In some parts of the world, it is common for couples to get married without the consent or blessing of their parents. In the Nama tradition, however, parents and the extended family form an integral part of the rites and ceremonies a couple goes through before the big day.
The recently ended annual Nama Cultural Festival hosted Nama visitors from Botswana and South Africa who expressed admiration for Namibia’s recognition of their culture and language.
The Keetmanshoop municipality is not in a position to write off the accumulated debt of senior citizens at the town, CEO Desmond Basson said this week.
The vast swarm of locusts, which have decimated vital crops and grassland in the south of the country, has also been linked to the latest road accident which claimed three lives on Friday outside Keetmanshoop.
To increase advocacy and public education, the ministries of health, education and information, in collaboration with other development partners, this week officially launched the learners’ Covid-19 vaccination campaign at the Keetmanshoop Secondary School.
Swapo’s //Kharas regional coordinator Matheus Mumbala has put the blame for the poor delivery of services to residents, squarely in the hands of the Landless People’s Movement.
!Gaeǁnâxas, Tses, ǁKhūta!hoas tsî !Autsawises di ǁanǂgāsaben ge pirin, ǂnuwiǀuidi ra kuru-ūhe masindi, sementn tsî aniǂgarib sîsenūxūn hîa ǀhaob ai N$100 000 ǁkhāsiba !khōǂgā hâna, !Autsawises ǂgiǂgosi ǀawemā-aob, Jeremias Goeiemani di berosa xu ge !khō!oa.
Residents hailing from Gainachas, Tses, Kutenhos and Berseba received goats, brick making machines, cement and poultry farming equipment worth more than N$100 000 from the office of Berseba councillor Jeremias Goeieman.
Realising the needs of the Lüderitz community and //Kharas region at large, Reverend Jan Scholtz at the weekend launched a foundation which seeks to advocate for economic development.
The Keetmanshoop municipality has been operating in the absence of a fully constituted management committee since January this year.