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‘Adolescent’ Namibian opposition can learn from Zambia

1 month - 17 August 2021 | Africa

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEKExperts have cautioned that the election outcome in Zambia is likely to spill over to Namibia, though not as soon as the next elections, given the ‘adolescent’ behaviour of...

SADC Ordinary Summit to be hosted in Malawi

1 month - 11 August 2021 | Africa

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEKThe 41st session of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government will be hosted in Malawi on 17 and 18 August, with...

SADC Ordinary Summit to be held in Malawi

1 month - 10 August 2021 | Africa

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEKThe 41st session of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government will be hosted...

Local trade, tourism burn over SA riots

2 months ago - 14 July 2021 | Africa

ELLANIE SMIT and OGONE TLHAGE WINDHOEKThe already-struggling trade and tourism sectors in Namibia could face huge economic ramifications if the prevailing rioting, looting and...

SA riots escalate

2 months ago - 13 July 2021 | Africa

Daily Maverick In the face of a massive escalation of rioting, looting and property damage, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) announced the...

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Promoting art, culture and heritage between Namibia and Cuba

6 months ago - 09 March 2021 | Africa

Fanuel Shinedima The Cuban diplomatic mission in Namibia, under the leadership of ambassador Sidenio Acosta Aday, has signed an agreement with the minister of education,...

SADC must take stock

7 months ago - 01 February 2021 | Africa

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEKNamibia and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states should take stock of gaps which include a lack...

AU passport to be rolled out this year

8 months ago - 13 January 2021 | Africa

ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEKThe African Union (AU) passport is set to be rolled out fully...

Namibia ready for AfCFTA trade opportunities

8 months ago - 06 January 2021 | Africa

NAMPA WINDHOEKPresident Hage Geingob says Namibia is ready to seize trade opportunities offered by the recently launched African Continental Free Trade Area...

AfCFTA: What’s in it for us?

8 months ago - 05 January 2021 | Africa

The trading phase under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed by 54 of the 55 countries in Africa, came into effect on 1...

SA sets eyes on Zimbabwe

1 year - 11 August 2020 | Africa

JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule has condemned the state-sanctioned brutality and rights violations in neighbouring Zimbabwe, saying...

Comet Neowise visible just after sunset

1 year - 30 July 2020 | Africa

ELVIRA HATTINGH WINDHOEKComet Neowise (C/2020 F3) is now visible in the southern hemisphere just after sunset.The Astronomy Society of Southern Africa said it has received...

Africa should become the conservation...

1 year - 27 July 2020 | Africa

ELLANIE SMIT WINDHOEK Protecting 30% of the earth's surface by 2030 could result in greater economic opportunities for emerging economies...

Response plan to improve health...

1 year - 06 May 2020 | Africa

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) has launched a COVID-19 Response Plan of Action to assist African countries to improve access to sustainable and resilient...

Namibian companies consider AfCFTA boon

1 year - 19 November 2019 | Africa

CATHERINE SASMANNamibia recently signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) that could potentially unlock the massive African market of 1.2 billion people as the...

Another dos Santos falls

1 year - 30 September 2019 | Africa

One year ago, the dos Santos family handed the Angolan presidency over to Joao Lourenco. The new president promised to tackle corruption which crippled the...

Small burial for Mugabe

1 year - 30 September 2019 | Africa

The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe was buried on Saturday in his rural village of Kutama, an AFP reporter at the scene said.The...

South Africans are not xenophobic

2 years ago - 17 September 2019 | Africa

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has apologised for the violent attacks by South Africans against nationals of other African countries, saying South Africans are not...