Trade minister Lucia Iipumbu undertook an official visit to Zambia from 21 to 24 February 2023 for bilateral consultations with her counterpart Chipoka Mulenga, the Zambian minister of commerce, trade and industry.
Census slated for August
The long-awaited Namibia Population and Housing Census will take place in August this year, and will for the first time be a spatially-enabled and digital census.
NIPDB not getting Namibian-driven projects
The Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board’s CEO Nangula Uaandja is worried that Namibians are not practising enough in the investment space in their own country.
Opinion – Sancity of human life – euthanasia
This is the second instalment of articles on ‘sanctity of human life’. This week’s article focuses on euthanasia.
Opinion – Servicing the N$150 billion debt curse
The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises tabled the 2023/2024 national budget on 22 February 2023 which is anchored on three pillars: pro-sustainability, pro-poor and pro-growth.
Opinion – Written in the Sand (1904 -1964)
The year 1964 marked 60 years after the wiping-out order of all the Hereros. A pocket of breathing skeletons cheated death by supping poisoned water.
Opinion – Should Namibia embrace the green revolution?
The green revolution is the misleading name given to a chemical-based agricultural model that was introduced to India in 1965.
Opinion – Should universities allow AI?
The advent of Artificial Intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022 was celebrated by students, academics and researchers in higher education institutions, especially in the developed world.
Opinion – Is homophobia a resident in the Namibian house?
In a recent submission to the High Court of Namibia, the attorney-general argued that the crime of sodomy is justified as most Namibians still reject homosexuality. The AG primarily relied on “parliament’s activities” that do not suggest a “legislative trend” towards decriminalising sodomy.
Letter – Social media and moral degradation
Social media has become a dormant medium for information access, communication, and content sharing.









