Year: 2019

WINDHOEK – Former Windhoek-based magistrate Riana Hileni Kavara is set to apply for a state-funded lawyer due to unavailability of funds to acquire a privately funded one. 

SWAKOPMUND – A total of 20 772 people registered in Erongo for the supplementary registration process that ended on July 29 in order to vote during the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections slated for November.

ONGWEDIVA - The Omusati Regional Council is busy with a sustainability report to determine whether Okalongo would be elevated to a town, as initially planned, or to a village council.

OMUTHIYA – Three people, two of whom were Angolan nationals, committed suicide in Oshikoto over the past week.

RUNDU – A section of Dr Sam Nujoma Drive in Rundu that has been closed off since April 19 due to rehabilitation works has been standing idle with progress recorded at only 40 percent.

OTJIWARONGO - The Chief Executive of Standard Bank Namibia, Vetumbuavi Mungunda, has hailed the just-ended Biomass and Technology Expo, saying it helps to develop technologies that can be applied for better use of rangeland and productivity of farming communities in Namibia. 

KEETMANSHOOP—The Namibian Ministry of Youth, Sport and National Service and the Northern Cape Province Education Department from the Republic of South Africa, as part of its twinning agreement

RUNDU - By Wednesday last week, 64 cases of hepatitis E were confirmed in the two Kavango regions, with recent cases rocking Mpungu village in Kavango West where one death was recorded and eight cases were diagnosed with the lethal virus, health officials say.

WALVIS BAY – Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani says Namibians should vote to see a change in the country as the ruling party, Swapo, has failed to provide basic services such as toilets and housing despite being in power for 30 years.

WINDHOEK – During the 2018 audit findings it was discovered that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) requested treasury authorisation, which was granted, for 30 items which are worn and damaged to the tune of N$24 396, to be transferred to the Ministry of Works and Transport.