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Namibia

Schools to close for Regional and Local Elections

Dr. Sanet Steenkamp (Photo via X) The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture has announced that schools will be closed from 25 to 27 November to allow students and staff to participate in the upcoming Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections. Year-end closure dates remain unchanged, with schools scheduled to close on 5 December and all staff required to work until 9 December for the issuance of […]

today20 November, 2025

World

US lawmakers vote for next House Speaker

US Congressman Mike Johnson has been re-elected as the United States's Speaker of the House of Representatives. In a dramatic turn of events on Capitol Hill on Friday, he appeared to fall short in the first round of voting — only for a handful of holdout members to later throw their weight behind the Louisiana lawmaker. Benji Hyer was following.    

today6 January, 2025

Business / Economics

NCCI Calls for Active Participation in January 2025 EGM

  The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting in January 2025 to elect new Executive Committees and address key branch matters. Only paid-up members can participate in nominations, voting, or standing for election. Members interested in standing for EXCO positions must submit a Statement of Intent one week before the meeting. For eligibility, members are urged to confirm their membership status or […]

today19 December, 2024

World

Indian state goes to the polls

India's richest and second most populous state Maharashtra (prono: MAH-HA-RUSH-TRA) is voting to choose a new government on Wednesday. The election is important for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, after it failed to win a majority India's general election earlier this year. Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.  

today20 November, 2024

Africa

Young, urban, African: research explores what it means to be a good citizen in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania

  By Amy S. Patterson, Sewanee: The University of the South; Megan Hershey, Whitworth University, and Tracy Kuperus, Calvin University   Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 make up two-thirds of Africa’s population. The number is expected to reach 75% by 2030. They live in an environment of rapid urbanisation, high unemployment rates and poor state services. These are some of the factors that incline young people […]

today8 August, 2024

World

India praises vote conduct with Modi tipped to win

        By Abhaya SRIVASTAVA India's election commission said Monday a staggering 642 million people voted in just-concluded six-week-long polls, a day ahead of the results which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win. Nearly all observers believe Modi's appeals to Hindu nationalist sentiment will give him a third term in power, a decade after he first took office. Exit polls show 73-year-old Modi is well […]

today3 June, 2024

South Africa

ANC set to lose majority after watershed vote

          By Umberto BACCHI with Zama LUTHULI in Durban   South Africa's ruling ANC was on course to lose its 30-year-old unchallenged majority on Thursday after voters queued long into the night to cast their ballots, preliminary results and projections showed. With a fifth of votes tallied, the ANC was leading but with a score of 44 percent -- well down on the 57 percent it […]

today30 May, 2024