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In the Newsroom

In the Newsroom takes a deeper look at top stories, stories of interest and issues of the day... we speak to various experts and bring you a more three-dimensional take on the news.
Daily English Namibia News
325 Episodes
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Drink and drugs amongst learners is a nationwide problem

Drunk and high learners are in the news since the director of education in the Oshana region, Hileni Amukana, said she has received reports that learners arrive at school under the influence of liquor and drugs. There are also those who drink and smoke between classes. She says some of…
13 Nov 2022 10PM 3 min

Namibia chairs the Security Council at the AU

Namibia became a member of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the 1st of April this year. The chairmanship of the council is on a rotational basis, as every member of the council will have an opportunity to chair the council. November is Namibia’s turn. The Executive Director…
10 Nov 2022 9PM 1 min

Gee gehoor aan Amupanda se eise dat rooilyn verwyder word

The debate around the removal of the redline is still a hot topic in the political arena. The call off Dr. Job Amupanda is seen by many as a threat to the national beef industry, while others see it as a thing of the colonial times that was used to…
9 Nov 2022 10PM 3 min

Quality and employability of tertiary education in the spotlight

Namibian universities have a number of courses that can kickstart a career, however, complaints have been made regarding the subject matter of some of these courses which limits employability in Namibia. Some course are also simply too theoretical. In the Newsroom chats with Dr Alfred van Kent, Executive Director at…
8 Nov 2022 10PM 3 min

Tourist disturbance caused desert ellie-calf's death

It has been reported that tourists often get too close to wild animals and cause them to panic. The guides of Twyfelfontein Country Lodge came across a sad and unique story of an elephant calf that was too weak to survive in the harsh environment, but the mother carried her…
7 Nov 2022 9PM 2 min

Crime in the spotlight, especially the high incidence of rape

The Namibia Institute for Democracy in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a discussion at the Goethe Institute with the focus on the latest developments and trends as far as crime is concerned. The public had the opportunity to engage with Nampol and the Namibia Correctional Services. Nampol's Chief…
6 Nov 2022 10PM 3 min

Genocide reparations were never about the money

The deputy Namibian president Nangolo Mbumba says the government will meet again with their German counterparts to review the 18 billion Namibian dollar reparation payment because not all communities are happy with the negotiations. Mbumba says the affected communities, the government, and Namibians in general, must agree on the settlement…
3 Nov 2022 11PM 3 min

Land is at the heart of it all

Land is a burning issue everywhere on the continent. LPM leader Bernadus Swartbooi is in Johannesburg attending a session of the Pan-African Parliament and in his word, ancestral land is at the heart of his campaign there. Swartbooi tells In the Newsroom that land is at the heart of it…
2 Nov 2022 10PM 3 min

HIV: Virally-repressed cases by far the majority

HIV concentration in 90 percent of children living with the virus in Ohangwena Region is so low that a blood test cannot detect HIV anymore. This is the encouraging result of strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy and other support services provided by Project Hope’s Namibia Adherence and Retention Project. “Once…
1 Nov 2022 11PM 3 min

Politicians like looking back and placing blame...

During a session of the National Assembly, McHenry Venaani of the opposition Popular Democratic Movement PDN and Swapo Party's Utoni Nujoma locked horns when Venaani addressed the lack of economic development by the Swapo party led government for over 32 years since independence. Nujoma was quick to remind Venaani that…
31 Oct 2022 10PM 3 min

Produce price differences at farm gate and store shelf 'explained'

Following the Namibian Agricultural Council's announcement of various vegetable prices for September this year, eyebrows were raised by die sometimes exceptionally large discrepancies between the prices paid at the farm gate and those paid by the consumer in Windhoek. In some instances, the difference is up to three times, or…
30 Oct 2022 11PM 3 min

Why are civil servants always broke?

Following recent the payment of the civil servants' 3 percent by government, Siyanga Silinda, a civil servant who is a teacher by profession could not help but observe how his fellow civil servants were broke a day after they got paid, backpay from April. Silinda penned an opinion piece on…
27 Oct 2022 11PM 2 min

Expert chats about unions, the law and procedures

Following the reinstatement of the B2Gold Mine 160 employees who were suspended for their alleged involvement in an illegal work stoppage on 30 September, it appears MUN has acknowledged its mistake and that their members should have followed the internal grievance and dispute mechanisms available to them before embarking on…
26 Oct 2022 11PM 2 min

The formation of a black hole and 18 trillion volts of light

Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen - a 18 trillion-volt burst from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth. Experts believe the flash was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole. The burst of gamma-rays - the most intense form of…
26 Oct 2022 6AM 4 min

Oshana police take action on increasing crime

The Oshana police have met with banks in the region in a bid to combat increasing theft of bank clients, both those withdrawing cash in-branch and those at ATMs. Commissioner Naftal Sakaria chats to In the Newsroom…
24 Oct 2022 11PM 3 min

Steytler on the economic crunch and education

With the cost of living going up, parents with children at private school might start looking at options of either sending their children to public schools or even homeschooling... but quality is an issue…
23 Oct 2022 11PM 3 min

Fuel smuggling rages on, service station owners keep losing

Following a recent arrest of a fuel smuggler in northern Namibia, a petrol station owner in the North responded on the matter with frustration and anger towards lack of control at the border between Namibia and Angola. Fuel smuggling from Angola to Namibia is a major headache for Namibian fuel…
20 Oct 2022 11PM 2 min

Hangala chats to In the Newsroom about lower-cost housing

In 2017 Sinco Investments Sixty One trading as PPH Auasblick signed a Public Private Partnership Development Agreement with the City of Windhoek to develop services and infrastructure for a 57-hectare housing development project at Auasblick Extension 1. Sinco is majority-owned by Hangala Group. Leake Hangala of the Hangala Group told…
19 Oct 2022 11PM 1 min

Are we really creating opportunities for our youth?

Thousands of young people from across the continent and beyond were in Kigali for this year’s Youth With the Youth Connekt Africa Summit. Maano Shimhanda, Vocal Person for the Young people at UNFPA Namibia spoke to In the Newsroom on whether African governments are doing enough to afford the youth…
18 Oct 2022 11PM 2 min

CPR: All citizens can save a life

In 2018, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation launched the first global initiative on cardiac arrest with the slogan of “All citizens of the world can save a life”. Since then, the 16th of October is now the annual World Restart A Heart Day, to raise public awareness on cardiopulmonary…
17 Oct 2022 11PM 2 min
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