Since it began in May 2005, the Bicycling Empowerment
Network Namibia (BEN Namibia) has experienced enormous growth.?In our first
month we distributed three bicycles, sold out of our warehouse to help pay the
rent,? says founder and Managing Director, Michael Linke.By the end of 2007, BEN
Namibia had distributed over 4000 bicycles, trained over 100 bicycle mechanics
(more than half [...]

Dixon Norval, Head of
Strategic Marketing and Communications at FNB Namibia Holdings, will represent
the group a board member of the African Leadership Institute [ALI], according to
an announcement by Adv. Vekuii Rukoro, the group?s CEO, this week.He said Norval
would take up the directorship of ALI with immediate effect.?He (Norval) will
not only look after the interest of FNB [...]

The National Road Safety Council announced this week that it would be manning
road blocks across the country this festive season. The Council said it wants to
promote safety on the roads and create awareness around the rules of the
road.The Council said its Easter Weekend campaign assisted in keeping the
accidents and death tolls to a minimum.The Council?s [...]

African countries must device strategies aimed at alleviating HIV/AIDS,
Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sports and Culture, Pohamba Shifeta
said in Botswana. Speaking at the Botswana and Namibia cross border HIV/AIDS
Youth Holiday Mass Campaign in Ghanzi, Shifeta said there was a disturbing
behaviour by some truck drivers who engaged in sexual activities with different
women in different countries [...]

Excessive alcohol abuse amongst Namibians is one of the main causes fuelling
the spread of HIV and AIDS, according to a 2008 report on the behavioural and
contextual factors driving the epidemic in Namibia.?A recent study on alcohol
consumption, sexual partners and HIV transmission in Namibia concludes that
Namibians are not socialised to drink in moderation and also don?t [...]

A feisty Rosa Namises of Women?s Solidarity Namibia was up in arms this week
to protest against the alleged sterilisation of women living with HIV at state
hospitals. ?These violations [forced sterilisation] are happening to vulnerable
women who come to public hospitals for help and it can happen to you or someone
close to you. We have to do [...]

The Namibian ?Make Roads Safe? campaign, which is aimed at reducing the
number of deaths caused by road accidents, was launched this week. The country
aims to reduce casualties through road accidents by 30% by 2015, through its
Road Safety Strategy. Angula will be celebrating his 66th birthday tomorrow. He
was born on 22 August 1943 in Onyaaya in [...]

The medical aid fund industry is in serious need of transformation in order
to be responsive to the needs of its members and the public at large, Minister
of Health and Social Services, Richard Kamwi said.Kamwi said the need of
transformation comes at a time when the country continues to face a growing
disease burden, and significant inequalities in [...]

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) is planning on establishing roadside
wellness centres along the southern African three main corridors from Namibia in
its efforts to mitigate the threat HIV/AIDS poses to the transport industry.The
centres will be established along the Trans Kalahari, Trans Caprivi and Trans
Cunene routes and will provide primary health care services for truck
drivers.The group [...]

The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), on June 30 2008, completed its funding Namibia’s Community Based
Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) programme. Fifteen years ago, the US
government gave LIFE (the Living in a Finite Environment project) to Namibia’s
CBNRM programme. The LIFE project, which was initially started as a pilot
project, now supports a nation-wide conservation and rural [...]