8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (553+ words) The Oshana region is set to tighten coordination of land allocation and development following the handover of a regional land-use plan intended to guide the expansion of towns, infrastructure, agriculture and other activities across the region. Minister of agriculture, fisheries,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (510+ words) A N$97.2 million debt dispute between The Spar Group Limited and businessman Herman Nekomba has shifted to his insolvent estate, with the High Court ordering that his trustees take over his role in the litigation. The High Court on Tuesday…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (601+ words) Namibia’s sharp decline in maternal deaths nationally is being undermined by persistent regional disparities, with the Omaheke and Zambezi regions recording maternal mortality ratios significantly above the national average. Deputy minister of health and social services Suzan Ndjaleka made the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1085+ words) Paul T. Shipale (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant technological concept reserved for Silicon Valley laboratories. It is rapidly entering workplaces, classrooms, businesses and public institutions, forcing countries to confront a question that…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1029+ words) As a Namibian entrepreneur, I welcome the 2026 National Fisheries Indaba and, particularly, the strategic direction articulated by President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. There is value in bringing government, industry, workers, communities, financiers and other stakeholders into one room to confront the future…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (743+ words) The growing controversy surrounding United States Ambassador to Namibia John Giordano deserves considerably more sobriety than the increasingly heated calls for his recall or for him to be declared persona non grata. At the heart of the matter is a…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (828+ words) The South African government recently hosted the South Africa–Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission Business Forum. The discussions centred on firming trade, industrialisation, and the development of regional value chains. With agriculture accounting for 9.5% of the Zimbabwean GDP, according to the latest…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (317+ words) Cashbuild’s revenue increased by 6% for the period ended June 2026, but earnings were dragged down by a R34.9 million loss linked to the disposal of its Malawi subsidiary. The southern African building materials retailer said revenue from its 297 pre-existing stores rose by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (628+ words) Marshall Ranger Sean Naude’s remarks that authorities would have recovered 15-year-old Erwin Bezuidenhoudt’s remains sooner had he been a “wambo child” have ignited a debate over tribalism, privilege and whether race has any place in the teenager’s prolonged search. Bezuidenhout…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (796+ words) Livestock owners in Judea Lyaboloma are facing a sharp rise in attacks on their animals, with reported incidents surging from one in May to nine in June and 14 in July. This comes after the constituency’s conservancy in the Zambezi region…...