Author: Albertina Nakale (Albertina Nakale )

Many street vendors around Otavi continue to vent their frustration, as they have no open market to sell their goods.

The Okalongo constituency councillor, Laurentius Iipinge, has welcomed the Cabinet decision to upgrade Okalongo settlement to a village council.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) described the pre-election and voting phases in Angola held on the 24 August 2022 general elections as peaceful, calm and well organised, which enabled voters to express their democratic will. 

Like many other nations globally, Namibia has been steadily opening up over the past few months, dropping the Covid-19 restrictions gazetted under the Environmental Health Act, 2015.

Environment and tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda says illegal sand mining, which leads to land degradation that poses threat to humans and animals, remains a challenge in northern Namibia.

Newly-elected Swapo coordinator for Otjozondjupa Imms Namaseb has vowed all local and regional councillors and party office-bearers will soon be held accountable to a set of standards as they are expected to sign performance agreements during his five-year reign.

Namibia will ask CITES to allow the sustainable hunting and trade of white rhino, saying the revenue derived from it would go directly back into conservation and anti-poaching programmes as well as equipment, law enforcement, education, community initiatives, infrastructure and habitat management.   

The Angolan embassy in Namibia has registered more than 2 000 citizens who are eligible to vote for that country’s general elections today. 

Although Hardap has its challenges, such as a shortage of qualified pre-primary teachers, the region managed to achieve the universal primary access goal, with a 97% access rate in 2021.