Spotlight News

“Now it’s moving to the formal locations like residential in town, we’re talking about the business premises located in the industrial areas Prosperita, Northern Industrial and even areas such as…

Former US President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush will visit Namibia and Botswana from April 4 – 6, 2017. “The trip will highlight the Bush Institute-…

“We need to think differently and take development back to the rural areas instead of having everyone flock into cities and thereby actually putting strain on the infrastructure that is…

The Society for Family Health (SFH) in collaboration with the Finnish Nuovo Nordic Health Care Centre and Betesda Medical Care Centre recently joined hands in supporting Government efforts to provide…

“Government needs to change, they cannot just give one person five to six tenders in a year while there are other companies that are not getting anything,” said Johannes Alugodhi…

“Even with the normal population growth within the City, excluding the impact of migration, the infrastructure development and the support systems that the City of Windhoek has in place is…

“The mosquitoes have developed resistance against insecticides used to treat these nets. The nets are treated with insecticides to kill the mosquitoes before they actually bite human beings or their…

The black rhinoceros has already been hunted to extinction in many parts of Africa and now survives in only five countries namely Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Renewed…

Findings from the Namibia Statistics Agency’s (NSA) Namibia Household Income & Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/16 show a substantial drop in poverty rates over the past 13 years. The latest Economy…

Minister of Finance Honourable Calle Schlettwein in 2016 held a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Conference in order to harness PPP’s to finance infrastructure. As Government struggles to fund infrastructure projects,…

Learners who did not meet the requirements for promotion to Grade 11 and who are 17 years or younger on the first day of school are allowed to repeat Grade…

Herman Smit Technical Manager at ACCESS Laboratories Services (Pty)Ltd, a company that specializes in all quality control related services for the construction and engineering industry of Namibia, said the situation…

“Firstly congratulations to Namibia, it’s wonderful to see Namibia come up with the highest ranking in the Africa section in the index, it’s very exciting,” said Rona Kotecha, Executive Director of…

Crime statistics show that house break-ins where armed robbery is involved are on the increase in Windhoek. “We try to redouble our efforts in order to ensure that the city…

The BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at the Summit in Goa on Sunday 16 October 2016 agreed to set up a rating agency for emerging markets….

“We call on the business community to come round the table, sit with us and see how we can all rescue Government from this and rescue the country from this….

Namibian Paralympic athletes Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala have put Namibia on the map by scooping 5 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze) from the just concluded Rio 2016 Paralympic…

The children of the liberation struggle spokesperson Tuhafeni Nhinda said the N$11m Government is allocating to the “struggle kids” is a political game. Nhinda questioned why the money is kept…

“We Africans have good glossy papers, we talk, but implementation is a problem,” said President Hage Geingob. The President was speaking during an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA), Straight…

“The members want to be recognised as employees and therefore if the members or taxi drivers are regarded as employees it is then easier to control the industry. As long as…

“So far as from Independence 1990, there is no taxi owner or taxi driver that has paid tax so far to Government ,” said Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU)…

“Once a school has been identified as unregistered, the school is informed not to continue operating and also advised to apply for registration in accordance with the Education Act. Thereafter…

“We do expect this year a significant amount of mass houses to come onto the market, we know that there is about 1500 that are near completion so the 1500…

The Affirmative Repositioning Movement recently announced that Government did not reach its deadline of 1 August 2016 to establish a Rent Control Board as was agreed in a meeting held…

Since the announcement of the designated employers and registration of job seekers by Honourable Minister Erkki Nghimtina in August last year, the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation…

“If the cold conditions continue, farmers will face loss of livestock, especially the young ones,” said Mr. Sixtus Isaak Chairperson of the //Karas Regional Farmers Union. Isaak stressed that the…

The International Women’s Association of Namibia (IWAN), in support of the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Correctional Service, recently provided donations to help meet the needs of…

World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Namibia Professor Monir Islam is urging pregnant women and women who are planning on getting pregnant to not be vaccinated during the current Measels and…

“The ministry has been prompted by the fact that there have been so many bad incidences, those incidences include Gender Based Violence (GBV), some gruesome car accidents and in some…

“Poverty, illiteracy and early deaths await world’s most disadvantaged children”. This is the headline of the latest UNICEF State of the World’s Children 2016 report. The report states that 167…

Gerrit Maritz, Chief of Education at UNICEF Namibia says poverty is one of the biggest factors contributing to children dropping out of school. “In extremely vulnerable communities you still have…

The Ministry of Works and Transport this week invited the Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) members to the new Transport Regulations launch which is taking place on Tuesday 21 June 2016….

A recent study conducted in Namibia revealed that 29% of children surveyed between the ages of 13 -17 have seen child pornographic content online, while 31% of them said that…

For the first time in the 70 year history of the United Nations, Secretary General Ban Ki moon has convened the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, on 23 and 24 May…

This year’s COSAFA Cup 2016 will be staged in Namibia from June 11-25. Namibia, last year’s winners will be hosting the event for the first time with Windhoek set to…

Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) Windhoek branch manager, Johanna Shiweda-Indongo said the organisation has appealed to Government to reconsider it’s action and remove the visa requirement for South African citizens travelling…

Namibia is one of 177 States that ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and is therefore reviewed regularly by the United Nations Committee on…

At a recent Mining Information Sharing Workshop, Minister of Mines and Energy, Obeth Kandjoze, said the ministry has set new terms and conditions to mining and exploration licenses, which are…

“The construction sector is a huge employer in Windhoek, and it can lead to an economic downturn in the industry and a huge loss of jobs in construction, so we…

Absenteeism costs economies across the continent valuable opportunities for growth, as it is possibly the single costliest problem to affect organisations locally and internationally according to Global Certifier the Top…

In a meeting between Affirmative Repositioning Movement (AR) and President Hage Geingob on 11 April 2016 at State House, it was agreed that Hon. Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in line…

“We will improve tax collection, through operationalizing the independent revenue authority in 2016 and by broadening the tax base to include the informal sector and investigate the establishment of a…

Only eight Namibian companies namely, Namibia Breweries ltd, Bidvest Namibia, Nictus Holdings, Bank Windhoek, First National Bank of Namibia, Oryx Properties Ltd, Namibia Asset Management Ltd and Stimulus Investments Ltd…

Namibians like too much salt and sugar, leading to the rise of non-communicable diseases in the country. 40% to 45% of men and women are suffering from high blood pressure and…

“Since independence, Namibia’s achievements in health is significant”, said Professor Monir Islam World Health Organisation(WHO) representative to Namibia. “At independence seven out of ten Namibians were considered poor, today three…

“The Government here as everywhere, is given a chance to examine the information and if they don’t agree with some statement in the report or if they believe that more…

Governments targeted actions on cost cutting and reducing expenditure especially on more non- productive programmes or interventions is important to note. This was the sentiments of PWC Partner/Director, Chantell Husselmann…

With the recent murder of Letichia du Plessis a teacher from Rehoboth, the nation is once again calling on Government and Law Enforcement Agencies to step up the fight against…

President of the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) Abner Xoagub said Sports Federations should not be blamed for poor Athletes participation at Olympic Games. “It’s for us as a nation…

The price of maize meal, wheat flour, mahangu meal , rice and sugar increased with between 6 and 23% on 25 January 2016. Last week Namib Mills announced another price…

Namibia has been receiving good rains the past weeks with rainfall ranging from 61.4mm in Windhoek, Katima Mulilo in the north 32.4mm, while at the coast, Henties Bay received 0.4mm…

PWC Namibia Tax Leader, Mr. Stefan Hugo in an exclusive interview with 99FM, states that the power Inland Revenue now has to collect taxes has been extended aggressively. This comes…

Despite the Namibia Dollar being linked to the depreciating South Africa Rand, this is having a positive impact on some areas of Namibia’s economy. Mr Ndangi Katoma, Director for Strategic…

City Police Chief Abraham Kanime says it is high time that motorists change their behaviour on the roads in order to reduce accidents. Kanime says that a lot of speeding…

“The biggest challenge to human development today, particularly Namibia are high levels of unemployment especially among the youth, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the high level of drop outs and non-completion especially…

The old age pension will be increased from N$1000 to N$1,200 per month by 2017 and to N$1,300 by 2018. Implementation measures are being planned for the massive urban land…

“Some have accused us of only talking and not implementing”, this was stated by His Excellency President Hage Geingob when he addressed the media at state house recently. The president…

President Hage Geingob at the 3rd press conference since his inauguration in March, stated that Government has made tremendous progress since the countries’ independence. The president announced that the poverty rate…

Spotlight News, this week focusses on the progress made in the Massive Urban Land Servicing Program which was introduced by Government in collaboration with the Affirmative Repositioning Movement(AR Movement) in August 2015….

This week in 99fm’s Spotlight News we have been focusing on the country’s water situation. The critical stage it’s in at the moment and how we can solve this very…