4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (980+ words) Namibia cannot eat its scenery. That may sound deliberately provocative, particularly in a country that has rightly built an international reputation for protecting its wildlife, landscapes and biodiversity. But it is an important reality as Namibia attempts to transform its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (978+ words) There is something deeply seductive about the idea of a national airline. It is the flag in the sky. It is Namibia announcing itself to the world. It is a symbol of independence, ambition and national pride. But an airline…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (897+ words) The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) has challenged Namibia’s National Honours Advisory Committee to broaden the country’s national narrative, warning against what it views as the selective recognition of those who contributed to the struggle against colonialism, apartheid and foreign domination....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (911+ words) Namibia’s planned national airline, Namibia Air, could see Ethiopian Airlines take control of its top management and key operations, after the Ethiopian carrier indicated that management control would be a condition for any future equity partnership with the proposed airline....

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (581+ words) Tributes are flowing in following the death of liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner and workers’ rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete, who died on 29 August 2026, just days after celebrating his 92nd birthday. Shityuwete’s passing has brought to an end the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (244+ words) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has welcomed Barbados, Namibia and Thailand as participants in the FATF-Style Regional Body (FSRB) Guest Initiative. The initiative is central to the FATF priority of strengthening cohesion across the FATF Global Network and broadening…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (608+ words) The message from Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Dino Ballotti to Namibian entrepreneurs is both timely and necessary: Namibia’s small population should not become a ceiling on the ambitions of its businesses. Speaking at the…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (918+ words) Every August, as Namibia prepares to commemorate Heroes’ Day, the country enters a familiar season of remembrance. Names are recalled, sacrifices are celebrated and, inevitably, questions arise over who deserves the highest recognition the Republic can bestow. But increasingly, another…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (643+ words) When one of Namibia’s most senior economic officials says that the investment required to develop a single oil discovery could exceed the size of the country’s entire annual economy, every entrepreneur should stop and listen. Bank of Namibia Governor Ebson…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (903+ words) For more than five decades, the families of two Namibian liberation heroes lived with the pain of knowing that their loved ones had died far from home. For more than a century, the remains of dozens of Namibians were held…...