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An unusual tombstone in a Jewish cemetery in Namibia has fired the imagination of rabbis, journalists and inquisitive travelers for decades.

ExxonMobil has said it will increase its exploration acreage in Namibia with the addition of approximately 28000 km2 (7 million net acres) following the signing ...

NAMIBIA still have a remote chance of reaching the final of the World Cricket League Division 2, but it is highly unlikely, following their four wicket defeat to ...

BMW offers trips into a visually stunning wilderness while showcasing the abilities of its locally built X3 SUV.

FOLLOWING a one-year halt, MTC in collaboration with Athletics Namibia and the Namibia Sport Commission launched the Dr. Sam Nujoma half Marathon in ...

UNICEF expands network of drone testing corridors. New York, 25 APRIL 2019 – Sierra Leone will serve as a new drone-testing site for humanitarian and ...

More than 450 African penguins, an IUCN-listed endangered animal, have died in an outbreak of bird flu on three islands off the coast of Namibia. The virus ...

WINDHOEK – Sports minister Erastus Uutoni says the funds allocated to his ministry for the 2019/20 financial year are insufficient for Namibia to participate in ...

The new independent tax body, meant to maximise tax collections will become fully operational on 01 October 2019.

FINANCE minister Calle Schlettwein has said he is working on a new timber export tax regime to punish and discourage the shipping out of Namibia's rare ...

The final World Cricket League Division 2 tournament got off to a rollicking start in Namibia.

FINANCE minister Calle Schlettwein has said he is working on a new timber export tax regime to punish and discourage the shipping out of Namibia's rare ...

Posted by Guest Contributor | Apr 25, 2019 | Speak your mind. Editors Forum Namibia welcomes recent media freedom developments. The past 10 days have ...

VETERAN journalist and poet Mvula ya Nangolo has died. He was 75.

SOUTH AFRICAN distribution conglomerate Bidvest Group Limited wants absolute control of the local subsidiary Bidvest Namibia, and has already dropped its ...

THE Development Bank of Namibia will consult the government on the way forward regarding their stake in Ohorongo Cement, which has been taken over by a ...

NAMIBIA'S teenage sensation Lexine Mills ended the African water ski season as the top junior female competitor.

THE Bank of Namibia announced this afternoon that the production of the 5 cent coin has been discontinued as from 1 January 2019.

NAMIBIA's preparation for the Rugby World Cup steps up a notch when the Welwitschias host the Gauteng Lions in their first match of the SuperSport Challenge ...

WINDHOEK, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) in Namibia is set to hold the first ever Walk/Run for Health event in the country on April ...

MORE than 30 mining companies which earned about N$85 billion from selling Namibian minerals paid only N$1 billion in corporate tax between 2012 and ...

U.S. oil and gas multinational ExxonMobil revealed Wednesday the purchase of further acreage offshore Namibia for exploration activity, Kallanish Energy ...

Namibia was not on the list of six African countries identified by the World Health Organization as having the potential to become malaria-free within the next two ...

JOHN GROBLER THERE are worrying signs that Namibia's legendary wild game numbers may be plummeting.

WINDHOEK - Charismatic, eloquent, excellent writer, poet, diligent, impartial, witty, frank are just some of the words used to describe veteran journalist and poet ...

Namibia is ruling out dropping its currency peg with the South African rand “unless something very drastic happens,” given the close trade links to its larger ...

By Ndalimpinga Iita. WINDHOEK, April 25 (Xinhua) -- At Cuba zone in Havana informal settlement in the Namibian capital Windhoek, neighbors gathered at ...

By Alfred Ndyenge BLACK Africa fitness coach and 6mo9 Sports Namibia founder Alfred Ndyenge provides weekly pointers for footballers, and their coaches, ...

Namibians will join the rest of the world in celebrating International Jazz Day on 25 and 26 April.

NAMIBIA'S aggregate cereal production for the 2018/2019 season is woefully short of the national requirement as the country expects a substantial reduction of ...

NAMIBIA beat Zambia 6-1 in their final women's hockey test match on Monday morning to win the Standard Bank sponsored series 3-0.

THE independent candidate for the Ondangwa upcoming by-election, Angelina Immanuel, denied allegations that she is being pushed by the Affirmative ...

LOCAL media experts bemoaned the absence of a law on access to information after Reporters Without Borders ranked Namibia number one out of 54 countries ...

COULD a Namibian president stand in the middle of the street and shoot someone without consequence?

THE secretary general of the National Union of Namibian Workers, Job Muniaro, has condemned the killing of Muyevu Hausiku, who was allegedly shot by his ...

Oman and USA both guaranteed ODI status after an eventful day in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2.

With gobsmacking scenery, the massive southern African country of Namibia is quickly scaling to the top of many travelers' bucket lists. Here are the ...

FITCH Macro Research mining team has said it is only local uranium mining that is expected to push the economy out of the negatives, leading to economic ...

RINELDA MOUTON Ma/gaisa king Phura Duwe has died.

The police in Oshana Region are investigating a case in which a 17-year-old learner was repeatedly raped between 2014 and 2018 allegedly by a 40-year-old ...

Namibia Wildlife Resorts' managing director Zelna Hengari has been suspended. She was served with the suspension letter this morning, two days before the ...

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently implementing the WHO/AFRO II ...

THE Fifa Normalisation Committee for Namibia's chairperson Hilda Basson Namundjebo on Wednesday said they have no legal instrument to address Young ...

FIFTY-four out of 92 economic and infrastructure targets under president Hage Geingob's Harambee Prosperity Plan were not achieved, or are behind schedule.

Namibia is ruling out dropping its currency peg with the rand “unless something very drastic happens.”

CUSTOMS officials seized dagga with a street value of N$2,56 million at the Trans-Kalahari border post in Omaheke region in two seperate incidents on ...

The Bank of Namibia has dropped its predicted GDP growth for 2019 to just 0.3%, it said on April 15. The central bank had said in December 2018 it was ...

Posted by Mandisa Rasmeni | Apr 18, 2019 | Extra. Namibia opens visa processing office in Lagos. The Namibian High Commission to Nigeria in partnership ...

THE Affirmative Repositioning movement will be launching a social justice centre to help underprivileged Namibians access justice.

KAMANJAB - The country's rhino and elephant populations have more than doubled and it's all thanks to a well-managed natural resource management ...

Posted by Staff Reporter | Apr 25, 2019 | Education. 4th year UNAM student to fly country's flag high in China. The Confucius Institute at the University of Namibia ...

Minister of Information and Communication Technology Stanley Simataa yesterday reaffirmed the government's "unwavering" commitment to press freedom and ...

THE Bank of Namibia has stopped the minting of the 5-cent coin.

MORE than 40 cannabis users took to the streets in Windhoek on Good Friday to demand the legalisation of cannabis in Namibia, saying it was their birth right.

MOSES MAGADZA THE phone rings. The number is not familiar. However, from the country code, it is clear the caller is in Zimbabwe. After a brief exchange of ...

London — Namibia is ruling out dropping its currency peg with the rand “unless something very drastic happens”, given its close trade links with its larger ...

SONJA SMITH THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) was left with egg on its face after paying N$2,2 million meant for a Malaysian supplier ...

THE Ministry of Justice on Tuesday issued a statement reminding Namibians of the regulations on the use and display of national symbols such as the national ...

THE absence of an elaborate mineral beneficiation strategy for Namibia which could dictate how the country can benefit from its natural resources, has industry ...

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob has promised more transparency after Namibia reclaimed its position as the country with the freest media in Africa.

WINDHOEK – An official with Namibia's main telecommunications firm MTC has hailed the firm's cooperation with Chinese tech giant Huawei. Such a ...

RINELDA MOUTON Those interested in entering the national beauty pageant can now do so online. Annually, Miss Namibia celebrates beauty with a charitable ...

WINDHOEK - The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and other minority shareholders in Ohorongo Cement are unsure about the strategic intentions of a ...

THE managing director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts Zelna Hengari was suspended yesterday with full pay.

Posted by Mandisa Rasmeni | Apr 12, 2019 | Education. Namibia, India celebrate cultural educational ties. The High Commission of India in Windhoek, earlier ...

FORMER youth minister Jerry Ekandjo wants the government to start budgeting at least N$10 billion per year to fund a high-speed bullet train project.

CHINESE ambassador to Namibia Yiming Zhang dispatched a team of officials to Rundu following the fatal shooting of a man allegedly at the hands of his ...

Posted by Staff Reporter | Apr 25, 2019 | Wheels & Wings. Stylised logo and new brand identity formulate TransNamib's strategic turnaround. A key component ...

NAMIBIAN stars “must learn to save” while they are at the top of their game, deputy sports minister Agnes Tjongarero said when she met US-bound Paulus 'The ...

Muscat: Muhammed Nadeem and Suraj Kumar struck brilliant half-centuries to steer Oman to an exciting 6-wicket victory against the USA in their opening match ...

THE Environment Investment Fund (EIF) chief executive officer, Benedict Libanda, said Namibia should start looking at waste as a resource that can create ...

HARDAP governor Esme Isaack officially opened The Namibian Newspaper Cup soccer and netball tournament at Mariental Stadium on Friday morning.

Posted by Guest Contributor | Apr 4, 2019 | Speak your mind. Stop the McLaren Circus from touring Namibia! By Monique Redecker representing the Namibian ...

Regional director of CSM Sport & Entertainment puts suffering of ultras in perspective with children's charity SPARKS Ten years after winning his first 4 Deserts ...

VETERAN journalist and poet Mvula ya Nangolo has died. He was 75.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 7 – The national Under-20 Rugby team defied all the odds to stun Namibia 21-18 in a tight contest hosted at Nairobi's KCB Sports Club Get ...

THE Namibian high commission in Nigeria in partnership with Air Namibia has opened a visa processing desk in Lagos this week.

THE Southern Times, a partnership between the Zimbabwean and Namibian governments, will be closing down next week after 15 years of dwindling financial ...

THE director of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology at Arandis, Eckhart Mueller, and his deputy Heimo Hellwig always started work at around 06h00 ...

ARANDIS police yesterday charged a person suspected of killing Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (Nimt) executive director Eckhart Mueller and his ...

Posted by Sport Reporter | Apr 15, 2019 | Sport. Namibia's Rugby World Cup preparations commence. With just under six months to go to this year's Rugby ...

CUSTOMS and police officers seized dagga with a street value of over N$4,3 million last week in three separate incidents.

NAMIBIA's senior women's hockey team will take on Zambia in a three-test series in Windhoek from 20 to 22 April.

WINDHOEK - Farmers in Namibia now have new crop varieties of cowpea and sorghum that are more tolerant to drought and pests planted this year, thanks to ...

THE Ministry of Justice on Tuesday issued a statement reminding Namibians of the regulations on the use and display of national symbols such as the national ...

MARIA SHAANIKA THE Meat Corporation of Namibia yesterday launched its first beef exports to China under an agreement signed by the two countries nine ...

WINDHOEK – The Namibian economy recorded a negative growth of 0.1 percent in 2018, Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni told reporters on Thursday.

NAMIBIA'S aggregate cereal production for the 2018/2019 season is woefully short of the national requirement as the country expects a substantial reduction of ...

BY SOUTHERN TIMES. Bakang Mhaladi. Gaborone – Botswana's artistes have largely been inward looking in terms of their audience, with intermittent ...

OKERI NGUTJINAZO and SHINOVENE IMMANUEL THE government has for the first time admitted that president Hage Geingob's policy enforcer, the ...

WINDHOEK – Germany's Westphalia under-18 boys' football team will tour Namibia from 12 to 21 April. The tour forms part of a bilateral agreement between the ...

Hi my name is Kaitlyn and I want to know what kind of sports you have at your school?' asked Persell Middle School seventh grader Kaitlyn Kennedy to a clas.

A FORMER Standard Bank Namibia employee who defrauded the bank of N$5 million, which he then squandered, was sent to prison for an effective 15 years ...

NAMIBIAN Institute of Mining and Technology executive director Eckhart Mueller and his deputy, Heimo Hellwig, were gunned down at Arandis this morning.

A group of 11 men and women who were arrested for their alleged involvement in a mob justice that resulted in the death of a 27-year-old Congolese refugee ...

CHINESE companies say they want to explore areas in Namibia in which to invest, such as the automobile, agriculture and chemical sectors.

On 11 April 2019, the conference room at the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management pulsated with energy, as 40 youth activists from around ...

KHOMAS scooped the “best coordinated regional clean-up campaign of 2018” award at the launch of this year's national clean-up campaign in Windhoek on ...

The Welwitschias are committed to world cup glory, and to elevate other structures within Namibian rugby. Namibia's 20-year hunt for a victory at the Rugby ...

WINDHOEK – Southern Business School of Namibia recently celebrated the success of their Diplomandi and Graduandi when they were conferred with their ...