The Safe-Birth Africa Project has launched a three-day national training programme aimed at strengthening health workers' response to postpartum haemorrhage and other obstetric emergencies.

The government is committed to appointing new leadership councils across higher education institutions. 

This was said by the Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports,  Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, during the inaugural council meeting of the University of Namibia.

The Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emma Theofelus, paid a precursor visit to the office of the ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze.

The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture has opened the third and final 2026 application window for subsidised tertiary education funding.

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has held a consultation workshop in Oshakati to validate the progress report on Namibia's country review. 

The evaluation measures Namibia across four key areas: democracy, economic management, corporate governance, and socio-economic development.

The National Fisheries Indaba at Walvis Bay has ended with key decisions to strengthen science, protect marine resources, support aquaculture and ensure more Namibians benefit from the sector.

A 32‑year‑old woman has died after a fire broke out in the room where she was staying at Onhuno in the Ohangwena Region on Monday morning.

The protection of human rights is a topical issue in Botswana, with conversations currently ongoing around whether to maintain or abolish capital punishment.
 
Botswana remains the only SADC country that administers the death penalty.
  

Keetmanshoop residents have welcomed the reigning Miss Pre-Teen Africa, Lizaan Kamburute, as she brought the title home over the weekend.
 
The community celebrates the grade 9 learner's achievement after participating in the pageant held on the 29th of last month.
 

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development is assessing the progress on the relocation of vendors around Windhoek's Havana 4-Way relocation, as the City of Windhoek moves ahead with plans to upgrade the Eneas Peter Nanyemba Road and transform the busy area.