The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security has registered 22,662 people for national identity documents, six weeks since the mass registration began. The Ministry is conducting a mass registration, which includes birth certificates and Identity Cards in all 14 regions, having started on 5 February and will end on 30 July 2024. According...
Caught in a culture war, South Africa’s hottest music sensation Tyla is in the crossfire of an online debate over the word she uses to describe her racial identity – “coloured”. Before her rise to fame, the 21-year-old made a video proudly talking about her mixed-raced heritage on TikTok. In it she slicks her coily...
By Ibrahim Elghandour. Over the past decade, Namibia has built an efficient and accessible home-grown identity management system and achieved near-universal birth and death registration coverage (88% and 94%, respectively). In Madagascar, on the other hand, the coverage of birth registration has decreased from 80% in 2009 to 74% in 2021, diminishing access to critical...
By Kaleb Nghishidivali Otjiwarongo, 14 August – Deputy Minister of Information, Emma Theofelus, delivered a heartfelt plea for the unity and preservation of Namibia’s national identity. Speaking to a gathering of around 500 individuals during the launch of the National Symbols Campaign in the Zambezi Region, Theofelus emphasized the significance of embracing Namibia’s unique heritage....
Dressing up is beyond the primitive need to cover our bodies.Style is personal and probably the best way we get to construct, reconstruct and communicate our individuality. The following young Namibians share how they use dressing up to express their personal identity, where they draw inspiration from, and how they have developed their style. •...
Republican Party President, Henk Mudge, on Thursday, urged the Ministry of Education and school boards to reject the teaching of gender identity in primary schools. Mudge told the media his party does not support the “evil” academic concept that pushes for the distribution of textbooks and teaching resources with explicit sex drawings to children at...
Namibia and Botswana officially launched the use of national identity cards as travel documents. The two countires signed a Memorandum of Agreement. This is applicable to citizens of both countries at the Trans-Kalahari /Mamuno Border Post. The post Namibia and Botswana sign M.O.A to launch use of national identity cards as travel documents. first appeared...
Introducing their new logo and corporate branding, the Nictus Managing Director, Francois Wahl, said the well-known company has reached a point where all the changes encapsulated in the new vision and mission statements, had to be made visible to customers and shareholders alike. “With the help of amazing local talents, we have refreshed our logo...