The government’s rural electrification programme has reached Nankuntwe Combined School and Namiyundu Primary School in the floodplains of Kabbe North and Kabbe South constituencies of the Zambezi region.
Author: Correspondent (Correspondent )
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Gobabis executive finally charged
The Municipality of Gobabis has served its suspended strategic executive for human resources and corporate services, Frieda Shimakeleni, with 25 charges, after a two-year hiatus to allow investigations, in a string of alleged violations.
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Counterfeit banknotes accused denied bail
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Letter – The truth behind the alleged suppression of media freedom in Namibia
Dr Prince Mutumba The African American minister and black nationalist, Malcom X, aptly described the power of the media when he said, “the media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of...
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Letter – Food security amid Covid-19 pandemic in Namibia
Namibia by nature is an arid dry country. According to the worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, 2020, the country’s population stands at 2 546 249. The population density in Namibia is 3 per square kilometre. The total land area is 823 290 square kilometres. Although the country is blessed with vast land,...
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Editorial – Our united front against Covid-19
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic the emphasis has been on shaping bold solutions to save lives and livelihoods in these unprecedented times. Covid-19 will probably be with us for many years and there appears to be no end in sight considering the growing number of new cases being reported worldwide. By late afternoon...
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Unemployment in Erongo remains an issue
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Family left homeless after elephant invasion
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Standard Chartered, Airtel Africa in joint venture to offer more access to mobile financial services
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Opinion – Retirement planning at every career stage
Thembi Kandanga Life has many important milestones; graduation, marriage, children, buying a house and soon enough retirement. There’s no getting around it, retirement is a big deal and despite the life-changing magnitude of this event, it’s something that many of us leave to the last minute. Think of how you would like to spend...