Many people from Namibia must stay in prisons far away from home. Right this moment, sixty-nine Namibians live in prisons across southern Africa because they broke different laws. At the same time, Namibian prisons hold 465 people from other countries. Most of these people come from nearby African countries.
The government wants to make a new plan that would let people serve their prison time in their own countries. Namibia, along with other African countries, agreed to this idea back in 2019. But the plan needs more countries to say yes before it can work. Only one country, Mauritius, has fully agreed.
Ms Lucia Witbooi, who helps run Namibia's home affairs, discussed this in a big meeting. She believes people do better when they stay...
A hospital in Oshakati told their doctors and nurses they can't use their phones when they work. The person in charge, Mr Ruben Kanime, made this rule because he thinks phones make workers spend less time helping sick people.
Mr Kanime wants phones used only for very important things at the hospital. He said workers must not look at social media or make personal calls when they take care of patients. They also can't wear headphones near patients anymore.
A man named Johannes Nghilifavali went to another hospital and saw a nurse talking on her phone instead of helping him properly. When he asked her about it, she said she had her problems. He told people some nurses make videos for social media when they should be helping sick people...
The government wants to help schools by making new money rules. Teachers need good pay, but schools also need books and other things to help children learn. Right now, the government spends most of its school money on paying teachers, which means there isn't much left for important things like books and pencils.
Last year, the government spent N$13 billion to pay school staff. Many students have problems learning because their schools don't have enough books. Some students leave school early, and others fail their tests, especially in grade 10.
The new rules will help make things fair for all schools. The government wants to ensure that children in the countryside can learn just as well as children in cities. It also wants to help...
Many people came to say goodbye to Sam Nujoma at Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Airport in Ondangwa. Mr Nujoma was the first president of Namibia, and people loved him very much. His body traveled from Windhoek to his home village, Etunda, in the Omusati region.
People arrived at the airport very early in the morning, at six o'clock, because they wanted to be there when his body arrived. Another former president, Mr Hifikepunye Pohamba, joined Mr Nujoma's family at the airport. Mr Nujoma had died on February 8 in a hospital in Windhoek. He was 95 years old.
Old soldiers who fought for Namibia's freedom sang special songs to remember Mr Nujoma. Military trucks carried his coffin through the streets of Ondangwa and Oshakati. People stood along...
A man named Innocent Nyahodza worked for a company in Harare that sells food and cleaning supplies. His job required him to collect money from people who bought these things from the company.
The company trusted him to manage their money, but something went wrong. Between January and February 2025, Mr Nyahodza took US$50,131 from different customers. Instead of giving this money to his company, he kept it for himself.
The company found out about this when they talked to one of their customers. The company thought the customer needed to pay them US$11,000, but the customer said they had already paid. This made the company look into what happened with their money.
They learned Mr Nyahodza had been taking money from many different...
The leaders of South Africa couldn't agree on their big-money plan for 2025, which worried many people. They had to change the date when they would tell everyone about this plan.
Mr Enoch Godongwana was supposed to talk about how South Africa would spend its money on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. The leaders disagreed about making people pay more tax when they buy things from shops. This made them cancel the big meeting.
This has never happened before in South Africa since people started voting for their leaders. The head of a big business group, Mr Khulekani Mathe, thinks the leaders should have told everyone earlier that they needed more time. He believes this would have made people trust the money team less.
Many business people feel...
Zimbabwe wants to help make our world cleaner and healthier by using special money called green bonds. These green bonds work like normal money, but they can only be used to build things that help the environment. This includes making clean energy from the sun and wind or building houses that save energy.
Mr Collen Tapfumaneyi, who runs an important money company called FINSEC, talked about why green bonds matter. He said these special bonds help create new ways to keep our air clean and make better transport systems. His company helps people trade different kinds of money safely using computers.
Zimbabwe doesn't have any green bonds at this moment, but many people are working hard to change this. They want people from Zimbabwe and...
A special group of people said a music star named A$AP Rocky did nothing wrong. The people looked at a fight he had with another person in 2021. When they told him he was free, Rocky jumped into the crowd and hugged many people.
Rocky said thank you to the people who helped save his life. Someone named Terell Ephron said Rocky pointed a gun at him and fired it twice during an argument. Ephron hurt his hand a little bit when the bullet touched it.
Rocky's helpers told everyone the gun was fake. They used it to make music videos, and it only made loud noises. They also said Ephron started the fight, not Rocky.
Outside the building, Rocky stood next to his girlfriend, Rihanna. He thanked God and felt happy he could talk freely. Rihanna...
Today, people in Zimbabwe celebrate their young people. The special day helps everyone remember how important young citizens are for making the country better. The day happens every year on February 21.
President Mnangagwa will meet with many young people in Bulawayo. More than 20,000 young people from all over Zimbabwe will attend. Other countries, like Kenya and South Africa, sent their leaders to join the celebration. The government wants to spend 1.6 million dollars to make this day special.
Most of Zimbabwe's population—more than half—are young. The government wants to help them learn new computer skills. It plans to teach these skills to 1.5 million young people across Zimbabwe.
The leaders want young people to avoid bad things...
