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The Swakopmund Municipality yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) to address the need for housing and end poverty at the coastal town. NHE chief executive Gisbertus Mukulu said this was the company’s first MOU and urged other town councils to take a cue from the Swakopmund town council. […]
The Miss Namibia Organisation (MNO) has announced a strategic adjustment in its international representation plan for the upcoming Miss Namibia 2024 pageant. This decision comes in response to the Miss World Organisation’s (MWO) enforcement of a longstanding rule that only the national winner can participate in the Miss World Beauty Festival. In a statement released […]
In a recent Instagram post, actress Jameela Jamil revealed she has poor bone density, despite only being in her 30s. She blamed this on 20 years of dieting and urged her followers to be aware of the harms diet culture can do to your health. Bone density is important for many reasons, primarily because it […]
The US government says it has revoked some licences that allowed US chip makers to export certain goods to Chinese technology giant Huawei. The Department of Commerce did not specify which permits were cancelled but the move follows Huawei’s release of an AI-enabled computer powered by a chip created by Intel. US-based chip maker Intel […]
TikTok has filed a lawsuit aiming to block a US law that would ban the video app in the country unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company. In the filing, the social media company called the act an “extraordinary intrusion on free speech rights” of the company and its 170 million American users. […]
It is a spring evening in Germany’s eastern city of Cottbus, and dozens of people have crowded into a small venue to hear a man who once dubbed himself the “friendly face” of National Socialism (Nazism). Two other men with prior links to extremist groups are also in the room, including a candidate for forthcoming […]
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North Korea’s former propaganda master Kim Ki Nam has died at the age of 94, said state media. He died due to old age and “multiple organ dysfunction” for which he had been receiving treatment since 2022, said KCNA. He had spent decades leading propaganda efforts in the totalitarian state, including building a personality cult […]
Presidential candidate Ally Angula says she will pay every Namibian aged between 18 and 59 a monthly allowance of N$1 750 if elected as head of state in the forthcoming November national elections – a plan which would cost more than N$2,6 billion each month, or N$32 billion annually. Experts, reacting to the manifesto Angula […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented Namibia with meritorious awards for the country’s remarkable performance lowering mother-to-child transmission of HIV and reducing hepatitis B. Based on set criteria, the WHO has awarded Namibia a ‘silver tier’ status for progress on reducing hepatitis B, and a ‘bronze tier’ for the significant reduction of HIV. The […]