KALIMBEZA – Kalimbeza Rice Project manager Patrick Kompeli said for the farm to succeed, it requires adequate funding to procure equipment and machinery. He said this on Monday during President Nangolo Mbumba’s visit to the project. On Independence Day, Mbumba announced that the government would allocate N$8 million towards the rice project. However, Kompeli told...
Author: Albertina Nakale (Albertina Nakale )
MET puts down problematic hippo in Zambezi
KATIMA MULILO – The ministry of environment has put down a hippo which caused havoc among the community of Musanga near Katima Mulilo. The control warden in the ministry of environment in Zambezi region, Leeverty Muyoba, confirmed the incident yesterday. He said the ministry received a call from the affectedvillagers about a hippo which has...
Katengo ka sikiliti sa Zambezi, katengo katolopo baitwanisa
KATIMA MULILO – Nihaike muzamaisi wakatengo kasikikiliti sa Zambezi Regina Ndopu-Lubinda uhanyeza taba yakuli hakuna kutwano mwahala katengo kasikiliti ni katengo katolopo ya Katima Mulilo, bupaki busupeza zisili. Zeo litaha kasamulaho muzamaisi wakatengo katolopo Raphael Liswaniso napatuluzi kanako yamukopano ni katengo kuzwelela kwandu yamilao kuli tutengo totubeli hatu lumelelani. Nasupa kwa simu ya Katima-Liselo, yeo...
Swapo intensifies push for victory
KATIMA MULILO – Swapo presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has hit back at naysayers who claim she has achieved nothing in the past 34 years that she has been in government. She asked those holding this view to revisit her track record at each of the portfolios she has held in government, as her work speaks...
Zambezi: Regional council, town at loggerheads
KATIMA MULILO – While Zambezi chief regional officer Regina Lubinda-Ndopu denies the existence of bad blood between them and the Katima Mulilo Town Council, the situation on the ground tells a different story. This comes after Katima Mulilo CEO Rafael Liswaniso revealed during a parliamentary standing committee hearing last week that no cordial relationship exists...
China donates N$90m infrastructure to schools in Zambezi
MASOKOTWANI — The Zambezi region has become the latest beneficiary of the China-aided rural schools programme after the Chinese government officially handed over two state-of-the-art facilities at Masokotwani and Liselo Combined Schools. These donations, worth over N$90 million, entail hostels for boys and girls with a total capacity of 336 boarders at one of the...
Kongola ilwanisa kulilimaniswa kwamuzeko wamali abolule babane
KATIMA MULILO – Sicaba sa Kongola silwanisa kufeliswa swalelele kwa muzeko wamasheleñi alikana bolule babane akulubelwa kuli hazibwi kwana ile kwa katengo kasikiliti sa Zambezi. Kweli yefelile milatu yabulyangelino ya muzamaisi wakatengo kasikiliti Regina Ndopu-Lubinda nibabañwi bazamaisi nefelisizwe swalelele mwa Khuta ya sikiliti. Muatuli mwa khuta ya sikiliti Clara Mwilima, mwaponahalo yanakonyana la 9 Muimunene,...
Kongola cyclist dies in hit and run accident
KATIMA MULILO- A 52 year-old man tragically died after a car bumped him before it speed off at Kongola in the Zambezi region over the weekend. It is alleged that the unknown motorist bumped a cyclist to death and failed to stop the vehicle to ascertain the extent of the man’s injuries. According to Zambezi...
Katima Mulilo underground water contaminated …due to sewer over-spillage
KATIMA MULILO – Due to the obsolete sewer system which was constructed before independence, Katima Mulilo town council chief executive officer Rafael Liswaniso says the town’s underground water has become contaminated as the aged sewer pipes leak. Speaking during a parliamentary standing committee hearing on public accounts on Monday, Liswaniso told MPs that the sewer...
Katima wants NamRA to waive over N$82 million
KATIMA MULILO – In order to ease the burden on its books and revitalise service delivery at the town, the Katima Mulilo Town Council has asked the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) to waive penalties and interests exceeding N$82 million. The town council wants this to be done through the agency’s tax incentive programme, which the...








