By: Finna Kahili Is there a link between poverty and teenage pregnancies? To find out, News on One spoke to Sociologist from the University of Namibia (UNAM) and a local human rights activist, and according to them, there is a close link between poverty and teenage pregnancies in the country. They noted that […]
By: Valeria Handobe The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has launched the first publication which will review Namibia’s green hydrogen developments. The pilot edition, titled “Green Hydrogen Monitor,” aims to provide detailed information about the growing green hydrogen project. The publication discusses various topics, including financing options, governance issues, environmental impacts, feasibility concerns, economic […]
By: Ketemba Tjipepa A stone thrown away from the University of Namibia’s main campus in Academia, lies Baboon City, where a community of 120 people has been weathering extreme hardships since 2016. Originally arriving as construction workers for China Railway Seventh Group company or hopeful migrants, they now resort to selling and consuming food scavenged […]
By: Valeria Handobe The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has launched the first publication which will review Namibia’s green hydrogen developments. The pilot edition, titled “Green Hydrogen Monitor,” aims to provide detailed information about the growing green hydrogen project. The publication discusses various topics, including financing options, governance issues, environmental impacts, feasibility concerns, economic […]
By: Josia Shigwedha Members of the country’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Other or LGBTQI+ community are celebrating. This after the Windhoek High Court declared that the crimes of ‘sodomy’ and ‘unnatural sexual offences’ as unconstitutional and invalid. LGBTQI+ activist Linda Baumann expressed happiness at the historic ruling. She explained that while homosexuality […]
By: Valeria Handobe In a commendable display of corporate social responsibility, the Diamond Manufacturers Association of Namibia (DIAMAN) has donated furniture, sanitary items, and medical equipment among others valued at N$132 000 to the Mental Health Centre at Windhoek Central Hospital today. This donation marks phase one of DIAMAN’s CSI project for the hospital. Watch […]
By: Terence Mukasa Namibian footballer based in South Africa, Bethuel Muzeu, says that he is happy to be regarded by the public as a skilled striker and someone eager to learn and take over from Mamelodi Sundowns’ talisman, Peter Shalulile. Muzeu, who is currently in camp with the Tafel Lager Brave Warriors ahead of their […]
By: Finna Kahili Following a comprehensive review of domestic, regional and global economic developments, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) maintained the repo rate at 7.75 percent for the next two months. This development according to the central bank’s Governor, Johannes !Gawaxab, is to continue safeguarding the peg between the Namibian dollar and the South African […]
By: Eric Mhunduru and Maggie Forcelledo Aiming to establish closer ties and promote long term sustainable development of Namibia’s Uranium mining with stakeholders in the mining industry, Rössing Uranium under the majority shareholding of China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC), hosted the Natural Uranium Sustainable Development Conference in Windhoek, themed: Namibia Natural Uranium Sustainable Development”. The […]
By: Selma Taapopi Ladies are already doing it for themselves, and the Information Technology (IT) space is another area where women have the potential to excel. Salt Essential IT, a local Microsoft direct cloud solution provider, recently hosted a women entrepreneurs and executive in tech summit, to celebrate women in the Information Technology […]