Author: Albertina Nakale (Albertina Nakale )

The Omaheke regional leadership has welcomed capital projects to the value of N$2.3 million which have been rolled out to the Omitara settlement. 

Unrelenting infightings between Swapo councillors on the Grootfontein municipality have resulted in the town’s elected mayor stepping down for the sake of peace and stability in the party. 

Tourism remains one of the hardest-hit sectors by Covid-19 taking the longest to recover as myriad local and international restrictions continue to stifle movement.

The German government has removed Namibia off its high-risk list, effective yesterday. Namibia was until 30 January this year regarded as a Covid-19 high-risk country by the Federal Republic of Germany. 

The burning question on many people’s lips remains to what extent is free education free? with the Students’ Union of Namibia saying the Namibian education system is fast becoming a privilege and not a right. 

Cabinet is expected to consider a public-private partnership proposal towards the development of a 5 000-hectare irrigation scheme outside the overflowing Neckartal Dam, agriculture and water minister Calle Schlettwein said yesterday. 

With the 2022 school year in full swing, the Zambezi education directorate must urgently intervene at Muyako Combined School, where learners have been forced to bring their chairs because of the school’s shortage of furniture. 

Despite being accommodated by government, and some managing to carve out a scant living, Windhoek’s growing homeless community still faces an uncertain future.

Many villagers in the flood-prone areas of Kabbe North and South constituencies in the Zambezi region are being advised to prepare themselves and their belongings for possible evacuation to the higher, safer ground over the next weeks should the Zambezi River continue to rise.