NAMIBIAN GROWN BANANAS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE SHELVES | The second most widely consumed fruit in Namibia is now being locally produced and is available for purchase at Checkers Maerua Mall.
In collaboration with AvaGro Etunda Green Scheme and a local wholesaler, a total of 2.5 tonnes of bananas were recently harvested from the Etunda trial site on 08 May 2026, following their planting in January 2025.
This is a step towards strengthening local fruit production and reducing reliance on imports.
Video: Namibia Agronomic Board
@TheNamibian We know it's about driver attitbutes but how do we fix that? I can't help but think and about the significant reduction in accidents on the Okahandja-Windhoek road.
Please start with Swakop - Usakos.
The Office of the Attorney-General has announced the appointment of Ndateelela Nelao Shilongo-Alexander as a substantive Government Attorney, effective 01 April 2026.
Shilongo-Alexander is an admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia with over a decade of experience in legal practice.
She possesses extensive expertise in civil litigation, labour law, administrative law, and commercial law.
She previously served as a Director at Sisa Namandje & Co. Incorporated, where she
advanced through the ranks from Candidate Legal Practitioner to Senior Associate, prior to her appointment as Director in 2017.
Her professional experience encompasses litigation in the Magistrates', High, and Supreme Courts of Namibia, as well as representation in labour and administrative proceedings.
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🚨For the first time in centuries, Christians were blocked by the Israeli government from celebrating Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was prevented from entering Church by Israel Police.
The very place where Christ died and rose.
This is the deliberate denial of Christian worship.
Allies don’t do this…enemies do.
That is religious discrimination. That is a violation of religious freedom.
And the silence is deafening.
Silence in the face of this is complicity. The world should be outraged.
Speak now… for Christians in occupied Palestine ✝️
You’re telling me that for me to be born it took 1 dad, 1 mom, 4 grandparents, 8 great‑grandparents, 16great‑great‑grandparents… and NONE of them left me even a single plot of land?
Uganda has suspended internet access across the country on Tuesday, ahead of the country’s presidential election, scheduled for Thursday, in which President Yoweri Museveni (81) will stand as a candidate for the seventh term.
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) ordered mobile service providers to shut down public internet connections on Tuesday to curb “misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud and related risks”.
“The UCC acknowledges the operational challenges this directive may impose and appreciates your full cooperation in upholding national stability during this sensitive period,” the UCC said in the letter addressed to Licensed Mobile Operators and Internet Service Providers.
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The way to overcome what overwhelms you is to get a picture of yourself not as you see yourself, but as God sees you. God does not see you defeated, bound or broken. He sees you as an overcomer.