The School Environment Clubs (SEC) Namibia successfully hosted the Primary Schools Quiz 2025 at Pioneerspark Primêre Skool (Parkies), bringing together 14 schools from the Khomas Region under the theme: “Protecting What Sustains Us: Food, Water, Environment, Energy and Life.”The quiz, held in partnership with Namdeb Diamond Corporation (NAMDEB), Namibian Chamber of Environment (NCE), and Ministry [...]
Speech by the Regional Director of Education at the Handover of a New Science Laboratory by NAMPOWER to Mokganedi Thlabanelo High School on 24 September 2025 Distinguished representatives of NAMPOWER, Ms. Otilie Mujoro, Head of NAMPOWER foundation, honourable invited guests, School board Chairperson, Ms. Jazukuka and the rest of the members, our dedicated teachers, parents, [...]
A FIRST FOR AFRICA – DESIGNED AND BUILT BY AFRICANS NamPower successfully commissioned and energised its new indoor 132/66/33 kV Sekelduin Substation, located east of Swakopmund, on 24 September 2025. Sekelduin Substation is distinguished as the first fully digital substation on the African continent, with a total project investment of N$ 394 million.This newly commissioned [...]
This article will review the performance of cattle, small stock and pork marketing. The review will cover and compare the second quarter (Q2) of 2025 with the corresponding 2024 period. Cattle sector Cattle marketing did not improve during Q2 of 2025 compared to 2024. A decrease in marketing was observed across all channels when compared [...]
Namibia is known for its export quality meat, good tourism potential and unique hunting opportunities. A person visiting Namibia might want to take some of the meat back to South Africa. One headache, however, for the many visitors to Namibia, particularly hunters, is the restrictions on the export of meat from Namibia to SA. Animal [...]
Understanding price formation in Namibia's cattle sector Namibia’s cattle sector remains a critical contributor to the national agricultural economy, yet the local beef industry faces structural weaknesses that continue to hinder value addition. The livestock sector, excluding fish and meat processing, accounted for 47% of Namibia’s agricultural GDP and 2% of the total GDP in [...]
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is once again spreading in South Africa. Given that we are currently in both the hunting and tourism seasons, heightened control measures are necessary to protect Namibia’s FMD-free zone. Effective immediately, the following measures will be enforced at all border points:Disinfection of vehicles and footwear surfaces.Confiscation of prohibited animal products [...]
The LLPBN executive for quality assurance attened the 92nd annual general assembly of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in Paris, France from 25 to 29 may 2025. Of interest to the Namibian livestock sector are the talks regarding vaccination against emerging animal diseases, specifically highly pathogenic avian influenza. There is concensus that vaccination [...]
The livestock brand verification campaign, which was launched by DVS in collaboration with the Livestock Board, started in July 2023 and concluded in December 2023. Every livestock brand owner was required to verify their brand. The deactivation of unverified brands came into effect in mid-June 2025.Brands that have not been verified cannot perform any transactions [...]
