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WINDHOEK, 18 April 2024 - NPC's Chief National Development Advisor, Sylvester Mbangu. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Budget shortfalls and data delays threaten national development agenda, Mbangu warns

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - The acting Executive Director of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Sylvester Mbangu, has high...

Uakutura Kambaekua

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Sankwasa urges councillors to monitor projects in constituencies

OPUWO, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa has urged regional councillors to closely moni...

Kaviveterue Virere

OTJIWARONGO, 09 June 2017 - The regional offices of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the Otjozondjupa Region. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

ACC launches 2025-2030 roadmap to enhance transparency and tackle corruption

WINDHOEK, 07 AUG (NAMPA) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has unveiled a strategic roadmap for 2025-2030 aimed at improv...

Uakutura Kambaekua

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Houses handed over to Opuwo Mass Housing beneficiaries

OPUWO, 06 AUG (NAMPA) - Twenty-four houses completed under the Mass Housing Development Programme (MHDP) have been handed over...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Family members of the late Marentha Geingos at the sentencing of her killer, Patrick Geingob. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

Geingob sentenced to 25 years for wife's murder

WINDHOEK, 06 AUG (NAMPA) – Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Herman January on Thursday sentenced 48-year-old Patrick Geingob...

Damaseb nominated to Tanzania presidential inquiry commission

WINDHOEK, 06 AUG (NAMPA) – Namibia’s Deputy Chief Justice, Petrus Damaseb, has been nominated to serve as a member of a pr...

HENTIES BAY, 05 August 2026 - Learners and residents of Henties Bay attending the World Day Against Human Trafficking at the town. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Online scams fuel rise in human trafficking

SWAKOPMUND, 05 AUG (NAMPA) – Thirteen human trafficking cases investigated in the Erongo Region over the past decade, alongs...

AMINUIS, 03 August 2026 - Community members of Aminuis in the Omaheke Region during an electronic identity (e-ID) awareness campaign. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

BEYOND THE DUST: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HEART OF OMAHEKE

By Molly Weyulu (NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE) GOBABIS, 06 AUG (NAMPA) – The road into Omaheke stretches endlessly, carving its w...

OTJOMBINDE, 04 August 2026 - The Otjombinde Constituency office in the Omaheke Region. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Omaheke e-ID campaign concluded

OTJOMBINDE, 04 AUG (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security's electronic identity (e-ID) awa...

OTJOMBINDE, 04 August 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Otjombinde Constituency councillor Wenzel Kavaka. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Kavaka calls for reinstatement of Home Affairs office in Talismanus

OTJOMBINDE, 04 AUG (NAMPA) - Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Otjombinde Constituency councillo...

WINDHOEK, 03 August 2026 - Namibians from across the political, academic and civic spectrum gathered at the UNAM Hage G Geingob Campus to commemorate the democratic legacy and administrative footprint of the late President Hage Geingob. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Namibians honour Geingob’s governance legacy at inaugural townhall conversation

WINDHOEK, 04 AUG (NAMPA) – Namibians from various political, academic and civic backgrounds convened at the University of Na...

Uakutura Kambaekua

AMINUIS, 03 August 2026 - Community members of Aminuis in the Omaheke Region during an electronic identity (e-ID) awareness campaign. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Community leaders emerge as key drivers of e-ID awareness in rural Omaheke

By Molly Weyulu AMINUIS, 04 AUG (NAMPA) – Community and political leaders in the Omaheke Region are playing a pivotal role i...

OTJIWARONGO, 07 April 2015 – A 43-year-old truck driver and his 24-year-old male passenger died instantly in a fatal head-on collision of two trucks on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi road on Monday evening. Here members of the Otjiwarongo police mortuary load the body of the truck driver into the police van. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Deceased in Kombat accident identified

OTJIWARONGO, 03 AUG (NAMPA) – A pregnant woman and her three-year-old son who died in a vehicle accident near Kombat last Tu...

Mulisa Simiyasa

OTJIWARONGO, 21 April 2022 - The Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored)'s Public Relations Officer, Charlie Matengu speaks at a media briefing Thursday morning in connection with the two day power outage for the residents of Kombat, Otavi and nearby farms. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Cenored reveals identity of deceased technician

OTJIWARONGO, 04 AUG (NAMPA) – The Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) has revealed the identity of the ...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 03 August 2026 - Stakeholders at the launch of the Nationhood strategy workshop in Windhoek. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

Nationhood strategy workshop kicks off in Windhoek

WINDHOEK, 03 AUG (NAMPA) – A five-day stakeholder workshop to formulate an integrated Nationhood and National Pride Strategi...

WINDHOEK, 03 August 2026 - Two people died and another was seriously injured in two separate accidents involving trucks on the Western Bypass in Windhoek in the early hours of Monday. (Photo: Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA

Western Bypass claims two lives

WINDHOEK, 03 AUG (NAMPA) – Two people died and another was seriously injured in two separate accidents involving trucks on t...

SANGWALI, 02 August 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi called on the nation to preserve knowledge, tradition, and culture while speaking at the Batshara Annual Cultural Festival at Sangwali. (Photo: Contributed)

Preserve knowledge, tradition and culture: Witbooi

KATIMA MULILO, 03 AUG (NAMPA) – Vice President Lucia Witbooi has called on the nation to preserve knowledge, tradition and c...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

SANGWALI, 03 August 2025 - Shikati (Chief) Boniface Lutibezi Shufu of the Mayeyi Traditional Authority in the Zambezi Region.
(Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Chief Shufu speaks of covenant, decries water shortages

KATIMA MULILO, 03 AUG (NAMPA) – Chief of the Mayeyi Traditional Authority (MTA) in the Zambezi Region, (Shikati) Boniface Lu...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

Man dies after being stabbed in Swakopmund

WINDHOEK, 02 AUG (NAMPA) - A 37-year-old man died in the early morning hours of Saturday in Swakopmund after being stabbed, th...

Uakutura Kambaekua

Digital scams and N$1 million armed heist dominate weekend crime wave

WINDHOEK, 02 AUG (NAMPA) - A wave of digital scams and a million-dollar armed robbery marked a weekend of crime across the cou...

Uakutura Kambaekua

MARIENTAL, 02 August 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare addresses the /Hai-/Khaua Cultural Exhibition in Mariental. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Ngurare calls for unity amongst traditional authorities

MARIENTAL, 02 AUG (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has called on traditional authorities to strengthen unity and preser...

Garises Joe-chintha

GOBABIS, 02 August 2026 - Charene Labuschagne was crowned Miss Namibia 2026 on Saturday, succeeding Johanna Swartbooi. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Labuschagne crowned Miss Namibia 2026

GOBABIS, 02 AUG (NAMPA) - Charene Labuschagne was crowned Miss Namibia 2026 on Saturday, succeeding Johanna Swartbooi after an...

MARIENTAL, 31 July 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare addresses delegates during a courtesy visit to the Hardap governor's Office on Friday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

PM calls for practical youth development projects in Hardap

MARIENTAL, 01 AUG (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare has urged leaders in the Hardap Region to accelerate youth economic ...

Garises Joe-chintha

Mariental Municipality adopts disaster risk strategy to boost resilience

MARIENTAL, 01 AUG (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare on Friday officially launched the Mariental Municipality Disaster Ri...

Garises Joe-chintha

KATIMA MULILO, 17 July 2026 - The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) on Friday pledged supplementary livestock feed valued at N$500 000 to the Zambezi Regional Council (ZRC). The pledge is meant to benefit over 3 000 vulnerable livestock farmers in the region, especially those affected by floods in the Kabbe North, Kabbe South, and Katima Rural constituencies. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

EIF's donated supplementary livestock feeds to be delivered next week: Walubita

KATIMA MULILO, 01 AUG (NAMPA) - The Zambezi Regional Council's Director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Beaven Walubit...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

GOBABIS - Miss Teen and Miss Namibia Crowning this weekend (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Gobabis ready for crowning events this weekend

GOBABIS, 31 JUL (NAMPA) – Excitement continues to build in Gobabis as preparations for the Miss Teen Namibia and Miss Namibi...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

Meat and beer festival rocking Gobabis this weekend

GOBABIS, 31 JUL (NAMPA) – The MTC Maris Meat and Beer Festival is expected to deliver a high-energy celebration of Omaheke�...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

WINDHOEK, 31 July 2026 - Quanito van Vuuren and Moses Sem pictured in the Windhoek High Court. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

Court finds murder suspects’ confessions inadmissible as evidence

WINDHOEK, 31 JUL (NAMPA) – The Windhoek High Court has ruled that oral admissions allegedly made by two men accused of rapin...

31 July 2026 - A fake AI-generated image falsely linking former First Lady Monica Geingos to an investment scam while misusing a Nampa journalist's byline. (Photo: Contributed)

One Economy Foundation cautions against Geingos investment scams

OTJINENE, 31 JUL (NAMPA) - The One Economy Foundation has warned the public against a renewed wave of online scams in which fr...

OTJIWARONGO, 21 April 2022 - The Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored)'s Public Relations Officer, Charlie Matengu speaks at a media briefing Thursday morning in connection with the two day power outage for the residents of Kombat, Otavi and nearby farms. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Cenored technician electrocuted while on duty

OTJIWARONGO, 31 JUL (NAMPA) – A technician employed by the Central North Regional Electricity Distributor (Cenored) and base...

Mulisa Simiyasa

NKURENKURU, 31 July 2026 - The Office of the President has begun distributing food rations to marginalised households across Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Office of the President distributes food in Kavango West

NKURENKURU, 31 JUL (NAMPA) – The Office of the President has begun distributing food rations to marginalised households acro...

EPUKIRO, 30 July 2026 - Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Deputy Executive Director and Chief Registrar, Jackson Wandjiva, pictured during the e-ID awareness campaign in Epukiro. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Parents urged to register children at birth to avoid future delays

EPUKIRO, 31 JUL (NAMPA) - Parents have been urged to register their children immediately after birth to avoid lengthy verifica...

WINDHOEK, 30 July 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured during the launch of the 2026 edition of the MTC Kasi Vibe Festival. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Nandi-Ndaitwah hails Kasi Vibe fest for empowering SMEs, creative industry

WINDHOEK, 30 JUL (NAMPA) – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday commended the MTC Kasi Vibe Festival for creating op...

ETOSHA, 29 July 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi speaks at Seringkop government resettlement farm at the headquarters of the Hai//Om San traditional authority on Wednesday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Witbooi calls for practical solutions to Hai//Om San challenges near Etosha

OUTJO, 30 JUL (NAMPA) – Vice President Lucia Witbooi has directed a high-level delegation tasked with addressing challenges ...

Mulisa Simiyasa

GENEVA, 09 July 2026 – Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday. (Photo: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

Theofelus proposes joint committee to improve telecom services on communal land

WINDHOEK, 29 JUL (NAMPA) – Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus has proposed the establishmen...

Retired liberation icon laid to rest at Kabbe

KATIMA MULILO, 29 JUL (NAMPA) – Hundreds of people flocked to the tiny village of Limbeza in the Kabbe North Constituency of...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso