The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare has expressed deep concern over a disturbing incident in which a man, alleged to be the father of a minor girl, reportedly made her smoke a hookah pipe, commonly known as a hubbly bubbly.

A meet-and-greet session held in the capital between Miss Namibia 2025 finalists and Debmarine leadership saw the 10 beauties offered a platform to introduce themselves.

Debmarine Namibia is the main sponsor of the Miss Namibia 2025 beauty pageant.

Namibia joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Music Day on Saturday, and music lovers had their dancing shoes on in Kalkfeld. 

Music lovers from across the Otjozondjupa Region met in Kalkfeld to celebrate World Music Day. 

About 200 workers of the Merlus Fishing Group of Companies allege an unfair salary gap between the company's original workforce and employees recently brought on under the government's Redress Programme to deal with past retrenchments and industrial disruptions.

Calls for the government to lift the moratorium on pilchards are getting louder, following reports of illegal pilchard fishing near Walvis Bay.

The calls are also based on surveys indicating that the pilchards' biomass has increased, showing signs of recovery over the past four years.