OMUTHIYA – The water ministry’s head of rural water supply Stevenson Tuukondjele said they have halted earth dam projects in the Oshikoto region due to flooding. In an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, he stated that due to the significant rainfall received throughout January and February this year, the ministry has been unable to excavate...
Iuze Mukube High Court judges Herman January and Philanda Christiaan yesterday dismissed the State’s application for leave to appeal the acquittal on appeal, of medical intern and rape accused Dennis Iipumbu Noa (30). The state intended to appeal to the Supreme Court the not guilty verdict of Noa in November last year. The judges ruled...
OUTJO – Former United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, Justus //Garoeb, on Tuesday recalled his escapades in Zambia alongside Founding President Sam Nujoma. Speaking at the memorial service held in Nujoma’s in Khorixas, //Garoeb, in a speech read on his behalf, reminisced how he first met Nujoma as a young man in Walvis Bay.“I was literally a...
Evangeline Kamati Seventeen small business owners in the Katutura Central constituency received essential equipment valued at N$270,000 through the Khomas Regional Council’s Income-Generating Activities Programme. It is an initiative aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and sustainable economic growth. During the handover ceremony, Katutura Central regional councillor Vezemba Katjaimo was upbeat. “We are here to hand over...
OMUTHIYA – The Omuthiya Town Council (OTC) plans to name 89 streets in the town before August this year.Proclaimed a town some 17 years ago, Omuthiya was named the capital of the Oshikoto region in 2015. Mayor Beata Nashongo informed Nampa on Wednesday that consultations are currently underway to have the streets named.She said only...
OMUTHIYA – The newly-elected leadership of the Mangetti Farmers’ Association (MFA) in the Oshikoto region says it is committed to revitalising the organisation in order to enhance food production and promote self-reliance. MFA chairperson Bro-Matthew Shinguadja told Nampa on Thursday that the association was inactive since 2008, but was revived in 2024.He was elected in...
The Namibian nation continues to mourn the death of Founding President Sam Nujoma. Through a series of regional memorial services, mourners were given a chance to pay their last respects to the country’s liberation icon. This week, the procession travelled to Grootfontein, Walvis Bay, and Keetmanshoop. Yesterday, the capital, Windhoek witnessed the procession of Nujoma’s...
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Today marks the end of an era as Founding President Sam Nujoma makes his final public appearance. Mourners, united by a shared sense of grief and celebration, will accompany him to Heroes Acre, high on the hilltop outside of Windhoek, where he will be laid to rest tomorrow. In honouring his legacy, we republish a...
Elago Shipanga Justice Muinjo has described Founding President Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma as a genius who had God-given natural abilities. Muinjo, who led group of Namibians that returned to Namibia from Botswana on 20 September 2024, said this in an interview with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in Gam recently. He said it was...