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South African finance minister Enoch Godongwana gave his budget speech Wednesday. He talked about raising taxes and continuing financial help for people struggling with money troubles. The government decided to bump up the sales tax by 1% over two years instead of hiking it all at once. They...

Tomorrow marks the auction of three Windhoek properties tied to Zimbabwean banker Enock Kamushinda. He failed to return N$140 million taken from the closed Namibian Small and Medium Enterprises Bank. Lawyer Corlia Maritz confirmed the auction plans. She represents the SME Bank liquidators Bruni...

Starting April 1, 2025, civil servants traveling across Namibia will receive higher daily payments. The highest official, Cabinet Secretary, jumps from N$969 to N$2,500 per day. Executive directors boost their pay from N$899 to N$2,300 daily. Regular government workers earn N$1,780 for the same...

Frans Kapofi agreed that the Defense Ministry spent more money than allowed, according to 2019 reports. He promised lawmakers his team would track expenses better from now on. Kapofi made these statements Wednesday during a National Assembly meeting when he addressed concerns from the...

Health officials found the first cholera case in ten years within the Kunene region. Ben Nangombe from the Ministry of Health and Social Services shared this news yesterday. A woman aged 55 came to Opuwo District Hospital on March 2, 2025. She had watery diarrhea for two days before arriving at...

A 28-year-old farm worker admitted yesterday he killed his boss. Rodney Hoxobeb told the Windhoek High Court he murdered Christof Mungunda, age 65, back in September 2022. The crime happened at a farm near Tallismanus, northeast of Gobabis. Judge Philanda Christiaan heard the confession during...

Water levels went up across dams throughout central and southern Namibia during the past seven days. The Namibia Water Corporation shared this news Monday as part of their regular updates about water storage across the country. Numbers show that Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop gained the most water...

Residents of Warmbad took action Monday by protesting through their streets. They feel both the government and the Bondelswarts Traditional Authority have forgotten about their settlement located in the //Kharas region. Charles Laberloth, speaking for the group, says people living in communal...

Matjandjara Tjihuura-Katurota from Opuwo Town Council says people desperately need houses and prepared land in Opuwo. She talked about these problems with The Namibian newspaper at Ondangwa. Folks with small or medium paychecks want homes but face disappointment because the town lacks...

Namibia's parliamentary committee on natural resources has warned that the Affirmative Repositioning bill might clash with the country's constitution and scare away investors. The committee gathered feedback from government officials, community groups, farmers, and traditional leaders before...

Right after Namibia became free, leaders thought about building a dam on the Fish River. The government waited until 2010 to finish studying whether this plan made sense. They figured it would cost about N$2.4 billion. The dam would water about 5,000 acres of land for growing fruits and...

Agnes Kafula wants street vendors to stop running from police and start getting social benefits. As a member of the Swapo parliament, she believes informal traders deserve protection just like other workers. Her plan would reduce police troubles for people who sell things on the streets because...

Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab brought forward the judiciary amendment bill number 11 from 2015 during Wednesday's session. This bill focuses on changing who manages building projects for courts across the country. Dausab pointed out that the Constitution clearly aims to protect each branch of...

David Namwandi started the International University of Management and recently told students at Eenhana to work hard on their studies. He opened the new campus on Tuesday after spending N$45 million to build it. About 1,321 students signed up for classes that began back in February. Namwandi...

Kenya Power announced that several areas across the country will lose electricity tomorrow. Folks living in eleven different counties need to prepare for outages on Thursday as crews perform necessary maintenance work. The blackouts will happen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., affecting specific...

Health officials found 11 more people sick from the weird illness making folks nervous around Kisii county lately. The strange disease has reached 168 total cases, according to Mary Muthoni, who runs Public Health and Professional Standards. She shared this news during her Wednesday update with...

Street artists have turned public spaces into thriving businesses across Windhoek, Namibia's capital. These markets help local creators earn money despite limited opportunities to sell their work through traditional channels. Christina Omole runs an outdoor gallery where she displays jewelry...

America plans to give Russia a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine very soon. Trump and his team see this as a big win for their foreign policy goals since he promised to end the war during his campaign. People wonder if this ceasefire can actually happen. And if it does, can it fairly...

Pakistani troops freed over 300 people held hostage on a passenger train by armed fighters in Balochistan. The army said they killed 33 attackers during their rescue mission. The Baloch Liberation Army had already murdered 21 regular folks and four soldiers before the rescue began. Soldiers keep...

Banks earning higher revenues might soon face bigger license fees under a new plan from Kenya's central bank. The CBK wants to change how they charge banks, looking at overall yearly earnings instead of just counting branches. This shift would include all money banks make from loans, government...