Namibia Travel News

Giraffes in Namibia's Etosha National Park. A drive through the Namibian desert, believed to be the oldest in the world, reveals a silent and unspoilt wilderness of astonishing beauty.

Sitting comfortably in two open jeeps, my family, friends and I made our way to the lions.

RESIDENTS of settlements along the Gobabis-Otjinene road are dusting off their front yards to prepare for the resumption of the construction for the Gobabis-Otjinene road after a lull of many years.

The U.S. Embassy in Windhoek reported violent clashes between rival political parties Nov.

MANY registered voters are not sure whether they may vote only in their own constituency or in all 13 regions.

Namibia is not only an important market in its own right, it is becoming a strategic platform for regional growth.

Travellers seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous towns around the world that have been abandoned for one reason or another.

Windhoek/Maputo - Zimbabwe avoided suspension from the global certified diamond trade on Thursday after an international diamond watchdog decided to give the country more time to polish up its diamond dealings.

THE desert scenery east of Goanikontes in the Namib Desert would be irreversibly destroyed by a new uranium mine and the 'sense of place' lost forever, experts who undertook an environmental impact assessment for the new Etango uranium mine have warned.

Travelers seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous towns around the world that have been abandoned for one reason or another.

Now the Prime Minister has rejected the BIG initiative. Now they are campaigning to vote for them again.

Let other towns and institutions join in! Sell cool drinks in cans and use glass bottles for refundable deposits.

An African foreign minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday that governments arising from coups should be denied recognition and banned from participating in any U.N. institutions.

Interest is building up in the planned stock exchange listing of Bidvest Namibia ahead of distribution to prospective investors of the listings prospectus.

We need Paulo Freire books to liberate our minds. - MMM Food For Thought Do MPs lack commitment? * PARLIAMENTARY hearings have been shown up to be a total farce by the National Council with the 'Spy Bill'. The credibility of the legislative branch of Government has been severely undermined.

POLITICAL parties asked the Electoral Commission of Namibia yesterday to extend the days for the supplementary voters' registration as they fear that thousands of voters lost out earlier this month, when a strike in South Africa caused election materials to arrive late in Namibia and local hiccups with Government vehicles delayed the transport of ...

This you should do with the Transport section in the Ministry concerned so that the speed on such taxis can be electronically governed at 80 km/h or 100 km/h maximum.

THE Namibian Police cannot act against a group who have registered over 5 000 former South West Africa Territory Force members and taken N$182 from each of them unless someone lays a charge.

A FLIMSY promise of up to N$490 000 in addition to a lifetime pension has seen around 5 000 former South West Africa Territory Force members swindled out of N$182 each over the past couple of days.

President Hifikepunye Pohamba, and Mrs Penehupifo Pohamba, returned recently from India, after having paid a successful state visit to that country from August 30 to September 03, 2009.