Reinforcing its commitment to improving lives across Namibia, Bank Windhoek invested more than N$21 million in community development and social value initiatives during its latest financial year. This includes N$9.65 million in direct corporate social investment (CSI) projects and sponsorships,…

Namibia’s entertainment industry is preparing to take its commitment to environmental action from the spotlight to the streets, with the Clean Up Namibia Celebrity Clean-Up Campaign set to take place on Saturday, 19 September, in commemoration of World Cleanup Day.…

A phone number used to be just a phone number. Today it is much more. It is how employers contact job seekers, how banks send notifications, how government departments communicate with citizens, and how schools, clinics, businesses and family members…

Namibia’s cattle market is showing signs of recovery in 2026, with more cattle being sold through local slaughtering and live export than during the same period last year. Monthly marketing volumes have been higher than in 2025 in almost every…

Imagine tourists watching wildlife at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha. Meanwhile, dynamite is blasting a mere few kilometres away, trembling the earth and creating mushrooms of dust across the sunset, frightening wildlife and resulting in a constant flow of heavy…

There is a clear divide in recommendations by Namibia’s delimitation commission when it comes to some targeted regions and communities. It appears that the administrative control of Etosha is being aggressively moved towards the greater Oshana region which barely borders…

Namibia’s new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director general Bryan Eiseb has made an encouraging start to his tenure by singling out unexplained wealth as a key pillar in fighting corruption. Addressing an event in Windhoek last week, Eiseb said “the significance…

Young Namibians got some good news this week: the African Development Bank announced it will pump N$5.6 billion into the country’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system and artificial intelligence. The funding, according to the bank, will modernise…

Windhoek is slowly strangling itself. For thousands of commuters, what was once a brisk 30-minute journey has degenerated into an hour-long gruelling, pothole-riddled ordeal. Windhoek is gridlocked from the northern corridor of Elisenheim, Osona and Okahandja onto the clogged arteries…

Many farming areas in Namibia have received above-average rainfall compared to some seasons in the past. The productivity of some rangelands has improved in some areas, although the quality of the grazing materials is still not the finest. However, the…

As Namibia works towards the goals of Vision 2030, many secondary schools continue to face a fundamental barrier to learning: unreliable electricity supply. Frequent outages, particularly during evening study sessions threaten pupil performance and wellbeing countrywide. In most government secondary…

A teacher reads reads that the Bank of Namibia has increased the repo rate. A nurse hears that fuel prices have been adjusted because of under-recoveries in the fuel pricing system. An artisan follows a news report about inflation, taxation…