The City of Windhoek says plans to formalise informal settlements could yield about 11 226 erven, with 3 587 erven forming the first phase. City chief executive Moses Matyai on Saturday said the land-use planning process for informal settlements will…

The Roads Authority (RA) has announced that applications for the registration of imported motor vehicles from Hong Kong will now be accepted and processed at all Natis offices across the country with immediate effect. This is after it had temporarily…

Family members and friends of Beatus ‘Tuna’ Iiyambo, who has been missing for two months, staged a demonstration in Windhoek’s Otjomuise on Wednesday demanding answers on his whereabouts. Tuna travelled from Onakaheke village in the Omusati region after being offered…

A second accused in a criminal case involving threats to kill control prosecutor Kristiana Erastus was formally added to proceedings in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday and remanded in custody pending a bail application. The accused, Kefas Hoaeb, appeared…

The government is investigating a case in which a Grade 1 pupil at a school in Windhoek was allegedly assaulted by the father of one of his classmates last week. The boy (7), whose identity cannot be revealed due to…

“She liked going into the forest, she liked looking after animals,” says a distraught Iipinge Festus, the husband of Klaudia Amunyela, who was trampled to death by an elephant on Thursday morning. Amunyela, along with other villagers, found the elephant…

The government has inaugurated a new governance structure for Psemas to improve accountability, efficiency and long-term sustainability in public servant’s healthcare benefits management. The new committee was launched by prime minister Elijah Ngurare on Monday. Ngurare described the reform as…

The Namibia Media Professionals Union has called on media organisations to actively promote women into leadership roles in the newsrooms and not treat them as helpers. In a statement released on International Women’s Day, union secretary general Jemima Beukes said…

United Nations resident coordinator Hopolang Phororo says representation alone does not define equality.She says equality is realised when every woman has access to opportunities, economic power, safety and justice. Phororo said this during the International Women’s Day commemoration in the…

Minister of gender equality and child welfare Emma Kantema says the growing number of women in the justice sector marks a significant milestone in Namibia’s efforts to close the gender gap and strengthen women’s leadership in key institutions. Speaking during…

Women worldwide hold only 64% of the legal rights enjoyed by men, and in over 40 countries, marital rape is not recognised as a crime. United Nations secretary general António Guterres, in a statement released on Sunday to observe International…

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged women and girls not to allow their dreams to be limited by their gender. In a message to mark International Women’s Day, commemorated annually on 8 March, the president urges women and girls to embrace…