The Namibian

UDF tells Sankwasa to stop ‘witch hunt’

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% The United Democratic Front has accused minister James Sankwasa of defamatio…

English: A Tool, Not a Gatekeeper

In Namiba, english is our official language, used in government, business, and schools.

Editorial: Mental Health Care in Shambles

A recent security breach at State House, the fatal shooting of a man with a mental illness by the police and reports that nurses fear for their…

Swapo-linked firm hit by US$3m fish row

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Swapo-linked Hodago Fishing faces a US$3 million (about N$49 million) legal…

Yango spends N$1.3m on permit fees

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Yango Namibia says it has submitted about 1 500 permit applications and spen…

US launches new attacks against Isil in Syria over deadly ambush

The United States (US) has carried out a new round of large-scale attacks against the Isil or Isis group in Syria following an ambush that kille…

NamPower struggles with N$912 million debt

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% The national power utility, Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower), is struggl…

The Discipline of Opinion Writing

The Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie, one of my favourite writers, turned much of the Middle East against him by writing a book critical o…

Liverpool suffer fourth consecutive Premier League defeat at Brentford

Liverpool slumped to a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat as Brentford bullied the defending champions in a 3-2 win on Saturday. Goals fro…

Napoli go top with slump-ending win over Inter but lose De Bruyne

Kevin de Bruyne injured himself hitting his fourth Serie A goal but Napoli went on to beat visiting Inter Milan 3-1 on Saturday, halting their s…

Opposition parties absent from Namibia’s first official genocide day

Several opposition parties were noticeably absent from the official commemoration of Genocide Remembrance Day held on Wednesday to honour the vi…

Petroleum oils top February imports

Namibia imported goods worth N$12.2 billion in February, with petroleum oils at the top, accounting for 12.7% of total imported goods.

Namibia’s exports to EU double over two decades, surpassing N$20 billion

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Namibia's exports to the European Union (EU) have more than doubled in the p…

Who benefits from Lesotho’s ‘white gold’?

Here in Lesotho it is known as white gold – the water which plays such an important role in the country’s economy. The engineering marvel at […]

Regime Change Paranoia

%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% In 2012, the then Botswana high commissioner, Gobopang Duke Lefhoko, defende…

Namcor and Portuguese energy giant to collaborate on capacity building

THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) and Portuguese energy giant Galp Energy have signed a two-year agreement to enhance the s…

Geingob reduces global trips by 44% and qualifies for N$700k in S&Ts

President Hage Geingob has reduced his international trips from 74 days last year to 41 days this year – reducing his potential subsistence and…