Category: National
Mutete Remains a Staple Crop for Kavango Households
By: Annakleta Haikera Mutete (hibiscus) continues to play a vital role in household food security in the Kavango East and Kavango West regions, with an estimated 80 percent of residents growing the leafy vegetable in their backyard gardens for…
Lower Domestic Slaughter Threatens Global Beef Market Share
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala For the year ended November 2025, Namibia has exported beef to the USA once, five times to China, once to Ghana, and nothing to the DRC, according to monthly statistics compiled by the Livestock and…
CRAN Coy on Starlink-Related Questions
By: Staff Writer The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) declined to directly answer questions from Eagle Media House regarding Starlink’s pending application to legally operate in Namibia. Starlink, which is owned and operated by South African-born multi-billionaire Elon…
Eagles Set for Nepal Tournament, via India
By: Dwight Links Namibia’s Capricorn Eagles departed on Tuesday for the global qualifier tournament in Nepal, with warm-up matches and preparations in India. By travelling to India, the team sought similar conditions to Nepal, which is currently experiencing its winter…
Central Banks and Policymakers Must Employ Alternative Data
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala Non-traditional data is often timelier or more granular and, as a result, can fill in some gaps in government statistics, wrote former principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Claudia Sahm, on the…
Southern Local Authorities Owe Nampower Almost N$1 Billion
By: Dwight Links NamPower is currently owed close to N$1 billion before the close of this year, most of which is owed by southern towns and regional authorities. These are towns such as Rehoboth, Mariental, Keetmanshoop, Lüderitz,…
Agro-Processor Produces 5,000 Peanut Butter Jars in One Month
By: Loise Shiimi Frans Langa Shivute is an entrepreneur who made the decision to venture into agro-processing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Fast forward to 2025, he is set to produce 5,000 peanut jars this month. Through…
Kaisosi Medical Centre Brings One-Stop Healthcare to Rundu
By: Annakleta Haikera Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare officially inaugurated the Kaisosi Medical Centre on Friday, developed by four private investors with a combined investment of N$25 million in the Kavango East Region. The facility features a radiology…
NamPower Wants the Power Aggregation Role
By: Hee-Dee Walenga and Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The national power utility, NamPower, has proposed that it becomes the main energy aggregator in the country for all dispatchable energy. This would add to its other role of generation,…
Namibia Advances its Nuclear Agenda Through 2026 Testing Exercise
By: Dwight Links Officials from the ministries of International Relations and Mines & Energy announced on Thursday that Namibia will host the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation’s (CTBTO) Integrated Field Test Exercise next year in October. This…