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OPPOSED: Signature sheets from the petition against the proposed Baynes hydropower dam, signed by 2 011 people in Namibia and Angola. Photo: HC Mahnke/International Rivers

ENERGY

Baynes dam project lacks environmental clearance

Baynes dam project lacks environmental clearance

19 Hours Ago

CRISIS: Deputy committee chairperson Hilma Iita. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTEDrnrn

LOCAL NEWS

Workers buckle under debt as incomes flatline

Workers buckle under debt as incomes flatline

19 Hours Ago

CLIMATE ACTION: Namibiau0027s climate plan will require billions of dollars in domestic and international financing. Photo: Phillipus Josef

ENERGY

Namibia needs N$239bn in foreign climate finance

Namibia needs N$239bn in foreign climate finance

19 Hours Ago

PHOTO: Augetto Graig

SHORT NEWS

India visit targets diamond expertise

India visit targets diamond expertise

19 Hours Ago

PHOTO: Phillipus Josef

SHORT NEWS

Mining encroaches in Kunene

Mining encroaches in Kunene

19 Hours Ago

OPINION

Editorial: Fishing can deliver more jobs for Namibia

Editorial: Fishing can deliver more jobs for Namibia

19 Hours Ago

Prudence Ndihokubwayo. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Far from home, refugee thrives in land of the brave

Far from home, refugee thrives in land of the brave

6 Day Ago

Dirk van Schalkwyk. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Operational excellence is the true engine of offshore success.

Operational excellence is the true engine of offshore success.

6 Day Ago

Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, CEO at MVA Fund of Namibia. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

My Zone Careers

MVA Fund CEO on how leaders are shaped, not born

MVA Fund CEO on how leaders are shaped, not born

6 Day Ago

Raundjua Hengari. Photo: Contributed

My Zone Careers

Raundjua Hengari appointed CRAN board vice-chair

Raundjua Hengari appointed CRAN board vice-chair

6 Day Ago

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My Zone Careers

BNC fuels better tomorrows for Namibian children

BNC fuels better tomorrows for Namibian children

1 Week Ago

Linda Jordaan. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

My Zone Careers

Linda Jordaan's 19 years at the front desk of Paratus

Linda Jordaan's 19 years at the front desk of Paratus

1 Week Ago

COMING OF AGE: My Zone, Network Media Hubu2019s (NMH) youth and education publication, marked 11 years of youth storytelling yesterday. To celebrate the milestone, the team gave back to the children of Orlindi House of Safety in Windhoek, a heartfelt reminder that community always comes first. My Zone is published every Thursday in NMH daily newspapers u2014 Namibian Sun, Republikein, and Allgemeine Zeitung.rnrnPhoto: Justine Shehama

My Zone

My Zone vier 11 jaar

My Zone vier 11 jaar

5 Month Ago

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My Zone

NCCAS recognition for Dr Lemmer

NCCAS recognition for Dr Lemmer

6 Month 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!

6 Month Ago

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My Zone

When did struggling become a requirement for success?

When did struggling become a requirement for success?

6 Month Ago

Education minister Sanet-Steenkamp. Photo: Contributed

My Zone

NSSCO KPIs increase from 29% to 36%

NSSCO KPIs increase from 29% to 36%

6 Month 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

6 Month Ago

Picture of The Week
Events

ALL EYES: US ambassador to Namibia John Giordano (facing camera) seen here attending the mining expo 2026 in Windhoek. Photo: Chamber of Mines Namibia

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

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Photo Page

2 Day Ago

TOGETHER: Vice President Lucia Witbooi practises sign language skills at the awards ceremony. Photo: Otis Daniels

EVENTS

State House wins disability-inclusive employer award

State House wins disability-inclusive employer award

1 Month Ago

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EVENTS

Notice: Temporary Unavailability of Photos During System Maintenance

Notice: Temporary Unavailability of Photos During System Maintenance

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 Month Ago

EVENTS

Windhoek–Berlin city partnership celebrates 25 years

Windhoek–Berlin city partnership celebrates 25 years

10 Month Ago

Swakop Uranium vice executive president Irvinne Simataa handing over teh cheque to Erongo governor Dr Nathalia Goagoses. Photo Leena Ndakevondjo

Husab Marathon gives N$70k back to community

19 Hours Ago Sport

Namibia Nature Foundationu0027s spokesperson, Disney Andreas; Namibia Nature Foundationu0027s head of grants, Hilma Shongolo; and Nedbank Namibia chief financial officer, Victor Maengahama. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Go Green Fund backs environmental projects

19 Hours Ago Market Watch

Leading Namibiau0027s green building movement is Nedbank Namibiau0027s headquarters at Freedom Plaza in Windhoek. Photo contributed

Namibia's growing collection of Green Star buildings

1 Week Ago Mining

TOGETHER: Vice President Lucia Witbooi practises sign language skills at the awards ceremony. Photo: Otis Daniels

State House wins disability-inclusive employer award

1 Month Ago EVENTS

PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

July drug crackdown nets 217

19 Hours Ago SHORT NEWS

NEVER FORGET: Attendees at the inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day at Parliament Gardens last year. PHOTO: Elizabeth Kheibes

Swartbooi, chiefs invite Amnesty International into genocide court battle

19 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

ACCEPTABLE RISKS: Economic analyst Rowland Brown. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Namibia has the money but fears taking oil risks – Brown

19 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

PRESSURE: The fisheries ministry says quotas cannot be increased beyond levels supported by scientific assessments. Photo: Nikanor Nangolo

Protecting fish stocks takes priority over jobs, ministry says

19 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

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Editorial: Fishing can deliver more jobs for Namibia

19 Hours Ago OPINION

PHOTO: Phillipus Josef

Mining encroaches in Kunene

19 Hours Ago SHORT NEWS

PHOTO: Augetto Graig

India visit targets diamond expertise

19 Hours Ago SHORT NEWS

CLIMATE ACTION: Namibiau0027s climate plan will require billions of dollars in domestic and international financing. Photo: Phillipus Josef

Namibia needs N$239bn in foreign climate finance

19 Hours Ago ENERGY

CRISIS: Deputy committee chairperson Hilma Iita. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTEDrnrn

Workers buckle under debt as incomes flatline

19 Hours Ago LOCAL NEWS

OPPOSED: Signature sheets from the petition against the proposed Baynes hydropower dam, signed by 2 011 people in Namibia and Angola. Photo: HC Mahnke/International Rivers

Baynes dam project lacks environmental clearance

19 Hours Ago ENERGY

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EDITORIAL: Coexistence must be settled by evidence

1 Day Ago OPINION

AGGRIEVED: NDP Zambezi regional coordinator Allen Mwilima. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

NDP leaders accuse Lukato of 'dictatorship'

1 Day Ago POLITICS

CONCERN: Education Minister Sanet Steenkamp. PHOTO: Eliot Ipingernrn

Teaching posts not for sale – Steenkamp

2 Day Ago EDUCATION

LEARNING: The newly constructed Outjo Project Secondary School. Photo: Phillipus Josef

N$70m Kunene schools come with demand for better results

2 Day Ago EDUCATION

AMBITIOUS: A sweeping N$28 billion education plan aims to transform Namibiau2019s schools, universities, skills training and youth development programmes by 2030. PHOTO: Eberhard Kanyanga / WIKI

N$28bn plan targets education overhaul

6 Day Ago EDUCATION

BUDGET: Gerard Vries, Executive Director responsible for Sport, Youth, and National Service within the Ministry of Education. Photo: Contributed

Education ministry warns funding crisis threatens schools, free tertiary education goals

1 Week Ago EDUCATION

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: The new classroom block at Onekondjelo Primary School. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED rn

Iyaloo Women funds N$62 500 Onekondjelo classroom block

1 Week Ago EDUCATION

DILAPIDATED: The ageing Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Secondary School in Ondangwa will receive a major facelift. Photo: Loise Shiimi

N$50m earmarked for Ondangwa school revamp

2 Week Ago EDUCATION

TURNING POINT: Pro-Ed Akademie in Swakopmund. Photo: Adam Hartman

Swakopmund parents vote to end Afrikaans matric at Pro-Ed

2 Week Ago EDUCATION

ANSWERS: Shikesho Natangwe, Student Union of Namibia (SUN) President. PHOTO ELIZABETH KHEIBES

NUST bars SRC vice president from SA tour

2 Week Ago EDUCATION

CONFIDENT: Acting principal confident school can bounce back. Photo Phillipus Josef

Otjiwarongo secondary pushes back against claims of declining standards

2 Week Ago EDUCATION

ETHANO: LYA GANDJWA

Osekundoskola Atshipala ya pata uule wiiwike iyali omolwuupyakadhi womeya gonyanata

2 Week Ago EDUCATION

HAPPY COUPLE: Faustinus Mbangu with his graduate fiancu00E9e Lahja Shiponeni. Photo: Contributed

‘She sacrificed her studies for me’

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

READY TO WRITE: Students at the Nursing Training Institute of Technology in Ongwediva outside the exam centre. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Nursing students miss exam over tuition fees

1 Month Ago EDUCATION

APPEAL: Prime Minister Dr. Tjitunga Elijah Ngurare meets with Prof. Dr. Max Schlereth, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Namibia in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister

Namibia seeks German to help with water, health systems

4 Month Ago YOUTH

SKILLS: Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare. PHOTO: FILE

Companies could get major tax deductions for hiring interns

4 Month Ago YOUTH

Newly improved ICU for paediatrics unit at Windhoek Central Hospital. Photos: Desmarius Hansen

Namibia now has a dedicated Paediatric ICU linked to heart surgery.

4 Month Ago YOUTH

DESPERATE FOR HELP: Khorixas youth recently held a public demonstration against unfair employment. Photo: Rodney Pienaar

‘We steal just to eat’

5 Month Ago YOUTH

SECURITY: Some young Namibian girls reportedly marry significantly older men for financial stability. Photo: Contributed

Poverty, pregnancy pushes young girls into early marriage, Nanso warns

5 Month Ago YOUTH

PHOTO: PEXELS

Windhoek youth face housing shortages, high living costs

5 Month Ago YOUTH

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Polio campaign begins as Namibia moves to protect polio-free status

6 Month Ago YOUTH

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

Outgoing NYC boss’ final foreign trips questioned

8 Month Ago YOUTH

PHOTO: Alexas Fotos - Pixabay

Private Windhoek schools deny race-based class placement claims

8 Month Ago YOUTH

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

Inside the national youth loan scheme

10 Month Ago YOUTH

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

Schools to screen Namibian documentaries in September

11 Month Ago YOUTH

File photo showing some of the street children in children.

Gender ministry reintegrates 425 street children into schools

11 Month Ago YOUTH

YA FUFAUKE: Aakalimo yomoTsumeb pethimbo lyehololomadhilaadhilo mOmaandaha. Efano Otwe li pewarnrn

“Otwa vulwa okulya to i tapula”. Aashomeya ya ningi omunyanyo gopambili

3 Month Ago Oshiwambo

Mecthilde Karomo. PHOTO: Rita Kakelo

Omukiintu mongali sho a fikile oonakuholathana mombashu

3 Month Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Unslash/Shane-mclendon

Zim mines see R145bn funding shortfall

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Reuters

COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Unsplash/Harli Marten

Plan for a smart working life exit

4 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

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo. Photo Reuters

OPEC has no control over global oil markets

4 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

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Development Bank announces new bond

4 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’

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

Photo Nampa

Namibia vulnerable to imported inflation

4 Year Ago Oshiwambo

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Ongangala ya dhipagwa mOmbaye

9 Year Ago Oshiwambo

SUPPORTING THE ARTS: NACN Grants 2026 Cycle 2 recipients minister Sanet Steenkamp.

NACN awards N$1m in grants to 25 creatives

6 Day Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

NEW CHAPTER: Christ Laolange Shameulu says her debut memoir, u2018The Power of Perseveranceu2019, was born from a season of loss and rebuilding. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Christ Laolange Shameulu’s memoir offers ‘hope, not just pain’

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

NEW SERIES: Eros Academy Secrets is set to premiere on 17 July. Photos: Contributed

‘Eros Academy Secrets’ web series shines spotlight on Namibian youth

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

STILL HERE: Singer-songwriter Azaria says u0027Nog Hieru0027 is a testament to choosing hope and perseverance through lifeu0027s darkest moments. Photos: Contributed

Azaria bares her soul on new EP

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

DEBUT: Conwill Feris. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

Conwill Feris pens personal memoir on mental health

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

TRUSTED: Joseph Ailonga (Jossy Joss) retained his position as chairperson. Photo: Contributed

Nascam secures N$1.5m Unesco grant as Jossy Joss begins new term

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

LOCAL SURPRISE: Reality TV star Namibia Rosa Olpherts. Photo: Contributed

British Love Island ‘bombshell' named after Namibia stuns locals

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

MY STORY: Kwaito Lager is set to drop his album u0027Writing My Storyu0027 in July. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Kwaito Lager tells his story with release of long-awaited album

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

CREATIVE ROOTS: Haihambou2019s paintings reflect the traditions and values that shaped his upbringing.

Haihambo's debut solo exhibit rooted in culture and wildlife

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

BIG OPPORTUNITY: Melisa Poulton. Photos: Ester Kamati

House of Poulton launches masterclass for Namibia’s next fashion stars

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

A GREAT SHOW: Ally Tobias gears up for Ehangano Concert Volume 2. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Ally Tobias launches debut album at Ehangano Concert Vol. 2

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

The End of Oak Street. PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

2026 still has plenty to offer

1 Month Ago ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

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