Minister of home affairs, immigration, safety and security Lucia Iipumbu on Tuesday said the ministry is going to fast-track the human trafficking action plan, which runs from 2023 till 2027. Between June 2024 and June 2025, the police recorded six…

Walvis Bay residents and health professionals are demanding government intervention over toxic smoke from illegal tyre burning on state land that could cause serious illnesses. Upon visiting the site, The Namibian was able to confirm the burning of tyres. It…

Bank Windhoek is suing businessman Malakia Elindi, who is charged in the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) fraud and corruption case, for about N$2.3 million in the Windhoek High Court. The bank is asking the court to grant a…

It’s important to have a healthy understanding of resistance. You should never take it personally if some people respond to your vision, or change, with rejection, defensiveness or resistance. In fact, you should welcome it, because your sharpest feedback comes…

Chevron has appointed Mwanyengwa Shapwanale as deputy country manager and local content manager for its Namibia operations. Shapwanale previously served as manager for local content and vendor assurance at Chevron. She joined the company from Reconnaissance Energy Namibia, where she…

The Walvis Bay municipality has announced that residents and businesses at Langstrand and Kuisebmond will experience a temporary water interruption from 17 to 19 March. The municipality in a statement released on Wednesday says the interruption is due to a…

A total of 927 slaughter rights for Savanna Beef Operations traded on the Namibia Securities Exchange’s over-the-counter platform on Monday, the first day of trading for the first quarter, at N$300 per right. According to Savanna board chairperson Siegfried Schneider,…

Morocco have been declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) overturned the result of the final following Senegal’s controversial walk-off. Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in the final on 18…

Twenty-four tonnes of avocados from Zambia are being exported through Walvis Bay to Europe, in a move that could position Namibia as a regional logistics hub and shift an export process traditionally handled through Cape Town. The pilot shipment, carried…

The total number of active subscriber identification module (SIM) cards has increased by 4%, rising from 2.674 million in the third quarter to 2.788 million in the fourth quarter of 2025. This was revealed by the Communications Regulatory Authority of…

An attempt to stop a judicial auction of the Rossmund Golf Course near Swakopmund on Wednesday has failed in the Windhoek High Court. An application by the close corporation Rossmund Golf Course CC to stop the Development Bank of Namibia…

At least four explosions were heard on Wednesday in the city of Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP journalists report. It was not immediately clear what the target was. From a suburb of Erbil, the capital of the region,…