Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo said she has observed poor attendance at national consultative meetings, urging office bearers and community members to take part.

She made the call during the National Upstream Petroleum Local Content Policy consultative meeting at Nkurenkuru.

Namibia's oil and gas sector could boost the economy, but some residents in the Kavango West Region think the 10% benefit share is too small to grow the economy. 

The Head of the Upstream Petroleum Unit, Kornelia Shilunga, said that the Namibian government will enforce a strict upstream petroleum local content policy to ensure the country's discovered oil translates into real benefits to all Namibians.

The low-altitude economy is among the industries yet untapped in Namibia, but it holds the potential to become a booming sector in the future. These were the sentiments of Yang Jinchai, Chairman and Founder of the World UAV Federation, at a conference held in Windhoek recently.

A decade ago, neonatal care at the Rundu State Hospital was nonexistent. As a result, hundreds of babies died, leaving parents devastated.