[New Era] ReconAfrica's controversial oil exploration activities in the Kavango regions have been officially endorsed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, which is chaired by former Cabinet minister Tjekero Tweya.

[Namibian] THE Namibian Police arrested a former Brave Warriors player on Tuesday after he was allegedly caught with a full beef carcass at Dordabis.

[Namibian] NAMIBIA and Kenya will contest the Rugby Africa Cup final on Sunday after both nations came through Wednesday's semi-finals relatively unscathed.

[New Era] The ministry of home affairs is attempting to recuperate N$2.3 million in duplicate payments to suppliers who rendered services to the government.

[New Era] Chinese construction company, China Railway Seventh Group, has dragged three insurance companies, for refusing to pay out N$10 million in damages, to court.

[Namibian] A WEALTH of homegrown stories are set to hit continental screens courtesy of MultiChoice Namibia and the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).

[Namibian] "IT'S an honour to receive such recognition for my impact as a humanitarian ophthalmologist. I am humbled as I extend gratitude and appreciation to the Lions Club."

[ANGOP] Lubango -- The Republics of Angola and Namibia plan to open, later this year, new official border posts at their common border, with a view to increasing trade and consolidating solidarity ties.

[Namibian] CREDIT rating agency, Fitch Ratings has knocked the Development Bank of Namibia's creditworthiness down to the last notch before investors start seeing the bank as a high lending risk.

[New Era] Land activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma wants to rope in the prosecutor general Martha Imalwa and police chief Sebastian Ndeitunga in court proceedings, as he challenges the legality of the Squatter Proclamation AG, 21 of 1985.

[Namibian] SELMA SHIPUNDA

[Namibian] THE Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade has described the annual trade and investment mission to Namibia from 6 to 10 June as a great success.

[New Era] Paulina Ndalikokule

[Namibian] BANK Windhoek and FNB have announced new fee structures for their services, which came into effect on Friday.

[Namibian] MINISTER of environment, forestry and tourism Pohamba Shifeta has warned those who are misappropriating conservancy funds that he has the power to withdraw registration of such a conservancy or community forest if the need arises.

[Namibian] COME the last quarter of this year, Namibia will have internet speed four times faster than the west African region, following the landing of the Equiano Cable in Namibia last week.

[Namibian] PINEHAS NAKAZIKO

[Namibian] MOBIPAY Namibia last week scooped an award for being the most convenient fintech payment solution in southern Africa at a ceremony held in Scotland.

[Namibian] FIVE of the 16 people who died in a road collision between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo in December last year were buried at Onakaheke cemetery in the Omusati region on Saturday morning.

[New Era] Katima Mulilo -- The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, has called on members of conservancies to refrain from poaching and misuse of funds.

[New Era] The Bank of Namibia will investigate the business activities of a housing initiative of incarcerated activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and forex trader Michael Amushelelo that promises to deliver affordable housing to Windhoek's residents.

[New Era] The Namibian government is concerned over the negligible level of trade and investment between Namibia and Angola.

[New Era] Three struggling young women who hail from Eheke in the Oshana region and came to Windhoek to further their studies, suffered a triple blow when they lost both their breadwinner, home and all belongings in a shack fire.

[New Era] The odds were always stacked against Johanna Kamati, one of the few San people from Onamatadiva village in the Ohangwena region who made it through school without dropping out or at least reaching tertiary education level.

[New Era] An incomplete record of the ongoing trial of a woman, accused of killing her six-month-old son by throwing him on the ground, thereby fracturing his skull, has caused a pause in the trial.

[Namibian] SUPPORTERS of Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) activist Michael Amushelelo and Affirmative Repositioning (AR) activist Ndimbulukeni Nauyoma will on Saturday pray for the pair's release from prison.

[Namibia Economist] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is developing the Regional Gas Masterplan to enable the utilisation of the abundant gas reserves in the region to reduce its reliance on coal in the wake of the global commitment, ...

[Namibian] Women with brilliant business ideas should not be lulled into complacency by any job security but act to bring those ideas to fruition.

[New Era] Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has called on the continental community to increase investments in the provision and promotion of mental health programmes and services as the lack thereof could create a setback in the progress made.

[Namibian] The non-profit project 'Never Walk Alone' has managed to raise around N$2,3 million in the last 10 months.