Veteran film industry players say the launch of the nbc-Multi-Choice Namibia Mukorob Project last week is the right step towards growing the industry, which has been moving at a snail's pace.

Twenty-nine children committed suicide over a period of one year. They are part of the 770 people who committed suicide during the same period.

The Windhoek Residents Mayoral Trust has raised more than N$300,000 during a fundraising dinner. 

Residents of Katutura marched to the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) to seek answers over a non-response by the City of Windhoek to attend to their water and electricity petition handed in six months ago.

Six primary and pre-primary schools in Windhoek that took part in a recycling competition were awarded cash prizes for their best recycling initiatives.

The award ceremony took place at Otjomuise Primary School.

The just-ended two-day high-level private sector engagement culminated in the establishment of a mechanism for regular dialogue between the private sector and government.

The Chief Executive Officer of Andrada Mining says collaboration is needed between the government and the private sector in the mining industry.

Anthony Viljoen made the remarks in an interview with nbc News at the Mining Expo and Conference in Windhoek.

The National Art Council of Namibia (NACN) will hold its first ever National Literary Festival of Namibia, aimed at promoting Namibia's literature.

The festival will take place from the 1st to the 2nd of September.

The Namibian government will continue to lobby the private sector for investment in the mining sector.

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, says this is because of the risk factors involved and the capital required.

The leader of the Landless Peoples Movement (LPM), Bernadus Swartbooi, has urged his party members to serve in the interest of the nation and remain steadfast in their commitment.

Swartbooi made this appeal during the LPM's Political Action Committee meeting, which took place in Windhoek.