Year: 2021

Oral history, related to Ovambadja people, is an interesting phenomenon, especially when the kingship succession is considered.

Although early rain showers have brought much relief to farmers, Zambezi governor Lawrence Sampofu has warned of early flash floods in the Kabbe South constituency.

Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said citizens should take personal responsibility to curb the spread of Covid-19 rather than pinning their hopes on the arrival of a vaccine to help cure the dreaded pandemic.

Shoprite workers yesterday continued their indefinite strike over better pay, with no immediate solution in sight since the labour impasse that started on 21 December 2020. 

An eight-month-old infant boy is still enduring awful pain following third-degree burns last year that left him with a amputated arm, a disfigured face, head and severe skin damage. 

ONGWEDIVA – The Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions plan to start a 10-day surveillance today to determine the extent of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the two regions.

WALVIS BAY – The Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology is set to lose some of its movable assets after the institution failed to honour an N$812 400 settlement order granted to one of its employees who was unfairly dismissed in September 2019. 

Parents of schoolgoing children have welcomed the ministry of education’s decision to delay the opening of schools for the new academic year.

A number of roads in southern Namibia suffered heavy damage following good rain received over the last couple of days.

OHAILULU – Some subsistence farmers in the Okatana constituency are longing for the services of the highly subsidised government tractors to plough their crop fields, saying private tractors are too expensive.