Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to get worse,” World Food Programme (WFP) regional director Lola Castro said […]
The corrupt enrichment of the political elite and worsening socioeconomic conditions may mean the working class is ready to rise up
The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries
Namibia votes in a general election on Wednesday. Here are the four frontrunners
An Absa index has put SA at top spot for the third year, although our overall score has fallen
Most people’s response is to flee or fight when faced with a problem, particularly an ongoing one, but in Southern Africa they work together
The 700km route takes in the Namib-Naukluft’s Kuiseb canyon where two German geologists hid during World War II to avoid internment
Losing birds in the Kalahari has a wider effect. Desert areas are critical to overall evolution in avian species, adding diversity to the species
With national sporting pride dented, the men’s soccer team have a chance to rekindle fans’ sporting ambitions when they take on Namibia
Armchair conservationists confuse the issue because they aren’t aware of its complexities
South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index
Finding weed in an Egyptian resort crawling with security men during a conference of African leaders is as difficult as parting the Red Sea
The Earth can restore its health but only if we decide to use smarter, more efficient systems
Namibian activists have called on Berlin to apologise for massacring thousands and provide reparations
In Namibia, the national government has piped water to many remote villages and put them in charge of distribution and payment
Strike three for KPMG and a Supra-sized headache. Read on to find out more!
An amount of R177-million is missing in a complex money trail that jumps from Namibia to South Africa
Understanding why farmers in Southern Africa are reluctant to cash in their investment is key to mitigating the effects of climate change
Malawi and Zimbabwe were two of the “countries in the Southern African region [that] had dramatically low levels of tolerance for homosexuals – report
China’s demand for donkey meat from Zimbabwe and Namibia could lead to the animal’s extinction.
Finally capping its own medics, the country must now retain them and coax them into rural areas.
“’We are Namibians, and not South Africans,’ he told the Supreme Court during his trial in Pretoria in 1967-1968"
The country’s new blueprint for development aims for incremental growth
Filmmaker Vincent Moloi hopes to raise the profile of reparation with ‘Skulls of My People’.
National hero was named in an alleged corruption affair with IAAF.
Namibians have brought a renewed lawsuit in the United States against Germany’s extermination policy.
Receptionist Letitia Diergaardt has been outed as a millionaire with links to oil barons and shady arms dealers.
A military project between Namibia and North Korea is in defiance the UN Security Council. severely denting Namibia’s international reputation.
Market pressures have driven sightholders to rebel against the high prices being set by Anglo, writes Roman Grynberg.
The capital of Namibia, is running out of water. It’s a crisis that this city is uniquely equipped to solve – and one South Africa should learn from.
It is crucial to promote good political leadership and celebrate its successes on the continent – the aim of the Ibrahim Prize.