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Councillors to receive salary increase amid revenue constraints

Councillors to receive salary increase amid revenue constraints

Allexer Namundjembo Local authority councillors across Namibia are set to receive salary increases after the ministry of urban and rural development approved adjustments to their allowances, saying...
Speaker refuses ECN vote delay …agrees to release key documents

Speaker refuses ECN vote delay …agrees to release key documents

Staff Writer The Office of the Attorney-General has rejected demands to postpone Parliament's vote on the appointment of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chairperson and commissioners. ...

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Amupanda, IPC challenge ECN appointment process

Amupanda, IPC challenge ECN appointment process

Sostenus Wilherm Affirmative Repositioning (AR) parliamentary leader Job Amupanda has approached the High Court of Namibia in an urgent bid to stop the National Assembly from proceeding with the ap...
Fishrot review case declared ready for hearing

Fishrot review case declared ready for hearing

Sostenus Wilherm The long-running High Court review application brought by former justice minister Sakeus Shanghala and 14 co-applicants against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and several oth...
Teacher welfare crisis threatens quality of education, TUN tells Parliament

Teacher welfare crisis threatens quality of education, TUN tells Parliament

Allexer Namundjembo The Teachers' Union of Namibia (TUN) has warned that the country's education system will continue to struggle unless the government urgently addresses the worsening welfare of t...
‘Come and manufacture in Namibia’— NNN tells Chinese investors 

‘Come and manufacture in Namibia’— NNN tells Chinese investors 

Patience Makwele  President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on Chinese investors to partner with Namibia in building processing industries and creating jobs, saying the country can no longer...
Good conduct certificates to be issued again soon

Good conduct certificates to be issued again soon

 Patience Makwele Home affairs minister Lucia Iipumbu on Thursday announced that many Namibians who require certificates of conduct for employment opportunities could soon receive relief, foll...
High Court declares Keetmanshoop council’s no-confidence vote unlawful

High Court declares Keetmanshoop council’s no-confidence vote unlawful

Allexer Namundjembo The High Court has reinstated two members of the Keetmanshoop municipal council's management committee after declaring the council's vote of no confidence against them unlawful,...
Green hydrogen drive puts women, youth at centre

Green hydrogen drive puts women, youth at centre

Sostenus Wilherm The country has taken another step towards building its green hydrogen economy. The local government and its international partners insisted that the country's transition to a low-...
Councillors to receive salary increase amid revenue constraints

Councillors to receive salary increase amid revenue constraints

Allexer Namundjembo Local authority councillors across Namibia are set to receive salary increases after the ministry of urban and rural development approved adjustments to their allowances, saying...
CoW destroys 580 tonnes of unsafe food

CoW destroys 580 tonnes of unsafe food

Patience Makwele The City of Windhoek has destroyed about 580,000 kilograms of food deemed unfit for human consumption and obtained a court order to shut down a non-compliant food business, in one ...
VP’s appeal changes life of Omaheke girl

VP’s appeal changes life of Omaheke girl

Patience Makwele An appeal made during the Vice President Lucia Witbooi’s visit to the Omaheke region earlier this year has changed the life of an eight-year-old girl after members of the Namibian ...

MONEY

Annual inflation rises to 4.4% in June

Annual inflation rises to 4.4% in June

CHAMWE KAIRA The country’s annual inflation rate increased to 4.4% in June 2026, up from 3.7% recorded during the same month last year, according to the latest Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI) r...
ANIREP reports first positive operating cash flow 

ANIREP reports first positive operating cash flow 

CHAMWE KAIRA Alpha Namibia Industries Renewable Power Limited (ANIREP) recorded its first positive operating cash flow for the financial year ended 28 February, marking what the company described a...
Trustco warns investors of delays at Meya Mining

Trustco warns investors of delays at Meya Mining

CHAMWE KAIRA Trustco Group Holdings has cautioned shareholders that delays in the development of Meya Mining could have a material impact on the carrying value of its investment and loan exposure t...
Namibia wins electricity distribution award

Namibia wins electricity distribution award

Staff Writer Namibia has received continental recognition for its progress in advancing distributed generation, also known as embedded generation, through the development and implementation of regu...
FNB Namibia named best SME bank 

FNB Namibia named best SME bank 

Staff Writer  FNB Namibia has been named Best SME Bank in Namibia at the prestigious Global Banking & Finance Awards, recognising they bank's leadership in SME banking, financial inclusion, inn...
Mukopano sets the stage for greater collective impact

Mukopano sets the stage for greater collective impact

Staff Writer  MTC Namibia, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, FNB Namibia and Capricorn Foundation have launched Namibia’s inaugural CSI Mukopano scheduled to take place on 11 August 2026.  The M...