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‘Air ambulance not for every patient’ – Luvindao

November 5, 2026

Patience Makwele Health minister Esperance Luvindao has clarified that Namibia’s newly launched state-owned air ambulance service will not evacuate every patient. She said access will be determi...

‘I urged Dangote to stay’ – NNN

November 5, 2026

President admits bureaucracy nearly cost Namibia strategic investment Desmarius Hansen President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has revealed that she personally pleaded with Nigerian billionaire A...

MIRT procures 13 vehicles for visiting diplomats

November 5, 2026

…as cost and procurement details remain undisclosed Patience Makwele The ministry of international relations and trade has procured 13 vehicles to transport visiting diplomats, but the total cos...

FMD outbreak: How much is Namibia’s beef industry really losing?

November 5, 2026

Namibia's FMD crisis is testing more than its veterinary controls. It is exposing the cost of depending on uninterrupted export access without sufficient financial buffers across the agricultural valu...

Tjombe challenges legality of CoW’s mass utility disconnections

November 5, 2026

Renthia Kaimbi Human rights lawyer Norman Tjombe has questioned the legality of the City of Windhoek’s planned mass disconnection of water and electricity services. He warned that cutting off ac...

China eyes grape exports

November 4, 2026

Renthia Kaimbi China is preparing to send an expert team to Namibia next month to inspect local grape production areas as part of efforts to facilitate the export of fresh Namibian table grapes to ...

Otjiwarongo municipality blames overspending on ‘oversight’

November 4, 2026

Can Dangote’s Walvis Bay pipeline end Namibia’s fuel price woes?

November 4, 2026

As Namibia prepares to launch Dangote’s petroleum project today (Wednesday), the proposed infrastructure and Angola’s Lobito refinery offer new routes to fuel security. Whether either can lower pump p...

Iipinge calls for sharing of government resources

November 4, 2026

Patience Makwele Oshana governor Hofni Iipinge has called on government institutions to share available resources instead of leaving public assets unused, following the handover of 13 second-hand c...

NAC declares first dividend in 20 years

November 3, 2026

Staff Writer The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) made a gross profit of N$23 million leading to the declaration of a dividend of N$7.7 million to the government, marking its first dividend pay...