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It had a monopoly on free-to-air television in Namibia until 2008, when the competitor One Africa Television, a new privately owned television station was launched. NBC1. A free to air channel that broadcast current affairs, children's programs, telenovelas, dramas and news. NBC2
Namibia ( / nəˈmɪbiə / ⓘ, / næˈ -/ ), [15] [16] officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres ...
Tourism in Namibia. Tourism in Namibia is a major industry, contributing N$ 7.2 billion ( equal to US$ 390 million ) to the country's gross domestic product. Annually, over one million travelers visit Namibia, with roughly one in three coming from South Africa, then Germany and finally the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
The party has ruled Namibia - a mining hotspot with abundant diamonds, uranium and also lithium needed for electric car batteries - since independence from South Africa in 1990.
Emma Inamutila Theofelus (born 28 March 1996) is a Namibian politician, currently serving as a Minister of Information, Communication and Technology as of 9 February 2024. Theofelus was 23 years old at the time of her appointment in March 2020 and is the current youngest woman government minister in both Africa and Namibia.
In 2009, Namibia dropped to position 36 on the Press Freedom Index. In 2013, it was 19th. In 2014 it ranked 22nd In 2021, Namibia ranked 24th in the world. Media and journalists in Namibia are represented by the Namibian chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa and the Editors' Forum of Namibia. An independent media ombudsman was ...
The South African rand is still legal currency within Namibia, while the Namibian dollar is not so in South Africa and the currencies are traded on par locally. Namibia has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town. South Africa has a high commission in Windhoek. Zambia: 5 August 1990: See Namibia–Zambia relations
Founded. 1978. Circulation. 45,000 (as of 2009) Website. www .observer .com .na. The Windhoek Observer is an English-language Saturday weekly newspaper, published in Namibia by Paragon Investment Holding. It is the country's oldest and largest circulating paper. [1] As of 2009 it had a circulation of 45,000 copies.