Namibia has recognized the importance of digital transformation as a critical component of economic growth and development. The country is making significant progress and is embracing digital technologies, and leveraging them to enhance competitiveness, spur innovation, and improve the quality of life of its citizens.
Digitisation is no longer something in the distant future but has become an everyday process, even in Africa. Digitisation as a transformative social process accelerated at a frantic rate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said efforts aimed at raising funds for Namibia’s needy orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) should be commended and supported by all. The PM noted that national efforts to support vulnerable compatriots will only yield the desired outcomes if all stakeholders pull in the same direction.
The Office of the Prime Minister on Monday handed over a hand-held tractor worth N$70 000 to the Nakalega Irrigation Project in the Okatana constituency in the Oshana region.
The defence forces of Namibia and Botswana will team up to conduct Exercise Hanganee II – a Battalion level peace support operation training exercise – in Gobabis from 15 to 26 June 2023.
Ovambanderu paramount chief Eben Tjozohongo Nguvauva II on Sunday welcomed Vice President Nangolo Mbumba at Omimbonde Vitano at Omauezonjanda in the Epukiro constituency, where the traditional leader discussed a range of pressing issues with the deputy head of State.
A 44-year-old man who was arrested for rape in Ombandjele in Outapi, Omusati region in 2018, is demanding answers from the justice ministry as to why the DNA results of his rape case are pending since 2019.
Women and children continue to suffer sexual abuse by male perpetrators. Over the weekend, four women, including an 11-year-old girl, were raped by known and unknown men who had sexual intercourse with them without their consent.
RUNDU- After an intense search of the Kavango River, the Namibian Police’s water wing at Rundu yesterday retrieved the bodies of the two drowned brothers, Kerko Sikongo (9) and Hendrick Wayoya (17).
The Legal Aid-instructed defence lawyer of an Angolan national, who allegedly informed his neighbours and the police that he killed his live-in girlfriend and showed them the body, is now claiming it was the ex-boyfriend of the deceased that killed her.