[Daily Maverick] In 1985, during Namibia's struggle for independence, 56 Namibian children were taken from camps in Zambia and Angola to live in Czechoslovakia. Theirs is a strange and heartbreaking tale of alienation and loss - never before told. Un...

[New Era] Although Namibia has gone beyond achieving the HIV fast-track targets of UNAIDS by ensuring more than 90% of people living with HIV know their status and are on treatment while their viral load is suppressed, Windhoek mayor Job Amupanda bel...

[New Era] Opuwo -- Despite the crippling drought decimating livestock in the Kunene region, many women living on the outskirts of Opuwo have ventured into small-scale crop farming for both their own consumption and to sell their produce to the commun...

[New Era] Government has gazetted a far-reaching cost-containment for public office-bearers which will include ministers and their deputies sharing an off-road official vehicle unlike in the past when they were each allocated a 4x4.

[New Era] Walvis Bay -- The wet landed horse mackerel sector has scored a small victory following an announcement by fisheries minister Albert Kawana that no wet quota would be converted to freezer.

[Namibian] BUSINESSMAN Titus Nakuumba and a Dubai state-owned port company partner have obtained extra land at Walvis Bay to set up a logistics hub project at the coast.

[Namibian] MINISTER of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta says the government is not obliged to compensate farmers who lose livestock or whose crop fields and property are damaged to due to human-wildlife conflict.

[Namibian] OF the many tree species found in north-central Namibia and elsewhere in southern Africa, the marula tree stands tall and proud as a most respected and celebrated tree which bares a fruit with many beneficial uses.

[Namibian] THE Electoral Commission of Namibia will not renew the contract of its theft accused technical director Milton Louw which ends this month.

[Namibian] EARLY childhood development (ECD) teachers from the Ohangwena region recently converged at the Omlonga constituency office, where they expressed dissatisfaction over lack of financial support from the government.

[Namibian] WORLD Health Organisation representative to Namibia Charles Sagoe-Moses says the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca is still scientifically safe to use in Namibia despite the country recording various cases of the new variant.

[Namibian] LET US REMIND ourselves that foreigners with real money are reluctant to invest in a country when they see little evidence of locals investing in their own economy.

[Namibian] IMPRESSIVE kwaito singer whose stage name is Sixer Vundakan revealed this week that he is working on new music and international collaborations as he wants to penetrate the African market.

[Namibian] Children with disabilities from the Walvis Bay Child and Family Centre have renewed motivation to go to school every day.

[Namibian] DIAMOND mining conglomerate De Beers has sold diamonds worth N$18,6 billion this year alone, recent figures show.

[Namibian] NAMIBIAN biodiversity expert Kauna Schroeder has been elected chairperson of the compliance committee of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing under the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

[Namibian] THE Bank Windhoek Fistball League kicks off this year's action at the Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) in Windhoek on Saturday.

[Namibian] THE National Disability Council of Namibia's board last month had to ask the police to remove the institution's acting boss, Meliherius Haukambe, by force from the council's office in Windhoek.

[Namibian] ABOUT 50 workers at the Kunene Vocational Training Centre (KVTC) at Khorixas downed tools on Wednesday over their low rate of pay, which they said sees them getting paid them less than the Government gazetted wage per hour.

[Namibian] A WINDHOEK man who admitted that he murdered two people in knife stabbings in 2013 and 2018 was sentenced to an effective prison term of 40 years yesterday.

[Namibian] A NORTHERN Namibia resident who killed a man by hitting him with a plank was found guilty of culpable homicide in the Oshakati High Court on Tuesday.

[Namibian] THE crimes committed by a man who raped his teenage daughter on four occasions during 2019 broke up his family, a magistrate commented when he sentenced the man to 15 years' imprisonment yesterday.

[Namibian] The Ongwediva police have arrested a 21-year-old man on charges of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after he allegedly stabbed a friend over N$5 airtime transfer.

[The Conversation Africa] A concise history of the beer industry in Namibia written by history scholar Tycho Van der Hoog begins with the pithy observation by American singer-songwriter Frank Zappa to the effect that every nation worth its salt needs...

[Namibian] As from 1 April this year, all applications for a mining licence in Namibia must have 15% local owners, the Ministry of Mines and Energy announced last week.

[Namibian] THE Namibia Cabin Crew Union (NCCU) through its lawyer Henry Shimutwikeni asked minister of finance Iipumbu Shiimi to explain why Air Namibia's liquidators, Bruni & McLaren, notified employees they would receive their last salary at the en...

[Namibian] A FEW days before the anniversary of Namibia's first coronavirus cases, the country has confirmed the presence of the South African variant while the Namibia Medical Regulatory Council (NMRC) approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine.

[Namibian] The national power utility NamPower says it will start disconnecting electricity supplies to about 25 government offices, ministries and agencies which owe more than N$1,5 billion in electricity bills.

[Namibia Economist] The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be hosting the country's first Smart City conference which will be taking place virtually from 16 to 18 April 2021.

[Namibian] Small-scale farmers in the Bwabwata National Park say their food security is threatened by marauding elephants invading their fields, eating the near-mature crops.