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WINDHOEK, 23 July 2026 - Taddeus Shambalula Control Administrative Officer, Civil Registration in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) pictured with Stefanus van Staden Director: Solutions Architecture in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) during an eID information sharing session. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Namibia's eID system to improve services, not track citizens: Shambulala

WINDHOEK, 23 JUL (NAMPA) - The introduction of Namibia's electronic identity (eID) system is intended to improve public servic...

OPUWO, 22 July 2026- Kunene Region Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi and Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua during a briefing following the minister’s inspection of ongoing infrastructure projects in the region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Nekundi assesses Opuwo-Oruvandjei road in Kunene Region

OPUWO, 23 JUL (NAMPA) - Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi on Wednesday assessed the Opuwo-Oruvandjei road in the Kun...

Kaviveterue Virere

WINDHOEK, 22 July 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has paid tribute to former Swapo Party stalwart Toini Hausiku during a visit to the Hausiku family home in Windhoek following her passing on Sunday (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Nandi-Ndaitwah urges unity as she pays tribute to Toini Hausiku

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Wednesday paid tribute to the late Toini Mwahangange Hausiku,...

TSUMEB, 06 November 2024 - The Tsumeb Municipality has refuted various allegations levelled against the council in a petition by over 90 community members on Tuesday. (Photo: Contributed)

CORRECTION: Tsumeb Municipality defends five per cent tariff increase

ATTENTION - CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to the Tsumeb Municipality public relations of...

Angie September

OMUTHIYA, 22 July 2026- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology captured with Oshikoto governor Sacky Kathindi (C, black suit).

(Photo: Max Henrich) Nampa

Kathindi calls for improved connectivity

OMUTHIYA, 22 JUL (NAMPA) - Oshikoto Governor Sacky Kathindi has called for accelerated investment in telecommunications infras...

WINDHOEK, 22 July 2026- Family Members of Jona Hangula protesting in Windhoek. (Photo by Eba Kandovazu). NAMPA

Hangula’s family protests FBI agent testifying in secret

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Family members of a 32-year-old man accused of enticing Namibians into becoming members of terror...

WINDHOEK, 22 July 2026 - Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Emma Kantema (Middle) with Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Fillemon Wise Immanuel and stakeholders at the launch of the Namibia Child Care and Protection statistics report. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

Child protection report highlights violence, online exploitation risks

WINDHOEK, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – Violence against children remains one of Namibia's most pressing child protection concerns, accor...

SWAKOPMUND, 20 July 2026 - Regional Council attending the opening of the 2026 Annual Rural Development Progress Review and Planning Workshop in Swakopmund on Monday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Government reports progress on implementation of rural development recommendations

SWAKOPMUND, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) has noted significant progress made in imple...

MARIENTAL, 22 July 2026 (NAMPA)- Stakeholders participating in a public consultation on the Draft Space Science and Technology Bill. (Photo by: Joe-Chintha Garises)
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Stakeholders seek clarity on funding, skills transfer in Space Bill consultations

MARIENTAL, 22 JUL (NAMPA) - Stakeholders in the Hardap Region have raised concerns over the long-term financial sustainability...

Garises Joe-chintha

KONGOLA, 20 July 2026 - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Zambezi Region on Monday intercepted 17 suspected stolen cattle from Botswana in two separate incidents in the Kongola Constituency.

(Photo: Contributed)

NamPol intercepts 17 cattle in Zambezi

KATIMA MULILO, 22 JUL (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Zambezi Region intercepted 12 suspected stolen cattl...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

OMUTHIYA, 21 July 2026- The Ebenezer Royal School was closed down by the Oshikoto Directorate of Education, after it was discovered that the school is not registered with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

Unregistered Omuthiya school closed after former administrator appears in court

OMUTHIYA, 22 JUL (NAMPA) – The Oshikoto Directorate of Education has closed the unregistered Ebenezer Royal Primary School i...

TSUMEB, 06 November 2024 - The Tsumeb Municipality has refuted various allegations levelled against the council in a petition by over 90 community members on Tuesday. (Photo: Contributed)

Tsumeb Municipality defends five per cent tariff increase

OMUTHIYA, 21 JULY (NAMPA) - The Tsumeb Municipality has defended its decision to implement a five per cent increase in municip...

WINDHOEK, 20 July 2026 - Bwabwata Khwe Spearheading Committee Leader Sonner Geria, of the Khwe San community living in the Bwabwata National Park. (Photo: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

Khwe community calls for stricter enforcement in Bwabwata National Park

WINDHOEK, 21 JUL (NAMPA) - The Khwe San community living in the Bwabwata National Park has called on the Ministry of Environme...

TONDORO, 21 July 2026- The Kavango West Farmers Union engaged residents of Tondoro Constituency on Monday to discuss the challenges, share plans in place aimed at increasing agricultural production in the region, and gather concerns affecting the agricultural activities in the region.

(photo: Contributed)
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Kavango West farmers call for improved market access

TONDORO, 21 JUL ( NAMPA) - Farmers in the Kavango West Region have called for measures to address high transport costs and lim...

OTJOMBINDE, 19 July 2026 - Kausana Katjirua's brahman bull crowned champions of the champions at Otjombinde Show (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Otjombinde agricultural show a success: Heuva

OTJOMBINDE, 21 JUL (NAMPA) – Uetuaravi Heuva, the executive secretary of the Otjombinde Agricultural Show committee, has sai...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

OSHIFUKWA- Scene from last year’s Kufamosha Information Disability Centre expo.

(Photo: contributed)

Disability expo set to take place at Omuthiya

OMUTHIYA, 21 JUL (NAMPA) - The Kufamosha Information Disability Centre will host the Kufamosha Information Disability Centre E...

RUNDU, 20 July 2026-Former Rundu Town Council Deputy Mayor Toini Mwahangange Hausiku, widow of liberation struggle icon Marco Hausiku, has died at the age of 72.

(Photo: Contributed)
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Retired Swapo politician Toini Hausiku dies

WINDHOEK, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – Retired politician Toini Hausiku, a prominent member of the Swapo Party and widow of the late lib...

Uakutura Kambaekua

WINDHOEK, 20 July 2026 - John Pandeni Constituency Councillor John Moonde (left) and A Shipena School Principal Moses Haufiku displaying the wilted mattress that learners were sleeping on in the hostel (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Khomas regional council donates mattresses to improve hostel learners’ welfare

WINDHOEK, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – Learners deserve to sleep in comfort and dignity, John Pandeni Constituency councillor John Moond...

Onandjokwe doctor denied bail in alleged rape case

OMUTHIYA, 20 JUL (NAMPA) – The Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court on Monday denied bail to 31-year-old Onandjokwe Hospital medica...

OTJIWARONGO, 17 July 2026 - Accident scene where a 16 seater minibus and Volvo sedan were involved on Otavi-Otjiwarongo B1 road Friday night. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

Collision on Otjiwarongo-Otavi B1 road claims two lives on Friday

OTJIWARONGO, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – Two people died after a head-on collision involving a 16-seater minibus and a Volvo sedan on t...

Mulisa Simiyasa

MARIENTAL, 17 July 2026 - Hardap Regional Police Deputy Commissioner of the Crime Investigations Division, Theodore Kotungondo, addresses members of the media before the destruction of drugs worth N$462 510 at the Mariental State Hospital incinerator. (Photo by: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

Police destroy drug haul seized across Hardap Region

MARIENTAL, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – The Namibian Police Force in the Hardap Region on Friday destroyed drugs and other contraband wo...

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: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

EIF donates livestock feed worth N$500 000 to flood-affected Zambezi farmers

KATIMA MULILO, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) on Friday donated supplementary livestock...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

MPENZO, 17 July 2026 - Goats from a rotation project in Mpezo village, Mankumpi Constituency, Kavango West Region. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Goat project equips beneficiaries with livestock and skills

MPEZO, 17 JUL (NAMPA) - A goat rotation project in Mpezo village in the Kavango West Region's Mankumpi Constituency has transf...

OSHAKATI, 17 July 2026 - he Ondangwa Town Council has marked the practical completion of Phase One of its N. dollars 14 million Wastewater Treatment Plant project, a development expected to significantly reduce sewer overflows that have affected residents of Oluno, Ondangwa Extension One and surrounding areas. (photo: contributed)

Ondangwa completes first phase of N$14 million wastewater project

ONDANGWA, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – The Ondangwa Town Council has reached practical completion of Phase One of its N$14 million Waste...

OTJIWARONGO, 17 July 2026 - Residents of Otjiwarongo gather in Orwetoveni on Friday morning for their 2026 annual mass clean-up campaign of their 16 suburbs at the town. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Over 400 Otjiwarongo residents join hands for clean-up campaign

OTJIWARONGO, 17 JUL (NAMPA) – More than 400 residents of Otjiwarongo on Friday joined forces to remove litter across 16 subu...

Mulisa Simiyasa

MURURANI, 16 July 2026-An abandoned mobile clinic container still sits at Mururani Village, Mankumpi Constituency in Kavango West.
(photo:Lylie Joel)
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Mururani leaders call for fully-fledged health facilities

MANKUMPI, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – Community leaders at Mururani village in the Mankumpi Constituency of the Kavango West Region hav...

OTJIWARONGO, 07 February 2025 - Otjiwarongo's first council meeting of 2025 at the council chambers on Friday. From left is Sebetius Guiteb, Deputy Mayor Julienda Kampungu, Chief Executive Officer, Mberipura Hifitikeko, Mayor Gottlieb Shivute and Godhardt Hoko. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Otjiwarongo councillors clash over CCTV installation project

OTJIWARONGO, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Otjiwarongo Municipality councillors clashed during a council meeting on Tuesday over a propos...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 13 January 2017 – The Havana informal settlement in Windhoek is steadily expanding as people flock to the capital city, mainly in search of employment. (Photo by: Joseph Nekaya) NAMPA

Windhoek steps up fight against illegal water connections

WINDHOEK, 16 JUL (NAMPA) - The City of Windhoek is conducting a comprehensive investigation to identify and eliminate unauthor...

Uakutura Kambaekua

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2024 - NSA Statistician General Alex Shimuafeni. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

NSA records over 75 000 marginalised people in Namibia

WINDHOEK, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibia has 75 569 people classified as belonging to designated marginalised communities, with th...

MANKUMPI, 14 July 2026- The water tap connecting water from the boreholes to nearby points in Mankumpi Constituency, Kavango West Region.
(photo: Lylie Joel)
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Mururani, Ou Kordon residents call for improved water supply

MANKUMPI, 14 JUL (NAMPA) – Mururani village residents say a recently completed water reticulation project has improved acces...

OPUWO, 14 July 2026- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology assessing the ICT impact at Ongongo Village, Opuwo Rural Constituency. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

Parliamentary committee assesses ICT impact on Ongongo village

OPUWO, 15 JUL (NAMPA) – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Communication Technology on Tuesday visited ...

Kaviveterue Virere

OSHIYA SHOMATOPE- Maria Tomas in her newly constructed room.

(Video: Max Henrich) Nampa

Omuthiya residents extend helping hand to Tomas

OMUTHIYA, 15 JUL (NAMPA) – Eighty-year-old Maria Tomas from Oshiya Shomatope village on Tuesday received a donation of essen...

Grootfontein court struck rape case off the roll

GROOTFONTEIN, 14 JUL (NAMPA) - Grootfontein Magistrate's Court on Tuesday struck from the roll the case in which a teacher, Al...

GOBABIS, 14 July 2026 - The office of the Omaheke Governor expand its support to Omaheke community (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Nganate's office broadens support to Omaheke community

GOBABIS, 14 JUL (NAMPA) - The Office of the Omaheke Governor has invested in a range of development projects aimed at improvin...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

GOBABIS, 13 July 2026 - Omaheke Governor Pijoo Marikutuka Nganate (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Nganate prioritises education in Omaheke

GOBABIS, 15 JUL (NAMPA) - Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate has said his office has prioritised the education of the Namibian chi...

Zebaldt Ngaruka

OSHAKATI, 14 July 2026 - Oshana Regial Governor, Hofni Iipinge on Monday at the Regional Council during the arrival of some Namibians who were repatriated from South Africa. ((photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

Namibians recount fear and uncertainty after fleeing South Africa unrest

By Ester Hakaala OSHAKATI, 14 JUL (NAMPA) – “Our lives were in danger.” These were the words of 37-year-old Wilpartina ...