The Grootfontein Swapo party district office is open to the public after a dramatic lockdown of the premises last Friday by disgruntled party members and sympathisers. The premises were reopened on Monday on the advice of the police after a criminal case with CR no 43/7/2020 of malicious damage to property was registered by the...
OSHIVELO – Incidences of docket theft are rife at Oshivelo police station due to the lack of office space, where such confidential and crucial files could be safely kept. Officers employed at the station revealed this yesterday when they briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Audit, although it was not stated how many such criminal...
OMUTHIYA – Oshikoto region has received a total budget allocation of N$280 million to be spent on capital projects for the 2020/21 financial year. Governor Penda Ya Ndakolo announced this last week during his state of the region address. Part of the funds would be used to construct a constituency office at Tsintsabis. Guinas is...
OMUTHIYA – A group of former mineworkers assaulted a former colleague at B&E, International Namibia, a company contracted by Weatherly Mining at its Tschudi mine after he was accused of pulling out of a group resignation in which he was initially part of. Collin Nguvauva has since opened a case CRO 33/07/2020 of assault read...
OMUTHIYA – An engineering graduate from a local institution is devastated and reeling in shock after she was threatened with legal action by her technical institute due to tuition fee debts of over N$60 000. This has brought undue stress on a 27-year-old graduate from Omuthiya, who has no other means to settle the amount,...
OMUTHIYA – Fear and panic grip residents of Oshikoto region, which serves as the gateway to northern regions where positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported. So far, seven cases have been reported in Ohangwena and Oshana regions of which are all contacts from Walvis Bay while one is of a truck driver that travelled...
OMUTHIYA–The former district coordinator Katrina Uusiku, who lost in a shock, disputed elective district conference a fortnight ago as Swapo coordinator for Omuthiya, officially handed over the keys and reign of power to Illia Nghipundjwa who won by 57 votes to 35. In a brief interview, she said she will advise and render any assistance...
GROOTFONTEIN – Hundreds of street vendors in Grootfontein are defiant on moving into the recently constructed open market. They argue the place is not strategically located and there is limited space to accommodate all. Showing their disapproval, over 200 street vendors staged a protest on Monday, petitioning the municipality to relook at the decision, while...
KAIǀAUB – “Sida ge !Khūb di ǀkhommi ai ǀgui ûihâ,” nēdi ge mîdi hîa !nāsa khoen ǀgâb xa !khō!namihe hân, Sakhoen ǀhûhâsib tsîna !khōǂgā hân Kaiǀaub !nâ ītama mâsib !nâ ǁan hâna xu gere ǂoaxade. Nē !khaiba xu kaise !nū tamases ge ǀawa!namn berosa mā, ǁîsa xuts ra napa ots ǂgomheǁoasa mâsigu !nâ plastikǁgaruna xu...
GROOTFONTEIN – The Grootfontein municipality is set to draft and implement a five-year strategic plan to guide the town’s development agenda in which it seeks to attract long-term investors. The municipality says the current strategic plan was not put in use, thus council hopes to revive and update it with the aim pinned on long-term...