Author: Dwight Links
Artists Sceptical About Support for Arts & Culture
By: Dwight Links Great emphasis has been placed on the development of Namibia’s arts and culture sector as an economic enabling sector, which also leads to opportunity growth and employment creation. This is encapsulated in the NDP6,…
Average Goods and Services Prices Movement Stand at 3.5%
By: Dwight Links The overall price movement for goods and services of daily commodities such as food, energy, housing, transportation, and recreation has increased at the rate of 3.5% by the end of July 2025. The Namibia Statistics…
Tenth Global Cultural Summit Emphasises Society & Cultural Resilience
By: Dwight Links At its close, the tenth summit of global arts and culture emphasised that a new path for longevity and preservation has to be sought for arts and culture to survive the ever-changing landscape found today. Working under…
IPPR Launches Report On GERP
By: Dwight Links The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) on Tuesday launched its third report examining the sectoral damage caused by corruption in the fishing sector. The latest analysis focused on the Government Employment Redress Programme (GERP), which was…
Ministry of Agriculture Falls Short of Achieving SDGs
By: Dwight Links The Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) tabled a report in the National Assembly illustrating how the Ministry of Agriculture, Water & Land Reform (MAWLR) was not track to meeting targets in the United Nations Sustainable…
Nutrition, Food Security Key Strategies to Achieve within NDP6
By: Dwight Links The sixth National Development Plan (NDP 6) outlines Nutrition and Food Security as key strategies to achieve within the fourth pillar of Human Development and Community Resilience, and the first pillar of Economic Growth. …
NDP 6 Projections a Beacon of Hope
By: Dwight Links President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday launched the sixth National Development Plan (NDP 6), set to run from 2025 to 2030. Opening her statement on the occasion, President Nandi-Ndaitwah outlined that with the responsibility bestowed…
Remembrance of Namibia’s and the World’s First Modern Period Genocide
By: Dwight Links Namibia’s first inaugural commemorative public holiday of the 1904 to 1908 Herero/Nama Genocide took place on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 in Windhoek. The event was attended by foreign mission diplomats and various political, traditional, and national leaders….
Namibia Ranks 96th in the Global Frontier Technologies Readiness Index
By: Dwight Links Namibia is placed at position 96 out of 181 countries that have been measured in the 2025 Technology and Innovation Report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The index takes into account…
Standing Committee Rules Basic Income Grant a Success in Namibia
By: Dwight Links A standing committee on Health, Social Welfare, and Labour Affairs of the National Council released their report on the impact of the 2008/2009 basic income grant pilot project that was conducted in the Otjivero-Omitara area. …