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PEOPLE

From the frontline to detention

From the frontline to detention

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COLUMNS

Prison Break: Grade 9 and a good family name

Prison Break: Grade 9 and a good family name

8 Hours Ago

TENSE: Employees of Namib Mills and members of the Namibia Revolutionary Transport Union (Naretu) protested loudly in front of closed gates earlier this week.Photo Augetto Graig

LABOUR

Security tightened at Namib Mills amid strike

Security tightened at Namib Mills amid strike

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The late Max Endjala. Photos: FILE

CRIME

One year on, only 12% of stolen Namdia diamonds recovered

One year on, only 12% of stolen Namdia diamonds recovered

1 Day Ago

NEW DISTRIBUTOR: NamPost took over social grant distribution duties from Epupa Investments late last year. Photo: FILE

SHORT NEWS

Government, NamPost tighten controls amid social grant chaos

Government, NamPost tighten controls amid social grant chaos

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IN HOT SOUP: Dr Fillemon ‘Fly’ Nakanduungile escorted by police at Ondangwa Magistrate's Court. Photo: Tuyeimo Haidula

JUSTICE

Defence says state has no direct evidence against Nakanduungile

Defence says state has no direct evidence against Nakanduungile

1 Day Ago

John Steytler is a former Economic Presidential Advisor and founding member and MD of R&J Steytler. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

My Zone Careers

Taxation needs representation, especially for SMEs

Taxation needs representation, especially for SMEs

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Hope Village is calling on the public, corporate Namibia and government institutions to support its work through funding, skills sharing and long-term partnerships. Photo contributed

My Zone Careers

Hope Village: Changing young lives

Hope Village: Changing young lives

1 Day Ago

Owen Sikanda, Head of Benefits Administration in the Operations Department at the GIPF. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Owen Sikanda: 15 years of service rooted in excellence

Owen Sikanda: 15 years of service rooted in excellence

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Managing director and founder Dr Armid Azadeh. Photo Contributed

My Zone Careers

Industries go remote, why can’t healthcare?

Industries go remote, why can’t healthcare?

1 Day Ago

Kehad Snydewel is the managing director of Green Enterprise Solutions. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Make IT your year in 2026

Make IT your year in 2026

1 Day Ago

David Mbeha - Namibian media personalityPhoto: Contributed

My Zone Careers

David Mbeha: Pioneering Namibia’s creative future

David Mbeha: Pioneering Namibia’s creative future

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My Zone

NCCAS recognition for Dr Lemmer

NCCAS recognition for Dr Lemmer

2 Day Ago

My Zone visited Grade 5 and 6 learners at Dar E Zahra Private School. Photo: Desmarius Hansen

My Zone

Back to school!

Back to school!

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My Zone

When did struggling become a requirement for success?

When did struggling become a requirement for success?

2 Day Ago

Education minister Sanet-Steenkamp. Photo: Contributed

My Zone

NSSCO KPIs increase from 29% to 36%

NSSCO KPIs increase from 29% to 36%

2 Day Ago

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My Zone

NSSCO/AS deeltydse leerders staar steeds uitdagings in die gesig

NSSCO/AS deeltydse leerders staar steeds uitdagings in die gesig

2 Day Ago

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My Zone

Universities gear up for subsidised education

Universities gear up for subsidised education

2 Day Ago

Picture of The Week
Events

LAUNCHED: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah launched the Opuwo- Otjivize-Okangwati- Omaseratundu Road, saying it marks a new chapter in Namibia’s commitment to building sustainable infrastructure that connects communities, unlocks economic potential, and supports strategic national projects. Photos: State House

PICTURE OF THE DAY

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Photo Page

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EVENTS

Notice: Temporary Unavailability of Photos During System Maintenance

Notice: Temporary Unavailability of Photos During System Maintenance

1 Month Ago

GOLF DAY: A few of the golfers scene in action at the Charity Golfer Day on Friday in Windhoek.Picture: Aurelia Afrikaner

EVENTS

Golfers swing into action for a cause

Golfers swing into action for a cause

1 Month Ago

GOLF DAY: Golfers in action at the Christmas Charity Golf Day on Friday in Windhoek. IMAGE: FILE Picture: Aurelia Afrikaner

EVENTS

Golfers swing into action for a cause

Golfers swing into action for a cause

1 Month Ago

CREATIVE ENERGY: Education Minister Sanet Steenkamp delivers a speech on behalf of the president at the 26th Annual Bank of Namibia Symposium in Windhoek last week. Photos: Bank of Namibia

EVENTS

Creativity the new currency of Namibia’s growth - president

Creativity the new currency of Namibia’s growth - president

1 Month Ago

EVENTS

Windhoek–Berlin city partnership celebrates 25 years

Windhoek–Berlin city partnership celebrates 25 years

3 Month Ago

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EVENTS

Dis leeuwêreld op Grootfontein!

Dis leeuwêreld op Grootfontein!

3 Month Ago

The Namibia invitational sevens team. Front row: Thehard Lintvelt (captain), Megon Sam (physiotherapist), Justin Nel (coach), Bernice Döman (team manager, United) and Aurelio Plato. Middle row: Kian Fransman, Enrique Husselmann, Soobramoney Sammy, Neil Holtzhausen and Morgan Esterhuizen. Back row: Irongwa Atshivudhi, Aljarreau Zaahl, Richard Kasimbu, Lasarus Joseph, Lucio Isaacs and Kee-shan Beukes. Photo contributed

Sevens team look to impress in Ceres

3 Day Ago Sport

Venus project tipped to create 7 000 jobs

8 Hours Ago Market Watch

Mac-Donald Vihanga Independent candidate and community leader.

Vihanga vows to restore integrity and hope in Okahandja

2 Month Ago WIndhoek Express Focus

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1 Month Ago EVENTS

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Prison Break: Grade 9 and a good family name

8 Hours Ago COLUMNS

EXILED: Monika Sheya. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

From the frontline to detention

8 Hours Ago PEOPLE

Water

Water disruptions hit Oshakati, Karibib

1 Day Ago SHORT NEWS

Iindombo Eliaser Shekutamba.

Youth unemployment is serious — but not a national emergency

1 Day Ago OPINION

DEADLINE MISSED: The urban development ministry says it 'regrets' missing the Swapo deadline for mass housing. Photo: File

Ministry explains missed Swapo mass housing deadline

1 Day Ago INFRASTRUCTURE

UNHAPPY: Sean "Diddy" Combs. Photo: Atlantic Records

Netflix hits back at Diddy's criticism of 'shameful' documentary

1 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kanana Hishoono. Photo: Swapo Party

Swapo veteran Hishoono dies

1 Day Ago SHORT NEWS

NO SPACE: A school placement crisis is unfolding at Walvis Bay. Photo: FILE

Over 370 Grade 1 learners without placement at Walvis

1 Day Ago EDUCATION

DESIST: Namibians are urged to cease illegal mining activities and fully comply with existing environmental laws. Photo: FILE

Ministry warns against illegal sand and gravel mining

1 Day Ago ENVIRONMENT

Stats

Data: Evidence of untold stories that drive change and improve lives

1 Day Ago OPINION

YEAR OF REFORM: Minister Veikko Nekundi warns that mismanagement, inefficiency and weak accountability across government systems will no longer be tolerated.

Nekundi blasts mismanagement of government flats

1 Day Ago GOVERNMENT

BACK AT IT: Trevor Noah at the 2025 Grammys.Photo: CBS

Trevor Noah Hosting Grammys for the 6th Time—But There's a Catch

1 Day Ago ACCIDENTS

NO SPACE: A school placement crisis is unfolding at Walvis Bay. Photo: FILE

Over 370 Grade 1 learners without placement at Walvis

1 Day Ago EDUCATION

RESURRECTION: In the 2025 NSSCAS results, A. Shipena ranked seventh nationally. Photo: Contributed

Katutura flavour drives A. Shipena into academic excellence

1 Day Ago EDUCATION

LEADERSHIP: Directors representing their regions during the 2025 NSSCO and NSSCAS results. Photo: Contributed

Kavango excellence: East dominates NSSCO, West tops NSSCAS

3 Day Ago EDUCATION

Emilia Nghipandulwa.

Top NSSCO and NSSCAS candidates share their recipes for success

3 Day Ago EDUCATION

FILE

Free varsity education: Minimum pass requirements revealed

4 Day Ago EDUCATION

READY TO ROLL: West Side High school learners attentively listening to the minister's message.Photo Leena Ndakevondjo

Steenkamp calls for discipline, moral revival in schools

4 Day Ago EDUCATION

DRAMA: Parents and guardians queue outside a school.
AFRICA PRESS

Ministry warns against bribery in learner admissions Uukwambi chief threatens legal action over alleged defamation

1 Week Ago EDUCATION

OUT SOON: Individual statements of results will be distributed through schools and examination centres where candidates wrote. PHOTO: Educators USA

NSSCO, NSSCAS results to be released on 13 January

1 Week Ago EDUCATION

ALL SET: Education minister Sanet Steenkamp and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Photo: State House

N$100 000 income limit for full free tertiary funding

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

NEXT GENERATION: NamPower-funded classroom unveiled. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

NamPower hands over N$341 000 classroom to Rundu school

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

SUBPAR PAY: Deputy education minister Dino Ballotti with the newly elected Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) leadership during the quadrennial congress in Rundu. PHOTO: Eliot IpingeDeputy Minister Dino Ballotti with the newly elected Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) leadership during the quadrennial congress in Rundu

Teachers deserve better pay – Ballotti

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

DANGEROUS: Huge cracks can be seen on the walls of Engoyi Combined School in Oshikoto Region.

Safety boost for Engoyi Combined School as region advertises school renovations

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

FINAL DANCE: NYC director Calista Schwartz-Gowases. Photo contributed

Outgoing NYC boss’ final foreign trips questioned

1 Month Ago YOUTH

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Private Windhoek schools deny race-based class placement claims

1 Month Ago YOUTH

GO AND SHINE: Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare. PHOTO: OPM

Inside the national youth loan scheme

3 Month Ago YOUTH

YOUR STORY: Filmmaker and creative practitioner Othilia Tutu Mungoba. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Schools to screen Namibian documentaries in September

4 Month Ago YOUTH

File photo showing some of the street children in children.

Gender ministry reintegrates 425 street children into schools

4 Month Ago YOUTH

HUGE DEMAND: Vice President Lucia Witbooi officially received this year's 16th intake at Henites Bay. Photo: Adam Hartman

Over 11 000 youths scramble for National Youth Service intake

5 Month Ago YOUTH

BELONGING: Love Your Neighbour Pre-Primary School learners hold their RichBag backpacks. Photo: Kariiue Katjikonde

RichBag initiative empowers learners, one backpack at a time

5 Month Ago YOUTH

NOT NOW: Okahandja activist Gerub Gâseb insists the expo should be postponed until next year, citing the recent brutal and still unsolved murders of three young girls. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Okahandja forges ahead with expo despite outcry

7 Month Ago YOUTH

PAY ME BACK: NYC director Calista Swartz-Gowases. Photo: FILE

NYC director demands pay-back, name clearance

7 Month Ago YOUTH

The signing of the petition handed over to the Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture - Photo by Annemarie du Toit

Axing of Khoekhoegowab lessons sparks protest at Auas Primary School

8 Month Ago YOUTH

WET FEET: The San learners step into the ocean for the first time. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

San learners touch the ocean for the first time

8 Month Ago YOUTH

ALIGNED VALUES: Former first lady Monica Geingos was recently inaugurated as the founding chancellor of Kepler College in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo: Contributed

Geingos urges youth to redefine leadership in Africa

9 Month Ago YOUTH

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Zim mines see R145bn funding shortfall

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Plan for a smart working life exit

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Nandoiye Ole Yiele, 74, prepares to receive her first dose of the coronavirus disease vaccine. Photo Reuters

Moderna announces vaccine facility in Kenya

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo. Photo Reuters

OPEC has no control over global oil markets

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

People remove personal belongings from a burning house after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv. Photo Nampa/AFP

World Bank approves support package for Ukraine

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Development Bank announces new bond

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Ukrainian refugees get on the train to Warsaw, at the Przemysl railway station, near the Polish-Ukrainian border.. Photo Nampa/AFP

Invasion has caused ‘seismic changes in Europe’

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

A man walks past a mural depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the Russian flag, in Belgrade. Photo Nampa/AFP

‘Ban on Russian oil will be catastrophic’

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Namibia vulnerable to imported inflation

3 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Ongangala ya dhipagwa mOmbaye

9 Year Ago Oshiwambo

NCCI ita popile ekaleko lyootendela dhepangelo

NCCI ita popile ekaleko lyootendela dhepangelo

9 Year Ago Oshiwambo

UNHAPPY: Sean "Diddy" Combs. Photo: Atlantic Records

Netflix hits back at Diddy's criticism of 'shameful' documentary

1 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

CHANGE NEEDED: Musician Riaan Smit says he often has to pay to perform and sing his own music during shows. PHOTO: FILE

Local musicians raise questions about Nascam payments

3 Week Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Ozon?u Chronicles: Not a death sentence Part II

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Food lovers enjoying last years Swakopmund Food Festival.Photo Contributed

Serving up big flavours at this year's Swakopmund Food Festival

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

Food lovers enjoying last years Swakopmund Food Festival.Photo Contributed

Swakopmund Food Festival Celebrates Authentic Culinary Heritage

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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'Wrong Generation' trailer debuts, highlighting youth activism and social resistance

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Yenda Summer Festival Kicks of with Volume 4

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Ozon?u Chronicles: Back to campus with the Ama2000s: Adulting in reverse

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

THRILLING NEWCOMER: Anne Hambuda is about to release her new novel titled 'Iniquity' on 8 December. Photo: Contributed

Anne Hambuda debuts psychological thriller ‘Iniquity’

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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NTN calls for auditions for next edition of Blended Voices Choral Competition

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Runway reimagined: Katutura Fashion Week hits runway with flair and style

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

HEALING MUSIC: Nangula Mbako (MC, left) with performers Udochi, Mbaatja, Maranatha and Hilda from the PPC Hochland Park Choir during this year’s Windhoek activation. Photo: Contributed

Restoration Concert 3.0 kicks off, promises healing, hope and unity

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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