can take photos of themselves standing in front of or behind the metal frame as memento’s of […]
By: Selma Ikela The 22-year-old man, Tjizake Hoveka Murangi, who is accused of murdering his 29-year-old girlfriend, Frieda Amadhila, earlier this month, was denied bail by the Windhoek’s magistrate court today. Murangi’s case was postponed to 9th August this year for further police investigation. Magistrate Monica Andjamba said that Murangi, who was detained at the Windhoek Police […]
By: Josia Shigwedha National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) president Ester Muinjangue says her decision to step down and hand over the reins of the party leadership at the upcoming congress in July is to allow members to participate in the race and enable the emergence of new leadership. Muinjangue says her withdrawal for a second […]
