Less than 1% loan recovery rate at NSFAF
CHAMWE KAIRA
The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) recovered just N$21.5 million in student loans during the 2024/25 financial year, representing less than 1% of its total student ...
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Judge slams CPBN as FMD breaks in Zambezi …Fence construction continues despite tender dispute as Namibia confirms new outbreak
Renthia Kaimbi
The High Court has reprimanded the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) for failing to provide proper reasons for cancelling a veterinary cordon fence tender, while constructi...
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FIC flags N$103.8bn in suspicious tax-linked transactions
Patience Makwele
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has flagged transactions worth about N$103.84 billion linked to potential tax-related offences, warning that Namibia’s removal from the Fina...
Less than 1% loan recovery rate at NSFAF
CHAMWE KAIRA
The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) recovered just N$21.5 million in student loans during the 2024/25 financial year, representing less than 1% of its total student ...
Govt identifies skills gaps in five-year learning plan
Patience Makwele
The ministry of education, innovation, youth, sports, arts and culture has identified gaps in learning outcomes and skills development among the challenges it must address, as it s...
Govt targets 148 classrooms ahead of 2027 school year
Sostenus Wilherm
The ministry of education, innovation, youth, sports, arts and culture is targeting the completion of 148 permanent classrooms and 66 pre-primary classrooms across all 14 regions b...
Health ministry plans five mental health units
Sostenus Wilherm
The ministry of health and social services plans to establish at least five additional mental health units by 2037, increase annual mental health funding and send more doctors for ...
Judge slams CPBN as FMD breaks in Zambezi …Fence construction continues despite tender dispute as Namibia confirms new outbreak
Renthia Kaimbi
The High Court has reprimanded the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) for failing to provide proper reasons for cancelling a veterinary cordon fence tender, while constructi...
Namibia’s suicide rate surpasses African average
Sostenus Wilherm
Namibia recorded a suicide rate of 18 deaths per 100 000 people during the 2024/25 reporting period, exceeding the estimated African regional average of 11.
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‘Culture is not optional’ — Shaningwa …as Okahao raises N$476 000 for Ehao Expo, Mayoral Cup
Patience Makwele
Swapo secretary-general Sophia Shaningwa has warned that Namibia must protect its cultural identity from outside influences, describing the preservation of indigenous heritage as a...
Namibia targets one million trees by 2030
Sostenus Wilherm
Namibia is targeting the planting and maintenance of one million trees by 2030 and two million by 2035 under a proposed national strategy, as the government moves to strengthen cli...
Govt faces palliative care expansion challenge
Patience Makwele
The ministry of health and social services (MoHSS) has pledged to strengthen support for patients living with serious illnesses, including improving pain management, treatment refe...
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Locomotives to be refurbished locally
CHAMWE KAIRA
The remanufacturing of TransNamib’s locomotives will have to take place in Namibia, a requirement the ministry of works and transport says is intended to support the country’s Sixth N...
Defence department overspends budget by N$253 million
Staff Writer
The ministry of defence and veterans affairs’ department of defence overspent its approved budget by N$252.9 million in the 2024/25 financial year, with a 5% salary adjustment contrib...
Auditor-General flags N$792m gap in state accounts
Staff Writer
Auditor-General Junias Kandjeke has issued a qualified audit opinion on the government’s financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025, citing an unreconciled N$792.4 million v...
Truck backlog hits Katima Mulilo border post
Staff Writer
A backlog of commercial trucks travelling from Namibia into Zambia has caused severe congestion at the Katima Mulilo Border Post after drivers arrived without mandatory customs docume...
Standard Bank launches Africa Business Awards
Staff Writer
Standard Bank Namibia has launched the Standard Bank Africa Business Awards 2026, providing Namibian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an opportunity to gain continental ...
Bank Windhoek launches new digital procurement platform
Staff Writer
Bank Windhoek has announced the launch of its new digital procurement platform, powered by SAP Ariba.
The platform marks a significant milestone in the bank's digital transfo...
