OMUTHIYA - The Ministry of Defence is set to evict several households and over 20 farmers whose cattle posts encroach into the army grounds between King Kauluma and Oshivelo in Oshikoto Region.
The area covers about 14 kilometres, locals say.
ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF), which is set to commence this Friday, has this year attracted 451 exhibitors, a marginal increase from 450 exhibitors last year.
ONGWEDIVA - A family was left destitute after a big part of its traditional homestead was gutted by fire on Monday afternoon in Ondiyamande village in Uukwiy-Uushona Constituency.
OMUTHIYA - A 34-year-old man succumbed to head injuries allegedly inflicted by his younger brother last Saturday following an altercation.
GOBABIS – Advocate for independent presidential candidacy in this year’s presidential election, Panduleni Itula, took his campaign to Otjombinde and Otjinene constituencies in the Omaheke Region last weekend.
WINDHOEK – Visiting Rwandan President Paul Kagame saw first hand how tribalism almost wiped his country off the face of the earth in the mid-90s and yesterday he cautioned Namibia not to fall into the same trap.
WINDHOEK - President of Rwanda Paul Kigame yesterday called on Rwandese nationals who are hosted as refugees in African countries including Namibia to voluntarily return home and be integrated back into society.
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s housing backlog currently stands at 110 000 housing units and grows at an annual rate of nearly 3 700, Vice-President Nangolo Mumba said last week.
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob said the government will not tolerate a situation where people suddenly establish distinct traditional communities and chieftainships, premised on personal motives, preference and ambitions.
WINDHOEK - Windhoek High Court Judge Christi Liebenberg yesterday sentenced Lukas Nepela Nikodemus, 49, whom he convicted on two murder counts and one count of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, to two life imprisonment sentences and eight years.